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« Thread Started on Jul 7, 2012, 7:36am » | |
35k all seater with retractable roof, on ssn and the times.
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« Reply #1 on Jul 7, 2012, 7:39am » | |
Hmmm but can I have some bloody legroom
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« Reply #2 on Jul 7, 2012, 7:44am » | |
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« Reply #3 on Jul 7, 2012, 7:45am » | |
Cold beer at half time would be nice.
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« Reply #4 on Jul 7, 2012, 7:47am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 7:39am, eusebio13 wrote:| Hmmm but can I have some bloody legroom |
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NO, that is what makes the atmospehere and what Fernandez meant when he said it wouldn't be altered 
Seriously, Loftus Road has the worst legroom of all stadiums I've been to. I'm short so I can get by, barely, but how people with a more normal stature can squeeze in there is a mystery to me.
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« Reply #5 on Jul 7, 2012, 7:55am » | |
[The Times]
Queens Park Rangers agreed a £5 million deal to sign Park Ji Sung from Manchester United last night and will unveil ambitious plans for a new stadium on Monday to underline their intention to become an established club in the top flight.
The proposed stadium is understood to be in White City, near Loftus Road in West London, and will have a retractable roof and seating, allowing it to be used for concerts and other indoor events, The Times has learnt.
QPR said it would put the brand “on a global scale” and they believe that the extra income generated from the 35,000 capacity — compared with 18,360 at their present site — together with sponsorship from a naming-rights deal and improved corporate facilities will help the club to maintain their status in the Barclays Premier League.
The ability to turn the stadium into an indoor arena means that they will be able to compete with the O2, in southeast London, to hold concerts and exhibitions to generate further revenue. Loftus Road is expected to be sold off for redevelopment into housing, although there may be some restrictions on the site that limit its value.
Tony Fernandes, the QPR chairman, has already announced plans to move to a state-of-the-art training ground next summer and has now turned attention to the new stadium, likely to cost about £180 million.
“Excellent stadium meeting Wow,” Fernandes wrote on Twitter. “Looks great. Going to make big announcement. Hopefully see Amit [Bhatia, vice-chairman] in a few hours to brief him. Stadium will be in West London. Will not lose overall atmosphere. Lots to do and many pitfalls but great first step.”
QPR narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of last season after a run of five wins and six defeats in the last 11 games, but the club are preparing to sign Park and William Gallas, the Tottenham Hotspur defender, to add to the four experienced players who have arrived this summer.
Park, a former South Korea captain, has made more than 130 league appearances for United since he moved from PSV Eindhoven. The midfielder, 31, started the Champions League finals in 2009 and 2011, with the club losing both times to Barcelona.
The newcomers would follow Robert Green, Andrew Johnson and Ryan Nelsen, all of whom arrived on free transfers, and Samba Diakité, the midfielder who joined permanently for £4 million from Nancy. QPR are hoping to sign one more striker this summer.
Djibril Cissé, the striker, said that he was looking forward to playing with Johnson. “He can score goals and run a lot for the team,” he said. “Competition is good for everyone. It was important to build on the squad from last season, because if you want to improve and take the club to another level, you need some new players and you need some quality players — that’s what the club is trying to do.”
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« Reply #6 on Jul 7, 2012, 8:15am » | |
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QPR planning to 'go global' with roof on new stadium ...
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« Reply #7 on Jul 7, 2012, 8:18am » | |
People will remember the Jim Gregory plan to build a retractable roof over Loftus Road...
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« Reply #8 on Jul 7, 2012, 8:19am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 8:18am, Macmoish wrote:| People will remember the Jim Gregory plan to build a retractable roof over Loftus Road... |
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That was to stop the taxman counting how many people were inside
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« Reply #10 on Jul 7, 2012, 8:23am » | |
Hint. Hint... I remember that was a feature or two in the QPR Programme and newspaper articles. Probably around 1982 or 1983. It was while Venables was our Managing Director
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« Reply #11 on Jul 7, 2012, 8:55am » | |
Makes for good reading that article , very interesting week we are heading into for QPR FC
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« Reply #12 on Jul 7, 2012, 8:57am » | |
If the article is accurate re size and location (and assuming all goes through, get planning permission and finances, etc), truly will cement ourselves as a progressive West London Club, staying in the area, not in a white elephant mass stadium.
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« Reply #13 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:01am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 8:19am, eusebio13 wrote:| That was to stop the taxman counting how many people were inside |
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« Reply #14 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:06am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 8:19am, eusebio13 wrote:
Jul 7, 2012, 8:18am, Macmoish wrote:| People will remember the Jim Gregory plan to build a retractable roof over Loftus Road... |
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That was to stop the taxman counting how many people were inside |
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That always made me laugh. Our 27,000 stadium would be packed to the rafters, and they would announce, "Todays attendance is 21,350"
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« Reply #15 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:21am » | |
11th November 1982.
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« Reply #16 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:22am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 7:47am, obk wrote:
Jul 7, 2012, 7:39am, eusebio13 wrote:| Hmmm but can I have some bloody legroom |
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NO, that is what makes the atmospehere and what Fernandez meant when he said it wouldn't be altered
Seriously, Loftus Road has the worst legroom of all stadiums I've been to. I'm short so I can get by, barely, but how people with a more normal stature can squeeze in there is a mystery to me. |
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The reason my son can't come to LR to watch a game. He weighs over 25 stones (350 pounds in American money).
