Loftus Road renovation/revamp 13:14 - Sep 20 with 111980 views | QPRConor2000 | Given the news we heard this week from Ruben that LR is now more likely to be redeveloped over a new stadium, I wanted to open up a specific thread for it. Any ideas on how we can improve LR. NOTE: Serious ideas only. | | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:19 - Sep 20 with 29373 views | CateLeBonR | 3 points occasionally :) | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:26 - Sep 20 with 29318 views | connell10 | Make the concourses bigger and increase the seating leg room. | |
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Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:26 - Sep 20 with 29296 views | Tonto | As a transport planner by profession I need to nip.one suggestion I've seen in the bud. There isn't any realisyic chance of permanently blocking off South Africa Road to build on it. Its a bus route and needed to provide accesaibilty into much of the white city estate. Also rmemeber you can't go up too much as it would block the light, so the South Africa Road stand is probably as high as its going to get. It's a very restricted site. | |
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Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:31 - Sep 20 with 29286 views | eastside_r | Dig down? | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:44 - Sep 20 with 29214 views | stowmarketrange |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:19 - Sep 20 by CateLeBonR | 3 points occasionally :) |
Bigger goals at the loft end might be the way to go. | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:47 - Sep 20 with 29188 views | terryb |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:44 - Sep 20 by stowmarketrange | Bigger goals at the loft end might be the way to go. |
Only if we can change them back to normal when we're defending the LR end! | | | | Login to get fewer ads
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:50 - Sep 20 with 29156 views | BAWHoops | I actually think the key phrase was 'we rarely fill it'. Wouldn't surprise me if they cut capacity but increase corporate. Could seem them knocking down SAR and rebuilding it with 3/4 corporate (a bit like the new stand at Fulham). Other than that not sure what else. Perhaps rebuild the school end, make it nice and put families in there and shift away fans to half of Ellerslie. So then capacities could look like this SAR - 4k (with majority corporate/club) School - 2k Stanley Bowles - 4k (half for away fans) The Loft - 3.5k (all rail seating in Lower Loft) So a 13.5k capacity stadium with a swanky corporate area and a new stand behind the goal | |
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Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:10 - Sep 20 with 29025 views | DavieQPR | All I can see is the offices moving to Heston and an internal refurbishment. Altering stands would mean closing roads, , extra commercial traffic, noise,loss of income ,etc. All for no commercial benefit. | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:32 - Sep 20 with 28934 views | paulhoop2 | To be honest for a while now I’ve advocated to sharing with Fulham would it really be that bad ? | |
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Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:36 - Sep 20 with 28891 views | Northernr |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:31 - Sep 20 by eastside_r | Dig down? |
I'm pleased you suggested this mate I was coming on here to say the same thing. Wonder if it's been considered? Dig it right down into the water table I reckon. | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:36 - Sep 20 with 28870 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:32 - Sep 20 by paulhoop2 | To be honest for a while now I’ve advocated to sharing with Fulham would it really be that bad ? |
Well, we'd all need to buy some nice new clothes. | |
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Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:41 - Sep 20 with 28861 views | Northernr |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:36 - Sep 20 by BrianMcCarthy | Well, we'd all need to buy some nice new clothes. |
I bet they make you use plastic glasses in and around the infinity pool, so a no from me. | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:41 - Sep 20 with 28823 views | Rs_Holy |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:32 - Sep 20 by paulhoop2 | To be honest for a while now I’ve advocated to sharing with Fulham would it really be that bad ? |
Can we share with Brentford instead? .. its easier to get to! | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:47 - Sep 20 with 28803 views | themodfather | mergers and ground sharing caused near anarchy before, i would dread it now unless to save club because we would be the "beggars" now and have to meet any terms thrown into the dog bowl. redevelopment of one stand , using cantilever and as much plastic/glass as possible for light to buildings nearby has to be the answer . that or they allow more standing in terrace areas in lower stands to get capacity to around 22k, | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:54 - Sep 20 with 28764 views | joe90 | We need a 16k stadium with no restricted views and bit more leg room. Anything else is a bonus. | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 14:57 - Sep 20 with 28751 views | MedwayR | IMO to maximise Loftus Road we'd need to start from scratch and have only 2 stands: SA Road and School End, presuming we could obtain the land the school is on and move the pitch tight up behind the housing. Doing this would get around the restrictions of building up to the properties surrounding the stadium. The Loft End and SB stand turnstiles could still be utilised with a walkway surrounding the pitch where necessary to allow access to the stands. In addition we could maybe build up to the road/pathway on SA. [Post edited 20 Sep 2023 15:00]
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Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 15:03 - Sep 20 with 28742 views | QPRConor2000 |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 13:50 - Sep 20 by BAWHoops | I actually think the key phrase was 'we rarely fill it'. Wouldn't surprise me if they cut capacity but increase corporate. Could seem them knocking down SAR and rebuilding it with 3/4 corporate (a bit like the new stand at Fulham). Other than that not sure what else. Perhaps rebuild the school end, make it nice and put families in there and shift away fans to half of Ellerslie. So then capacities could look like this SAR - 4k (with majority corporate/club) School - 2k Stanley Bowles - 4k (half for away fans) The Loft - 3.5k (all rail seating in Lower Loft) So a 13.5k capacity stadium with a swanky corporate area and a new stand behind the goal |
I actually can see something like this happening or very similar. As for away fans, I would not be against moving them to Ellerslie Road as part of the revamp as it would offer more flexibility than now, you also dont have to offer half the stand for league games as you only have to give 10% for League and League Cup games, so 1350 could be the max we give for that, we could further downscale it to 675 tickets for teams who have low support, but we offer half the stand for FA Cup games. I agree about the School End perhaps being the new family stand, potentially we buy the school and turn it into an area where the players meet up with young fans before the game? It does help that the players entrance is literally next door. | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 15:04 - Sep 20 with 28735 views | BostonR | Well, I’m no architect or urban developer,but I am baffled by this new approach. The cost of running the stadium must be enormous. It’s dilapidated and is not covered by normal planned preventative maintenance regimes, given its current condition. If you were to do a proper site facilities and engineering condition review, I would estimate that you are looking at circa £30M plus, just to get the estate in good working order. Everything from an FM perspective needs overhauling and that’s without touching the infrastructure. The only possibility I can think of is the demolition of the SA and Ellerslie Rd stands and a total re-design and rebuild incorporating new executive boxes. Alternatively, buy the school land and re-shift the whole stadium. | | | |
Loftus Road renovation/revamp on 15:06 - Sep 20 with 28716 views | HaslingtonR | Just a small point. I seat on the back row of the Paddock, the rooms behind me are not always occupied. Is there any evidence to say we would actually be able to sell more corporate seats? | | | |
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