Stadiums as modern cathedrals: How Fulham's Craven Cottage is being transformed for all

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Stadiums as modern cathedrals: How Fulham's Craven Cottage is being transformed for all  Fulham FC boosted their bid to play in Europe next year with a record breaking Premier League win against table-topping Liverpool on Sunday. The club are also celebrating having Craven Cottage stadium redesigned; a project led by Populous, an architecture firm specialising in entertainment venues.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/06/stadiums-as-modern-cathedrals-how-fulhams-craven-cottage-is-being-transformed-for-all  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:28The concept behind Fulham Riverside Stand is really to rethink the match day and the non-match day experience.

00:35So traditionally we always see that the stadiums or stands like this are open for game day only.

00:42But here you're getting a series of spaces and facilities that are open all year round, every day.

00:49So one of the biggest aspects for the community is that this stand has always broken the river walk along the Thames here.

00:57That's going to now be opened up on a non-match day so the community can use this as a thoroughfare.

01:03But they can also use the facilities in the building, cafes and other facilities.

01:08And that's really going to transform the area that we're in now.

01:12Music

01:26So we see certainly a change of demographic coming to the sports venues that we are designing.

01:31It's a much wider and broader inclusive audience that we are designing for now compared to perhaps 10-15 years ago.

01:40That's driven mainly because the interest in sport itself is changing but also the rise of women's sports in particular.

01:48Music

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