Overview
- Wrexham AFC has been awarded £18 million in non-repayable public grants to help fund a new Kop stand and stadium upgrades at the Racecourse Ground.
- The Welsh Government and Wrexham Council defend the award as conditional support that complements majority funding from the club’s owners to reach international hosting standards.
- Critics, including football finance experts, argue taxpayers are subsidising a privately owned club with wealthy backers and question how often internationals would be staged at the venue.
- Construction has begun on the Kop redevelopment, which is planned to add about 7,750 seats and lift capacity to just over 18,000, with completion targeted in the 2026–27 season.
- The project forms part of the Wrexham Gateway regeneration after a 2023 Levelling Up bid failed, with works also set to upgrade floodlights, the pitch and other infrastructure.