This will be ‘the best stadium in the world’
|(CNN)Ranked second in value behind Manchester United with a worth of over $4 billion, Real Madrid says its stadium renovation plan will help make it the “best club of the 21st Century.”
Granted permission to revamp the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — first completed in 1942 and last updated in 1982 — Real expects the upgrade to bring in an extra $170 million per season.
According to the La Liga team’s president Florentino Pérez, the new ground will “be the best stadium in the world” and will recognize Real Madrid as the “best club of the 21st Century.”