QPR unveil plans for a new 40000 seater stadium

[Simon Smith]

Looks like that'll end up being a dreadful corner kick though

looks like he going to kick the corner flag!

 

[The Esk]

With the operating losses QPR have brought upon themselves, Fernandes and Co cannot afford to keep the club beyond getting outline planning permission for the development of their existing ground.

Even if the scheme goes ahead Fernandes will not be around to see it. Other Asian developers will step in, Fernandes with a net worth of roughly 600m USD is not wealthy enough to see it through. He will be hoping to sell the club at a sufficient profit to cover his operational losses.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Oh it's horrible mate.

But it's an old school stadium, and soon enough there won't be any left.

Except Goodison of course. We'll be playing there forever.

To be honest, as nice as it is to watch football in an old school stadium, I think it's time football satdia was modernised

 

[fozzy]

Looking forward to the 2026-7 season then, for that is the planned date for the stadium.

In the meantime Fernandes and co will seek planning permission for Loftus Road and sell the club. That has always been their end game.

Another club ripped away from its traditional base for the benefit of property developers.

fenandez just said on talk sport that the stadium should be ready for 2017/18 season and the rest of the development will take 10 years.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Looks like that'll end up being a dreadful corner kick though

Think he's gonna shout "Ave it" and it'll go out for a throw on the other side without hitting the ground.

 

[markmarkmark]

That fella looks like he's about to get a corner to the face

 

[Ralphie Boy]

Isn't the ball outside the box?

 

[DualityNSNO]

I'd like to know what the guy closest to the corner taker is doing waving in the audience?

 

[EFCNIK]

I'd like to raise the issue of the mascot geeing up the crowd during the match?

 

[BoysInBlue]

Liverpool Council have offered Everton plenty of help over the years. Plenty.

Not as much as they have offered Liverpool.

LCC helped Liverpool with compulsory purchase orders of the homes surrounding Anfield, they allowed Liverpool to have planning permission for Victorian parkland that Everton - although they never applied for officially - enquired about informally in the late 1990s and were told it wasn't possible by the council. LCC also faciliated an £8.2m grant to Liverpool from the European Regional Development Fund for them to build on Stanley Park, money which has since been paid back because the plans collapsed.

LCC could do more for Everton, as often said so publicly by the club.

 

[Kantareller]

Wait, this isn't where Everton are playing?

Nah mate, we will be playing on Anfield in a few years.