架构师提供的文本描述。阿联酋老特拉福德板球球场举办国际板球比赛已有150年之久，但在2008年，它有争议地失去了主办板球比赛最大赛事-灰烬的权利，这是其历史上的第一次。在全国范围内，随着其他国家开展自己的重建计划，比赛场地的竞争日益激烈。兰开夏郡乡村板球俱乐部(LancashireCountry Cricket Club)与发展局接洽，为板球场地及更广阔的地区制定了一项总体规划，以重新开发自己的设施。允许他们在这种情况下竞争，并协助释放资金和政治意愿，以重新发展他们的著名场地和维护国际板球在英格兰西北部的未来。

Text description provided by the architects. Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground has hosted international test match cricket for over 150 years, but in 2008 it controversially lost the right to host the biggest event in cricket, The Ashes, for the first time in its history.  These events unfolded against the nationwide backdrop of an increasingly competitive provision of test match venues as other counties undertook their own redevelopment programmes.  Lancashire Country Cricket Club approached BDP to develop a masterplan for the cricket ground and beyond to the wider area to redevelop their own facilities, to allow them to compete in this context and also assist in unlocking the funding and political will to redevelop their famous ground and safeguard the future of international cricket in the North-West of England. 

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民主党对老特拉福德的设计振兴并彻底改变了现有场地，为国际板球创造了一个独特的世界级环境，这是一个更广泛的体育主导的总体计划的核心-2013年夏天，老特拉福德再次举办了一场灰烬测试比赛。

BDP’s design for Old Trafford revitalises and radically transforms the existing ground to create a unique world-class setting for international cricket, at the heart of a wider sport-led masterplan – Old Trafford once again hosted an Ashes test match in summer 2013.

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我们的愿景是，埃米尔老特拉福德作为一个世界级的体育目的地而蓬勃发展，它是一个新的、可明显识别的混合使用社区的一部分。这个街区现在已经融入了最先进的体育设施，以及充满活力的商业、休闲、零售和住宅机会的组合。新球场提供25000个观众座位，其中15000个是永久性的，为所有观众提供相关的便利设施，以及各种各样的招待和会员设施，可供全天和全年使用。第一阶段“点”是西北地区最大的会议和活动场所，可容纳1000人，于2010年6月完工。第二阶段提供了一个新的球员和媒体中心，为媒体、球员、教育和俱乐部的支持人员提供最先进的支持设施，同时也为更广泛的社区提供更好的服务。第三阶段修复了历史悠久的1895年地心馆建筑，并为会员提供新的设施和新的俱乐部办公室。该设计消除了混乱的战后延伸，并敏感地交织了一个新的钢框架红砖和玻璃延伸与原来独特的红砖和砂岩正面和标志性的炮塔。新的设施为国际板球设置了最高的新标准，使埃米尔老特拉福德能够为比赛和非比赛日活动和活动提供一个成功和可持续的基础。

Our vision is that Emirates Old Trafford thrives as a world class sporting destination and it is very much a part of a new and distinctly recognisable mixed use neighbourhood. This neighbourhood now incorporates state-of-the-art sporting facilities, and a vibrant mix of new commercial, leisure, retail and residential opportunities. The new ground provides 25,000 spectator seats, 15,000 of which are permanent, with associated amenities for all spectators, and a wide variety of hospitality and members facilities which provide for both match day and year-round use. Phase I, The Point, the largest purpose-built conference and events venues in the North West, accommodating up to 1,000 people, was completed in Jun 2010. Phase II provided a new Player and Media Centre, with state-of-the-art support facilities for the media, players, education and the club’s support staff which also offer enhanced services to the wider community. Phase III reinstates the historic 1895 Pavilion building at the heart of the ground, and provides new facilities for members and new club offices. The design removes cluttered post-war extensions, and sensitively intertwines a new steel-framed red brick and glass extension with the original distinctive red brick and sandstone facade and iconic turrets. The new facilities set the highest new standards for international cricket and enable Emirates Old Trafford to provide a successful and sustainable base for both match and non-match day functions and events.