QPR hopes for Linford Christie Stadium move boosted as 81 per cent back plan in public consultation

QPR are keen to redevelop the Linford Christie Stadium as they look to remain in W12
Denis Jones/Evening Standard
Giuseppe Muro24 June 2019

QPR’s hopes of staying in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham have been boosted after thousands backed their plans to move to the Linford Christie Stadium.

Rangers want to leave Loftus Road and believe the venue in White City is their last chance to find a new home in W12.

The future of the Linford Christie Stadium is up in the air and a 12-week public consultation has now been completed.

Over 8,000 people took part and 81 per cent backed QPR’s plan to turn the venue into their new 30,000-seat home.

QPR chief executive Lee Hoos said: “Half of the respondents are local residents or are regular users of the existing facilities.

"The fact that more than four out of every five of them spoke up in favour of a major redevelopment of Linford Christie Stadium is a huge endorsement of the QPR option.

“By far the most popular answers about uses of the site were for a professional sports team and to promote community sport, both of which are what we hope a development involving QPR and QPR in the Community Trust would offer.

“This is all still at a relatively early stage and the council and the Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust will need some time to decide how they wish to proceed.

“We are very grateful for the support the community has shown us so far. QPR is a club with the community at its heart, and it is humbling to know that our continued presence, and the work of QPR in the Community Trust, is valued in the area to such an extent.”

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