Elland Road expansion steps up: new CGI, partners ‘to sign’ mass transit deal, Government backing | OneFootball

Elland Road works can now accelerate after Leeds United’s final home match, with scaffolding already up on the West Stand and an uninterrupted window until August.

Leeds closed their 2025/26 home programme with a 95th-minute Dominic Calvert-Lewin winner against Champions League-chasing Brighton. According to the Yorkshire Post, a new Lowy Family Group CGI shows a 53,000-capacity Elland Road with tram links, and partners including Leeds City Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority are due to sign a mass transit Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday.

Leeds hope to complete the wider project by 2030, with around 2,500 new homes plus hotels, cafes, shops and community facilities planned around the ground.

On the stadium, the West Stand phase is expected to finish in 2028, lifting capacity from 8,000 to 17,750, then the North Stand within two further years to 15,300 from 10,414.

Peter Lowy said the redevelopment is a catalyst for new homes, jobs, public spaces and long-term investment, adding that mass transit is fundamental to future growth.

West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin called it the country’s most shovel-ready sports-led regeneration and, with the Lowy Family Group and Leeds City Council, set out plans for a vibrant, year-round destination.

Government backing has followed, as Chancellor Rachel Reeves highlighted Elland Road while confirming a Stadium Regeneration Accelerator to support expansion schemes linked to a potential Olympic Games in the North in the 2040s.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk