Take out "QPR", replace with Charlton. Take out "Loftus Rd", replace with The Valley Take out "London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham" replace with RLBG etc
Then have a look at a press release of our future...
Queens Park Rangers Football Club has unveiled plans for a new 40,000 seater stadium as part of wider plans for a major regeneration project in the Old Oak area in West London.
The club has also confirmed it has signed a letter of collaboration with the GLA and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to “bring forward an early and very significant private sector investment into the Old Oak Common regeneration area”.
The news follows mayor of London Boris Johnson's recent announcement that turning Old Oak into a new world-class city quarter is to be one of his main regeneration priorities, and that a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) is to be set up to promote it.
First Division club QPR said that alongside its partner Stadium Capital Developments it had entered into exclusivity land arrangements with Network Rail and other landowners who control major parts of Old Oak.
It plans to develop a 40,000 capacity football stadium at the heart of the regeneration area. It said the stadium would be the catalyst that will bring about the creation of a residential and commercial area covering several hundreds of acres - larger than Canary Wharf – ultimately generating 50,000 jobs and 24,000 new homes.
The scheme has the provisional title of ‘New Queens Park’.
QPR Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: “Loftus Road is – and always will be – a special place for the club and our supporters, but we need more than an 18,000 capacity.
“With no option of expanding here, we have to look elsewhere and we welcome the Mayor’s and Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s commitment to regenerate the area, which includes an option to develop a new stadium at Old Oak as a key catalyst to bring forward redevelopment, cementing our future in this part of West London.
“Not only will this give us a top quality stadium to cater for QPR's needs as the club progresses and grows over the years ahead, but we are very excited about being the driving force behind creating one of the best new urban places in the world.
“This will be the catalyst for the regeneration of a forgotten area – ultimately bringing new transport, 24,000 homes and at least 50,000 jobs. It will create a vibrant new destination in London, boosting local businesses, attracting new visitors and tourism and creating a thriving community.”
QPR CEO, Philip Beard, added: “We look forward to working with the Mayor and local authorities and we will, of course, be consulting our loyal and passionate supporters, as well as the local community, on our exciting plans early next year. We will look to build a stadium QPR fans and local residents can be proud of.
“Loftus Road is renowned for its atmosphere and with the help of our supporters, replicating that at our new stadium will be one of our top priorities.”
The truth is that, sometimes, a business had to jettison something that has great sentimental value to progress. I am happy at The Valley and think the stadium is big enough for us, but QPR will soon become another club that has gone from having a smaller stadium than us to having a much bigger one. In the end we might have no choice...
QPR's capacity is 18k, no room for expansion and they have limited commercial opportunity at their gaff. They've long been looking for somewhere new.
Relatively recently in its history, the Valley had approved planning permission to take it up to 40k. Why would we not have a choice?
Take out "QPR", replace with Charlton. Take out "Loftus Rd", replace with The Valley Take out "London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham" replace with RLBG etc
Then have a look at a press release of our future...
Queens Park Rangers Football Club has unveiled plans for a new 40,000 seater stadium as part of wider plans for a major regeneration project in the Old Oak area in West London.
The club has also confirmed it has signed a letter of collaboration with the GLA and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to “bring forward an early and very significant private sector investment into the Old Oak Common regeneration area”.
The news follows mayor of London Boris Johnson's recent announcement that turning Old Oak into a new world-class city quarter is to be one of his main regeneration priorities, and that a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) is to be set up to promote it.
First Division club QPR said that alongside its partner Stadium Capital Developments it had entered into exclusivity land arrangements with Network Rail and other landowners who control major parts of Old Oak.
It plans to develop a 40,000 capacity football stadium at the heart of the regeneration area. It said the stadium would be the catalyst that will bring about the creation of a residential and commercial area covering several hundreds of acres - larger than Canary Wharf – ultimately generating 50,000 jobs and 24,000 new homes.
The scheme has the provisional title of ‘New Queens Park’.
QPR Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: “Loftus Road is – and always will be – a special place for the club and our supporters, but we need more than an 18,000 capacity.
“With no option of expanding here, we have to look elsewhere and we welcome the Mayor’s and Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s commitment to regenerate the area, which includes an option to develop a new stadium at Old Oak as a key catalyst to bring forward redevelopment, cementing our future in this part of West London.
“Not only will this give us a top quality stadium to cater for QPR's needs as the club progresses and grows over the years ahead, but we are very excited about being the driving force behind creating one of the best new urban places in the world.
“This will be the catalyst for the regeneration of a forgotten area – ultimately bringing new transport, 24,000 homes and at least 50,000 jobs. It will create a vibrant new destination in London, boosting local businesses, attracting new visitors and tourism and creating a thriving community.”
QPR CEO, Philip Beard, added: “We look forward to working with the Mayor and local authorities and we will, of course, be consulting our loyal and passionate supporters, as well as the local community, on our exciting plans early next year. We will look to build a stadium QPR fans and local residents can be proud of.
“Loftus Road is renowned for its atmosphere and with the help of our supporters, replicating that at our new stadium will be one of our top priorities.”
The truth is that, sometimes, a business had to jettison something that has great sentimental value to progress. I am happy at The Valley and think the stadium is big enough for us, but QPR will soon become another club that has gone from having a smaller stadium than us to having a much bigger one. In the end we might have no choice...
QPR's capacity is 18k, no room for expansion and they have limited commercial opportunity at their gaff. They've long been looking for somewhere new.
Relatively recently in its history, the Valley had approved planning permission to take it up to 40k. Why would we not have a choice?
Ignoring the cost of expansion, relative to the cost of moving, I thought we'd lost the ability to expand now that houses have been build behind the East Stand.
TJ & MS need to realise that very few football clubs are in this day and age, a profitable investment. Hence the price quoted previously is too much. £18m for a club that according to reports is losing £7m a year means they should open their eyes to the fact that we should be looking at a nominal sale of £1 plus the debt.
Sorry boys, but you're both old enough, ugly enough, and been in business long enough to know that football clubs are loss makers. Cannot believe they're holding out for that price when our only real asset is the land attached to Sparrows Lane and The Valley. I for one haven't a clue what sort of prices each would fetch, but I don't think it would be £18m, plus the fact we run at a loss.
Obviously none of us really know what's going on behind the scenes, but I reckon that price is the sticking point.
Goodbye harris Goodbye harris saying goodbye to josh harris and as we were saying goodbye to Josh harris saying goodbye to Josh harris Goodbye Harris ...........etc.
Sorry been to pub and apologies if been thought of before.,
Take out "QPR", replace with Charlton. Take out "Loftus Rd", replace with The Valley Take out "London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham" replace with RLBG etc
Then have a look at a press release of our future...
Queens Park Rangers Football Club has unveiled plans for a new 40,000 seater stadium as part of wider plans for a major regeneration project in the Old Oak area in West London.
The club has also confirmed it has signed a letter of collaboration with the GLA and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to “bring forward an early and very significant private sector investment into the Old Oak Common regeneration area”.
The news follows mayor of London Boris Johnson's recent announcement that turning Old Oak into a new world-class city quarter is to be one of his main regeneration priorities, and that a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) is to be set up to promote it.
First Division club QPR said that alongside its partner Stadium Capital Developments it had entered into exclusivity land arrangements with Network Rail and other landowners who control major parts of Old Oak.
It plans to develop a 40,000 capacity football stadium at the heart of the regeneration area. It said the stadium would be the catalyst that will bring about the creation of a residential and commercial area covering several hundreds of acres - larger than Canary Wharf – ultimately generating 50,000 jobs and 24,000 new homes.
The scheme has the provisional title of ‘New Queens Park’.
QPR Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: “Loftus Road is – and always will be – a special place for the club and our supporters, but we need more than an 18,000 capacity.
“With no option of expanding here, we have to look elsewhere and we welcome the Mayor’s and Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s commitment to regenerate the area, which includes an option to develop a new stadium at Old Oak as a key catalyst to bring forward redevelopment, cementing our future in this part of West London.
