Editing Premier League (section)

==Stadiums==
{{main|List of Premier League stadiums}}

As of the 2023–24 season, Premier League football has been played in 61 stadiums since the formation of the division.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whufc.com/news/whats-new-202324-five-premier-league-updates-new-season |title=What's new for 2023/24? Five Premier League updates for the new season! |publisher=West Ham United FC |date=9 August 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113004449/https://www.whufc.com/news/whats-new-202324-five-premier-league-updates-new-season |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Hillsborough disaster]] in 1989 and the subsequent [[Taylor Report]] saw a recommendation that standing terraces should be abolished. As a result, all stadiums in the Premier League are [[all-seater]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fayeds-race-against-time-1087976.html |work=The Independent |access-date=14 September 2010 |title=Football: Fayed's race against time |first=Norman |last=Fox |date=18 April 1999 |archive-date=18 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118205018/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fayeds-race-against-time-1087976.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Slater |title=Call grows for return of terraces |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6444083.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=14 March 2007 |access-date=28 May 2009 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816070622/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6444083.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the formation of the Premier League, football grounds in England have seen constant improvements to capacity and facilities, with some clubs moving to new-build stadiums.<ref name="Matchmood">{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Whyatt |title=Match-going mood killers? |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7168641.stm |website=BBC Sport |date=3 January 2008 |access-date=15 September 2010 |archive-date=6 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106095817/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7168641.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Eleven stadiums that have seen Premier League football have now been demolished. The stadiums for the 2023–24 season show a large disparity in capacity. For example, [[Old Trafford]], the home of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], has a capacity of 74,031 whilst [[Dean Court]], the home of [[AFC Bournemouth|Bournemouth]], has a capacity of 11,307. The combined total capacity of the Premier League in the 2023–24 season is 787,002 with an average capacity of 39,350.

Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for Premier League clubs.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/48823/4/EnglishPremierLeague.pdf |title=Market size and attendance in English Premier League football |publisher=Lancaster University Management School |first1=Babatunde |last1=Buraimo |first2=Rob |last2=Simmons |journal=Lancaster University Management School Working Paper |year=2006 |volume=2006/003 |access-date=4 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329000056/http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/48823/4/EnglishPremierLeague.pdf |archive-date=29 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the 2022–23 season, average attendances across the league clubs were 40,235 for Premier League matches with an aggregate attendance of 15,289,340.<ref name="2022/23 Attendance">{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/premier-league-attendances-at-record-high-as-crowds-swell-across-the-pyramid-6nm7t8fn0 |title=Premier League attendances at record high as crowds swell across the pyramid |work=[[The Times]] |date=11 June 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211154911/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/premier-league-attendances-at-record-high-as-crowds-swell-across-the-pyramid-6nm7t8fn0 |url-status=live }}</ref> This represents an increase of 19,109 from the average attendance of 21,126 recorded in the Premier League's first season (1992–93).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.football.co.uk/1992/ |title=Football Stats Results for 1992–1993 Premiership |work=football.co.uk |publisher=DigitalSportsGroup |access-date=10 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102135949/http://stats.football.co.uk/1992/ |archive-date=2 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, during the 1992–93 season, the capacities of most stadiums were reduced as clubs replaced terraces with seats in order to meet the Taylor Report's 1994–95 deadline for [[all-seater stadium]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.le.ac.uk/fo/resources/factsheets/fs2.html |title=Fact Sheet 2: Football Stadia After Taylor |publisher=University of Leicester |access-date=10 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626011640/http://www.le.ac.uk/fo/resources/factsheets/fs2.html |archive-date=26 June 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=337736&root=extratime&cc=5901 |title=Shifting stands |work=Soccernet |publisher=ESPN |date=27 July 2005 |access-date=10 August 2006 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021012118/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=337736&root=extratime&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 2022–23 season also set a competition record for total attendance with more than 15&nbsp;million spectators, with average attendance also reaching record levels, surpassing the previous record of 39,989 set in the [[2021–22 Premier League|2021–22 season]], which in turn broke an over 70-year-old record set in the [[1948–49 Football League|1948–49 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/All/Is-the-Premier-League-about-to-break-a-70-year-old-attendance-record/2130989 |title=Is the Premier League about to break a 70-year-old attendance record? |website=All Football |date=15 December 2019 |access-date=13 November 2023 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113012325/https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/All/Is-the-Premier-League-about-to-break-a-70-year-old-attendance-record/2130989 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2024 it was reported that the government is planning to grant the independent regulator authority to stop Premier League clubs from selling their stadiums to affiliated or third-party companies.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Matt |last2=Hughes |first2=Exclusive by Matt |date=23 October 2024 |title=Football regulator given power to block Premier League stadium sales |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/oct/23/premier-league-stadium-sales-football-regulator |access-date=23 October 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>