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Hotel Football, Old Trafford, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
Trafford Park, England, United Kingdom · Tribute Portfolio · Accessible Luxury
Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt opened Hotel Football in March 2015 on the site of a lard factory: 133 rooms at 99 Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford across the road. Manchester United objected to the roof, saying a five-a-side pitch would cut across the club's plan for the street. The pitch was built anyway. It is called Heaven, and the astroturf turns into a bar with the stadium in front of you.
- 133 rooms
- Opened 2015
- Neighborhood: Old Trafford
- Architect: AEW Architects
About Hotel Football, Old Trafford, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
- In May 2014, before the doors opened, the five players took on the builders in a five-a-side game on the unfinished roof. The build was about 24 million pounds. AEW Architects designed the block.
- A set of rooms called 99, redone for the 25th anniversary of the 1999 season, hangs match shirts and memorabilia over a stadium view. Cafe Football is at street level.
- The Old Trafford Supporters Club occupies the basement. The hotel later joined Marriott's Tribute Portfolio, with Peter Lim as majority owner alongside the Class of 92.
History
Hotel Football opened on 2 March 2015 at 99 Sir Matt Busby Way, a 133-room block built for about 24 million pounds on the site of a former lard factory. The owners were Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt, through GG Hospitality. AEW Architects designed it. Manchester United objected to a rooftop five-a-side pitch, arguing it undermined the club's plan for the street. Permission was granted, and the pitch, Heaven, is still bookable, with a retractable roof and a view of the ground. In May 2014 the players publicised the build by playing the construction team on the unfinished roof. The hotel is now in Marriott's Tribute Portfolio. Peter Lim holds the majority with the Class of 92.
The setting
99 Sir Matt Busby Way, M16 0SZ, directly across from Manchester United's Old Trafford. The street is the stadium approach on the Stretford side of the ground, not inside the Trafford Park industrial estate.
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