Today, our development company, 2020 Developments, formally submitted a detailed application for a new 25,000-capacity stadium at its Power Court site in the heart of Luton town centre
Wow, that's the first "new" stadium in ages that's left me genuinely impressed. That's not fishbowly or anything! Although, I doubt that the style of football Luton Town will be playing is that "Champions League under the lights" style. Note also, that questions will have to be asked about the legitimacy of a football match with no referee in sight, and the appalling attacking shape that they seem to be exhibiting in the photo.
They've been talking about it for over thirty years now. It'll never happen
Thirty years?
I recall discussions in the 80's.
True but that was an out of town stadium , i think it was called the Luton Bowl . This one is in the horrendous town centre and that's been in offing since the mid nineties. The Local Council and residents won't let it happen and money will be a massive issue even if it did get the go ahead. .
Feels like this has been talked about for about as long as Southend moving to Fossetts Farm and probably has about as much chance of actually happening as that.
If they build a new stadium I doubt it will come with the LED light fitting like the one in the mock up. The engineering to do that will be beyond anything ever seen or imagined in Luton.
They've been talking about it for over thirty years now. It'll never happen
Thirty years?
I recall discussions in the 80's.
True but that was an out of town stadium , i think it was called the Luton Bowl . This one is in the horrendous town centre and that's been in offing since the mid nineties. The Local Council and residents won't let it happen and money will be a massive issue even if it did get the go ahead. .
There's complete support for this scheme, occupying a derelict plot of land in the centre, but there's lot of work to do to the site to make it ready before they can start.
They've been talking about it for over thirty years now. It'll never happen
Thirty years?
I recall discussions in the 80's.
True but that was an out of town stadium , i think it was called the Luton Bowl . This one is in the horrendous town centre and that's been in offing since the mid nineties. The Local Council and residents won't let it happen and money will be a massive issue even if it did get the go ahead. .
There's complete support for this scheme, occupying a derelict plot of land in the centre, but there's lot of work to do to the site to make it ready before they can start.
Not from the residents there aren’t . I know plenty of Luton fans who live outside of town and they all think that it will never happen because those who live in town and have absolutely no interest in football and will do their best to stop it. The locals want a different type of building built on the site.
Is it slap bang in the town centre ? Seems a bit daft to me. An extra 25000 people trying to get into a town centre on a Saturday. I hope they've planned for plenty of parking. Free parking that is. For say, 10000 cars. Expect not.
And what happens when things turn nasty ? Millwall say ?? Luton introduced a ban on away fans due to the disturbance in 1985 iirc. Imagine thousands of hooligans having a good old punch up amongst all the shoppers.
All these out of town stadiums must be wrong then.
Is it slap bang in the town centre ? Seems a bit daft to me. An extra 25000 people trying to get into a town centre on a Saturday. I hope they've planned for plenty of parking. Free parking that is. For say, 10000 cars. Expect not.
And what happens when things turn nasty ? Millwall say ?? Luton introduced a ban on away fans due to the disturbance in 1985 iirc. Imagine thousands of hooligans having a good old punch up amongst all the shoppers.
All these out of town stadiums must be wrong then.
Yes they are. They might have been the solution in the 1990s, but not now. Sometimes clubs have no choice, if that's the only land, but in this case there's a large site in the centre available.
Most football fans hate out of town stadiums, stuck on some dreary retail park with nothing there, and it encourages car use. The new stadium will be a short walk from Luton station.
Is it slap bang in the town centre ? Seems a bit daft to me. An extra 25000 people trying to get into a town centre on a Saturday. I hope they've planned for plenty of parking. Free parking that is. For say, 10000 cars. Expect not.
And what happens when things turn nasty ? Millwall say ?? Luton introduced a ban on away fans due to the disturbance in 1985 iirc. Imagine thousands of hooligans having a good old punch up amongst all the shoppers.
All these out of town stadiums must be wrong then.
Yes they are. They might have been the solution in the 1990s, but not now. Sometimes clubs have no choice, if that's the only land, but in this case there's a large site in the centre available.
Most football fans hate out of town stadiums, stuck on some dreary retail park with nothing there, and it encourages car use. The new stadium will be a short walk from Luton station.
Colchester. Nothing near the ground, train into Colchester and then a bus service to the ground with a mix of home and away fans. Surely that’s more difficult to police than town centre fans.
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I recall discussions in the 80's.
Anyway, I like marching through someone's living room to get to the away end. Long may that continue.
The new stadium plans have been approved
And what happens when things turn nasty ? Millwall say ?? Luton introduced a ban on away fans due to the disturbance in 1985 iirc. Imagine thousands of hooligans having a good old punch up amongst all the shoppers.
All these out of town stadiums must be wrong then.
Most football fans hate out of town stadiums, stuck on some dreary retail park with nothing there, and it encourages car use. The new stadium will be a short walk from Luton station.