Current trends
In Britain, following an inquiry by Lord Justice Taylor into the disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield (where 95 people died in a crowd surge)
there has been a formal report recommending major changes to sports stadia to improve their safety. This document has caused many British clubs to question whether it would be best to redevelop their existing, mostly in town grounds or to relocate to new sites out of town with all the transport and planning problems entailed. Existing in town sites have the advantages of being steeped in tradition and being situated in the communities on whose support they depend, but the disadvantage of being so physically hemmed in is that it may be difficult or impossible to provide the safety, comfort and variety of facilities which are necessary. There are proving to be numerous town planning difficulties in finding new sites.