Just heard something on Radio 5, Tony Fernandez is looking at two sites to build a new 45000 stadium, both sites are in west London according to the report.
I know football owners get a lot of stick at times, but this guy seems to genuinely have his club in his heart. QPR are lucky to have someone like him who wants to push the club forward. All to often new owners give the impression they're there to make money and run it as business, but this person just seems like a rich bloke interested in football who wanted the chance to run a club.
The BBC building at White City seems to be one of the options - that's the fairly new office building, not TV centre. It was built on the old White City stadium site, a one time QPR ground!
QPR need a new ground, but can't see them needing a 45k stadium
Wasn't the Power station bought by a Malaysian company? And Fernandes is Malaysian.... Wouldn't be surprised if he's got one over the Chelsea chaps here and bought the power station, and had it fronted by a mate
Mucho respecto for QPR ordinarily and a lot can be said for blind ambition. TBH, if you shut both ends of Shepards Bush off and didn't let anyone out they would struggle to fill 40,000.
Do they even sell out at Loftus Road?? and I think they are/were charged a ridculous amount for season tickets and wonder if/when ticket prices increase at the staidum how the fans will react..
If Charlton charged high prices you'd soon see our crowds dip, we are so fortunate that over the years our prices have been at the cheapest end of the scale for where we have been
If Qpr had charged comparable prices to what we had charged during our prem years they would easily sell out at loftus road
If they get the go ahead for the new ground and charge a reasonable amount they'll average over 30k no problem especially with the increased away support that would come with a bigger stadium
If Charlton charged high prices you'd soon see our crowds dip, we are so fortunate that over the years our prices have been at the cheapest end of the scale for where we have been
If Qpr had charged comparable prices to what we had charged during our prem years they would easily sell out at loftus road
If they get the go ahead for the new ground and charge a reasonable amount they'll average over 30k no problem especially with the increased away support that would come with a bigger stadium
Really not sure about that, QPR have never had a big fan base, partly because they only became a more high profile team in the mid 1970's under Dave Sexton - until then they had floated around the second and third tiers.
As a result most folks round that way were Chelsea and Fulham fans rather than QPR - and its pretty tough to change that in such a competitive market like London.
Even if they did slash prices I can't ever see them pulling anywhere near 30K on a regular basis.
A lot of fans over that way surely don't support Fulham? They've had shocking attendances and only near selling out due to their neutral zone & the large amount of Kiwi's & Aussies living over there who go regularly.
If they get the go ahead for the new ground and charge a reasonable amount they'll average over 30k no problem especially with the increased away support that would come with a bigger stadium
and people thinking we need a new ground soon isnt ?
Agree, Quit happy with the Valley as it is though the south stand could do with some redevelopmet, maybe filling in the corners/wrapping it around etc...may increase capacity to around 30-32000...but that would be it.
If Charlton charged high prices you'd soon see our crowds dip, we are so fortunate that over the years our prices have been at the cheapest end of the scale for where we have been
If Qpr had charged comparable prices to what we had charged during our prem years they would easily sell out at loftus road
If they get the go ahead for the new ground and charge a reasonable amount they'll average over 30k no problem especially with the increased away support that would come with a bigger stadium
Agree with that, look at our crowds when we charge a fiver or for that matter a tenner.
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QPR are lucky to have someone like him who wants to push the club forward.
All to often new owners give the impression they're there to make money and run it as business, but this person just seems like a rich bloke interested in football who wanted the chance to run a club.
QPR need a new ground, but can't see them needing a 45k stadium
and people thinking we need a new ground soon isnt ?
If Charlton charged high prices you'd soon see our crowds dip, we are so fortunate that over the years our prices have been at the cheapest end of the scale for where we have been
If Qpr had charged comparable prices to what we had charged during our prem years they would easily sell out at loftus road
If they get the go ahead for the new ground and charge a reasonable amount they'll average over 30k no problem especially with the increased away support that would come with a bigger stadium
As a result most folks round that way were Chelsea and Fulham fans rather than QPR - and its pretty tough to change that in such a competitive market like London.
Even if they did slash prices I can't ever see them pulling anywhere near 30K on a regular basis.
for one trip we would uboat , new ground syndrome and all that