Chelsea may buy brickworks to clad new football stadium

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Spectacular redevelopment plans for a brick-clad stadium for Chelsea FC will need around 6 million bricks and could require the football club to buy a brickworks to supply them, Building has learned. Sources close to the Herzog & de Meuron-designed £500m-plus project - which is currently being assessed by local planners - said the Premier League club is considering buying a brickworks to ensure a cheap, reliable supply of bricks for the mammoth facade.