Nottingham Forest plan new stadium

Nottingham Forest have announced plans to leave the City Ground and move to a new stadium to be built south of the city by 2014.

The new venue, which will seat up to 50,000, could cost between £45-50m (€66-74m).

Forest chief executive Mark Arthur said: “As a club our priority for this season is promotion. Then it is promotion again next season. Then it is to ensure we establish ourselves back in the top flight and challenge for Europe.

“But the prospect of a new vision for Nottingham opens up many exciting opportunities.

“This will be a long journey, the earliest this stadium will emerge is 2014 and I know there will be many questions.

“There will be full consultation as part of the development process but this is an exciting new vision for Forest and one I believe we have a duty to explore for the city, the county and our supporters.”