“Not only will this give us a top quality stadium to cater for QPR's needs as the club progresses and grows over the years ahead, but we are very excited about being the driving force behind creating one of the best new urban places in the world.
“This will be the catalyst for the regeneration of a forgotten area – ultimately bringing new transport, 24,000 homes and at least 50,000 jobs. It will create a vibrant new destination in London, boosting local businesses, attracting new visitors and tourism and creating a thriving community.”
QPR CEO, Philip Beard, added: “We look forward to working with the Mayor and local authorities and we will, of course, be consulting our loyal and passionate supporters, as well as the local community, on our exciting plans early next year. We will look to build a stadium QPR fans and local residents can be proud of.
“Loftus Road is renowned for its atmosphere and with the help of our supporters, replicating that at our new stadium will be one of our top priorities.”
The truth is that, sometimes, a business had to jettison something that has great sentimental value to progress. I am happy at The Valley and think the stadium is big enough for us, but QPR will soon become another club that has gone from having a smaller stadium than us to having a much bigger one. In the end we might have no choice...
QPR's capacity is 18k, no room for expansion and they have limited commercial opportunity at their gaff. They've long been looking for somewhere new.
Relatively recently in its history, the Valley had approved planning permission to take it up to 40k. Why would we not have a choice?
Ignoring the cost of expansion, relative to the cost of moving, I thought we'd lost the ability to expand now that houses have been build behind the East Stand.
Take out "QPR", replace with Charlton. Take out "Loftus Rd", replace with The Valley Take out "London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham" replace with RLBG etc
Then have a look at a press release of our future...
Queens Park Rangers Football Club has unveiled plans for a new 40,000 seater stadium as part of wider plans for a major regeneration project in the Old Oak area in West London.
The club has also confirmed it has signed a letter of collaboration with the GLA and the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to “bring forward an early and very significant private sector investment into the Old Oak Common regeneration area”.
The news follows mayor of London Boris Johnson's recent announcement that turning Old Oak into a new world-class city quarter is to be one of his main regeneration priorities, and that a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) is to be set up to promote it.
First Division club QPR said that alongside its partner Stadium Capital Developments it had entered into exclusivity land arrangements with Network Rail and other landowners who control major parts of Old Oak.
It plans to develop a 40,000 capacity football stadium at the heart of the regeneration area. It said the stadium would be the catalyst that will bring about the creation of a residential and commercial area covering several hundreds of acres - larger than Canary Wharf – ultimately generating 50,000 jobs and 24,000 new homes.
The scheme has the provisional title of ‘New Queens Park’.
QPR Chairman, Tony Fernandes, said: “Loftus Road is – and always will be – a special place for the club and our supporters, but we need more than an 18,000 capacity.
“With no option of expanding here, we have to look elsewhere and we welcome the Mayor’s and Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s commitment to regenerate the area, which includes an option to develop a new stadium at Old Oak as a key catalyst to bring forward redevelopment, cementing our future in this part of West London.
“Not only will this give us a top quality stadium to cater for QPR's needs as the club progresses and grows over the years ahead, but we are very excited about being the driving force behind creating one of the best new urban places in the world.
“This will be the catalyst for the regeneration of a forgotten area – ultimately bringing new transport, 24,000 homes and at least 50,000 jobs. It will create a vibrant new destination in London, boosting local businesses, attracting new visitors and tourism and creating a thriving community.”
QPR CEO, Philip Beard, added: “We look forward to working with the Mayor and local authorities and we will, of course, be consulting our loyal and passionate supporters, as well as the local community, on our exciting plans early next year. We will look to build a stadium QPR fans and local residents can be proud of.
“Loftus Road is renowned for its atmosphere and with the help of our supporters, replicating that at our new stadium will be one of our top priorities.”
The truth is that, sometimes, a business had to jettison something that has great sentimental value to progress. I am happy at The Valley and think the stadium is big enough for us, but QPR will soon become another club that has gone from having a smaller stadium than us to having a much bigger one. In the end we might have no choice...
QPR's capacity is 18k, no room for expansion and they have limited commercial opportunity at their gaff. They've long been looking for somewhere new.
