Elland Road works begin as Leeds hail 'momentous' step and Paraag Marathe urges patience | OneFootball

Leeds United have begun enhancing Elland Road, a phase the club has described as a momentous step, with early work focused on the West Stand. The club ended the 2025/26 campaign in 14th on 47 points as planning turns to recruitment alongside construction.

"No doubt there'll be some disruptions here and there. The ticket office is gone. I know where we are up in the chairman's area, there's going to be some disruptions as well." he told yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.

"I think that it's all by design because we're trying not to compromise or sacrifice seats during games during the season. It's all being done over a sort of a longer period of time so that we keep as many fans in their seats during matches. So there will be disruptions and probably some annoyances and hopefully everybody can just bear with us as we get through."

Work has begun with the removal of the Banqueting Suite and a new West Stand will be built over the existing structure, the first phase in making Elland Road a UEFA Category four stadium. Increasing capacity is vital given a 32,000 Season Ticket waiting list, and the upgrade will allow Leeds, with civic partners, to bid to host major international tournaments and showcase events, generating cultural and economic value for the Leeds City Region.

Drone footage last week showed the away-team Portakabins removed, the ticket office partly demolished and a building used by LUTV coming down. The large floodlights were down, crests had been taken off the Banqueting Suite at the rear of the West Stand, and a temporary structure behind the North Stand, expected to host corporate facilities during the works, was already going up before the end of the season.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk