QPR unveiled ambitious plans in 2013 to build a new 40,000 stadium as a core component of a proposed Canary Wharf-style regeneration of Old Oak Common. The club’s owners are frustrated by an inability to expand capacity feasibly at their current Loftus Road ground beyond 18,000. [See our previous report here.]
However, the Old Oak scheme has fallen into disarray, with land acquisition and other problems, prompting London mayor Sadiq Khan to call it all “a mess”.
The club has confirmed that it has therefore been forced to consider possible alternative sites and is eyeing up the Linford Christie Stadium, home to the Thames Valley Harriers Athletics Club, just across the A40 Westway from its current Loftus Road home.
QPR chief executive Lee Hoos said: “We are looking at all possible options to secure the future of the club in Hammersmith & Fulham and benefit the community.
"A potential partnership with an athletics club such as Thames Valley Harriers to create a new community stadium – and an adjacent athletics track – could bring huge benefits to both clubs, as well as to the local community that is our home.
"Before putting forward any formal proposal for a new community stadium we would consult fans, local residents, schools, charities and others to see how best we could achieve those aims.”
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