Relatively recently in its history, the Valley had approved planning permission to take it up to 40k. Why would we not have a choice?
Ignoring the cost of expansion, relative to the cost of moving, I thought we'd lost the ability to expand now that houses have been build behind the East Stand.
For the record I would love a full 40k Valley.
apparently still doable
Lots of things are "doable" if you have enough money, but I wouldn't rely on anyone currently involved at the club to know what they are talking about. Peter Varney is the person who knows all about developing The Valley, not Richard Murray.
For the record, though, 2 Lansdowne Mews hasn't been developed. The extra house being tacked on to Charlton Lane at the junction with Lansdowne Mews isn't such an issue. It was just a bloody nuisance the directors sold the disabled car park and didn't tell the staff.
Loftus Road is a fantastic ground. Loud. Intense. Really close to the action. But how the hell can a Premier League club compete with a home gate of 18,000
From what I understand, the new QPR ground isn't definite. It's only gonna be viable if the High Speed train line goes ahead and that's going to be years away.
"from what I understand"[meaning I have inside information?Nice to know we can talk bollocks about another clubs proposals as well as 59 pages of uninformed speculation and dross about our own.
To me in a world of unending bollocks, the CL Takeover thread is a one stop destination for some of the best bollocks around. Whilst the native CAFC bollocks is of course here why not introduce some QPR bollocks to aimlessly lalk bollocks about.
A couple of people on ITTV hearing rumours of administration by Thursday. Anyone on here heard anything similar? Or is it just scare mongering/pretending to be ITK?
Admin doesn't make much sense especially as there's people interested in buying the club. I would think the owners would rather accept a lower offer rather than lose everything
Admin doesn't make much sense especially as there's people interested in buying the club. I would think the owners would rather accept a lower offer rather than lose everything
Interested until they see the books! Something very wrong and I could definitely see it happening
The season would be over in a heartbeat if that happens and we'd lost all our best players by the end of January. Not sure how that makes any more appealing to a buyer.
Admin doesn't make much sense especially as there's people interested in buying the club. I would think the owners would rather accept a lower offer rather than lose everything
Interested until they see the books!And Something very wrong and I could definitely see it happening
That's what worries me most, CB - what other skeletons are lurking in the books and company set-up? And how much would have to be revealed - whether to FA and/or HMRC as part of takeover? Sometimes think we fans might all be too distracted by the Valley v Peninsula issue to miss sth even bigger?
I am not ITK on this, but I believe the admin rumours are both B'shit, and also tremendously unhelpful to the club. I repeat, all that is known in public is that the Americans, according to the Mail, are 'poised to' pull out. Even if they have done, why does everyone assume it is the only bid game in town, just because it is the only one known to the Mail and Toby -bloody -Porter?
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Relatively recently in its history, the Valley had approved planning permission to take it up to 40k. Why would we not have a choice?
For the record I would love a full 40k Valley.
It also refers to replicating the atmosphere at Loftus Road
We are a Championship club (for now)
Atmosphere at The Valley ? Bit of bouncing in the North Upper on occasion but little else.
Sorry boys, but you're both old enough, ugly enough, and been in business long enough to know that football clubs are loss makers. Cannot believe they're holding out for that price when our only real asset is the land attached to Sparrows Lane and The Valley. I for one haven't a clue what sort of prices each would fetch, but I don't think it would be £18m, plus the fact we run at a loss.
Obviously none of us really know what's going on behind the scenes, but I reckon that price is the sticking point.
Goodbye harris
Goodbye harris
saying goodbye to josh harris
and as we were saying goodbye to Josh harris
saying goodbye to Josh harris
Goodbye Harris ...........etc.
Sorry been to pub and apologies if been thought of before.,
For the record, though, 2 Lansdowne Mews hasn't been developed. The extra house being tacked on to Charlton Lane at the junction with Lansdowne Mews isn't such an issue. It was just a bloody nuisance the directors sold the disabled car park and didn't tell the staff.
Something very wrong and I could definitely see it happening
or the people who were owed money.