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« Reply #18 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:36am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 8:19am, eusebio13 wrote:
Jul 7, 2012, 8:18am, Macmoish wrote:| People will remember the Jim Gregory plan to build a retractable roof over Loftus Road... |
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That was to stop the taxman counting how many people were inside |
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Funny of the year!
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« Reply #19 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:40am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 9:22am, gramps wrote:
Jul 7, 2012, 7:47am, obk wrote:
NO, that is what makes the atmospehere and what Fernandez meant when he said it wouldn't be altered
Seriously, Loftus Road has the worst legroom of all stadiums I've been to. I'm short so I can get by, barely, but how people with a more normal stature can squeeze in there is a mystery to me. |
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The reason my son can't come to LR to watch a game. He weighs over 25 stones (350 pounds in American money). |
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You lot and the americans are just as confusing, pounds, stones? Kilos for crying out loud, like the rest of the world, kilos! This is even worse than soccer!
And yes, I imagine your son is not the only one left out! I bet a modern stadium would rectify this though.
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« Reply #20 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:49am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 9:40am, obk wrote:
Jul 7, 2012, 9:22am, gramps wrote:
You lot and the americans are just as confusing, pounds, stones? Kilos for crying out loud, like the rest of the world, kilos! This is even worse than soccer!... |
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Well given that Britain drives on the wrong side of the road...!
I'm very disappointed that the British authorities abandoned pints and pounds and miles, etc....
(Not to speak of giving up pounds shillings and pence...
240 pennies to a pound. 12 pennies to the shillings...20 shillings to the pound... AH those were the days 
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« Reply #21 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:55am » | |
It it's to have a retractable roof then it won't be one of these identi-kit stadiums we see in England, think more Ajax's stadium.
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« Reply #22 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:56am » | |
How big is the Ajax Stadium?
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« Reply #23 on Jul 7, 2012, 9:59am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 9:49am, Macmoish wrote:
Jul 7, 2012, 9:40am, obk wrote:
You lot and the americans are just as confusing, pounds, stones? Kilos for crying out loud, like the rest of the world, kilos! This is even worse than soccer!... |
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Well given that Britain drives on the wrong side of the road...!
I'm very disappointed that the British authorities abandoned pints and pounds and miles, etc....
(Not to speak of giving up pounds shillings and pence...
240 pennies to a pound. 12 pennies to the shillings...20 shillings to the pound... AH those were the days |
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Last-ditch Euro vote saves the Great British pint
MEDDLING Eurocrats have been forced to back down over plans to stop Britain selling beer and milk in pints and eggs by the dozen.
MEDDLING Eurocrats have been forced to back down over plans to stop Britain selling beer and milk in pints and eggs by the dozen.
In a victory for common sense, the latest metric madness was torpedoed during an 11th-hour vote.
Now our traditional measures – including pounds and ounces and even the baker’s dozen – are safe after yesterday’s crucial ruling.
It was the last time the issue was to be discussed – and if the vote had gone against us, it would have meant the end of the UK’s imperial measures.
But MPs on all sides were outraged by the Brussels proposals and made it clear they were determined to maintain Britain’s independence from the European system.
As anti-metric campaigners celebrated last night, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said: “We’ve protected what we already hold dear. Selling eggs or bread rolls by the dozen, and using imperial measures like pints, are great British traditions that we all know and love and I was not going to let them be put at risk.”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/last-ditch-euro-vote-saves-the-great-156793
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« Reply #24 on Jul 7, 2012, 10:02am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 9:56am, Macmoish wrote:| How big is the Ajax Stadium? |
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52,00 which is obviously too big but I guarantee that will be the kind of design.
A retractable roof wouldn't work on a stadium like Coventry's, Reading's etc.
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« Reply #25 on Jul 7, 2012, 10:14am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 8:18am, Macmoish wrote:| People will remember the Jim Gregory plan to build a retractable roof over Loftus Road... |
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Mac, i'm sure that it was Bulstode who was planning that.
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« Reply #26 on Jul 7, 2012, 10:23am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 10:14am, scarletpimple wrote:
Jul 7, 2012, 8:18am, Macmoish wrote:| People will remember the Jim Gregory plan to build a retractable roof over Loftus Road... |
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Mac, i'm sure that it was Bulstode who was planning that. |
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Maybe both?
But...
Jul 7, 2012, 9:21am, Bushman wrote:11th November 1982.
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« Reply #27 on Jul 7, 2012, 10:26am » | |
Jul 7, 2012, 10:14am, scarletpimple wrote:
Jul 7, 2012, 8:18am, Macmoish wrote:| People will remember the Jim Gregory plan to build a retractable roof over Loftus Road... |
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Mac, i'm sure that it was Bulstode who was planning that. |
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Bulstrode became Chairman in 1987.
11th November 1982.
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« Reply #28 on Jul 7, 2012, 10:38am » | |
Sorry girls, never saw or heard of jim planning that, but i do remember Bulstrode saying it, and then he went and had a heart attack, bad for him but put us back years and years.
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« Reply #29 on Jul 7, 2012, 10:43am » | |
After Bulstrode...Ugg: Richard Thompson
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