Bournemouth intends to build a new stadium near its current home, the 11,464-seat Vitality Stadium.GETTY IMAGES
EPL side Bournemouth Manager Eddie Howe said that the club will "never see the benefits of the Premier League era" unless it moves to a new ground, according to the BBC. The Cherries, which play at Vitality Stadium, finished 12th in their third consecutive top-flight campaign. In December, the club confirmed it intends to build a new stadium near its current home, within Kings Park. Howe said, "For me, that's the only way we can go now. We must have a tangible, long-term thing to look back at and go, 'That was what the Premier League did for us.' The training ground, the new stadium -- that's where this club has to go for the long-term benefits. Otherwise, we will never see the benefits of the Premier League era" (BBC, 5/15). REUTERS' Aditi Prakash reported Vitality Stadium, formerly known as Dean Court, has been Bournemouth's home since 1910 and has a capacity of 11,464, "well below" the Premier League's biggest ground -- ManU’s Old Trafford, which boasts 75,600 seats. Howe said, "It's tough to recruit players when we're playing in the stadium that we are. The training ground, as beautiful as it is, the size, the lack of space -- again that's a difficulty for us" (REUTERS, 5/15).
