The Luton thread

[That Fat Centre Half]

Further “trouble at mill” for us brewing.

We hosted England under 21 last night at Kenilworth Road. Apparently the FA insisted that the flag which hangs in the ground which says “Betrayed by the FA” was covered up. Fans not happy at all with that and a statement given by Luton ST hasn’t quelled that.

Another in a long line of bad communication issues from the club this summer, compounded by an at best indifferent start to the season.

Not sure what but something is quite amiss at the moment with how the club is doing things that’s all together different from the previous 10 years or so.

 

[Super_horns]

Your new ground looks impressive.

Be about time !

Shame COVID came when you were making good progress .

 

[Kenneth E End]

This is a tremendous day for Luton Town Football Club. No project has ever got to the Detailed Planning stage - not even close. With the finances and business plan in place, I have absolute confidence that the club will be moving to Power Court in 2027.

Three seasons left - get the "back garden entrance" in while you can. Maybe around 70 games left at the stadium before it becomes houses for the local community.

For those who don't know the detail, the stadium will be situated right in the heart of the town - it could barely be more central. It is going to be around 5 minutes walk from Luton Station and maybe 15-20 minutes walk from Luton Airport Parkway. The wider area from the airport to the town centre will become unrecognisable from 10 years ago.

Whilst the plans have been revised since the original plans were released in 2016, it remains an ambitious project which also includes homes for about 1000 people, a music venue, medical centre and a selection of bars and restaurants. The land at Newlands Park near M1 J10 is already being built on, having been sold-off for £53M a few years ago as the "enabling development". The Premier League money has allowed the club to be more ambitious; skipping the gradual capacity stage, going directly up to 25,000 seats.

For those who frequent Luton during the week will see that the town centre becomes a ghost town after 6pm. With this, people can stick around the town for longer as well as an area for congregating before and after matches.

 

[That Fat Centre Half]

The documents submitted to the council have been made publically available. Read them tonight and hard not to get excited about it, it’s clear the Premier League money has really allowed the club to put some extras in there and really make it that bit better.

This thread does a good job of providing visuals and the key points without having to go through the council documents for non Town fans

https://twitter.com/x/status/1838636586315190673

 

[Kenneth E End]

Some good info here (unashamedly stolen but modified from the Luton message board)…

General
• Music venue will be corner near the train station and can contain 1,800 people, but not to be included fully in this application. I sense it probably won’t be active until after the stadium is fully built.
• Hotel is opposite car park in the mall and will host 100/150 beds
• Ground floor contains changing rooms, media, with pub, cafe, club shop and ticket office on West stand. Small retail outlet to south and large commercial on east stand
• The north of the stadium will be slightly raised to allow a basement level to have working and storage stuff

Outside
• Music venue looks like a cube shape/thing
• 2 temp fan zones for 1,800 people
• Directors and officials/players parking will be in the north west under the music venue
• Fan zone, pub, cafe, shop, museum, 10 food outlet places outside stadium
• 1,200 match day parking spaces, with an extra 312 in the stadium for media etc
• 6 residential blocks of 1,200 people. Would presume average price to be ~£200-250K based on today’s rates.
• Shuttle buses and potential match day coaches to get people to the ground but assumed that most parking positions would still be available as they are at Kenilworth Rd bar the 150 or so who park on this site alresdy.

Stadium
• 19,037 home fans and 2,903 away (North east) which will be the closest point to the railway station. 5 minutes walk.
• 3,060 are assumed to be other hospitality
• Lower tier to hold 15,545 and upper 9,455.
• West and south stand is 2 tier all seated.
• North is 1 tier all standing. Looks to be a steep, low ceiling stand which will create a lot of atmosphere.
• East is 2 tier with standing and then seating.
• 3 corners to have seating pods with 1 corner to be tv media/security room. Pods to make it feel like the David Preece Stand.
• Tunnel club which is special match day hospitality.
• Hospitality on 2nd floor to be mid tier and can host events.
• Hospitality on 3rd and 4th tier for directors etc.
• Entrance through turnstiles is through the corners of the stadium.

 

[Caitlyn]

Your new ground looks impressive.

Be about time !

Shame COVID came when you were making good progress .

Yes and also the owners of the Arndale kicked up a fuss!

 

[Caitlyn]

The documents submitted to the council have been made publically available. Read them tonight and hard not to get excited about it, it’s clear the Premier League money has really allowed the club to put some extras in there and really make it that bit better.

This thread does a good job of providing visuals and the key points without having to go through the council documents for non Town fans

https://twitter.com/x/status/1838636586315190673

Glad we are keeping the halo from the previous design concept.