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Stadium Thread

Luton are working towards submitting a planning application for a new stadium near the railway station. What the hell is that thing above the stands supposed to be?

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Chief Executive, Gary Sweet, commented: “We’re delighted the infrastructure element is underway allowing us to develop the detail of the stadium’s design and, in particular, work hard to capture the core characteristics that makes Kenilworth Road so atmospheric, so intimate and so special to us. This season, perhaps more than any other, has demonstrated the incredible relationship we all have with The Kenny and that has been the driving force behind our design work.”

Chief Operating Officer Michael Moran spoke with regard coming key dates and milestones: “The next phase now is an engagement with Luton Council and key stakeholders such as the Environment Agency and Historic England as we take them all through our detailed design process. We are also engaging with contractors as we finalise certain construction features but our target for completion is 2026, regardless of the Club’s league position. We also mustn’t lose sight of the fact the stadium is to be accompanied by a whole new town quarter for Luton with 1,200 homes, leisure, restaurants, bars, retail and community space. It is incredibly exciting to be at the forefront of the Borough’s wider regeneration plans.”

Gary Sweet concluded: “We know everyone is desperate for the new stadium to open – as are we! It’s clearly a hugely complicated project but the main aim has always been to maintain the architectural quality and to deliver a stadium that replicates an essential, unique character we are all so familiar with but also fit and ready to grace the Premier League stage.”

The images shown represent Power Court Stadium in its first phase of development at a capacity of 19,500, which will include around a third as safe-standing. A second phase will see another 4,000 seats or standing seats added, which can be developed as demand dictates without too much disruptive upheaval.

Further technical details will be released as the application is submitted and put in the public domain.

https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2023/may/imagine-the-power/
 
Luton are working towards submitting a planning application for a new stadium near the railway station. What the hell is that thing above the stands supposed to be?

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Chief Executive, Gary Sweet, commented: “We’re delighted the infrastructure element is underway allowing us to develop the detail of the stadium’s design and, in particular, work hard to capture the core characteristics that makes Kenilworth Road so atmospheric, so intimate and so special to us. This season, perhaps more than any other, has demonstrated the incredible relationship we all have with The Kenny and that has been the driving force behind our design work.”

Chief Operating Officer Michael Moran spoke with regard coming key dates and milestones: “The next phase now is an engagement with Luton Council and key stakeholders such as the Environment Agency and Historic England as we take them all through our detailed design process. We are also engaging with contractors as we finalise certain construction features but our target for completion is 2026, regardless of the Club’s league position. We also mustn’t lose sight of the fact the stadium is to be accompanied by a whole new town quarter for Luton with 1,200 homes, leisure, restaurants, bars, retail and community space. It is incredibly exciting to be at the forefront of the Borough’s wider regeneration plans.”

Gary Sweet concluded: “We know everyone is desperate for the new stadium to open – as are we! It’s clearly a hugely complicated project but the main aim has always been to maintain the architectural quality and to deliver a stadium that replicates an essential, unique character we are all so familiar with but also fit and ready to grace the Premier League stage.”

The images shown represent Power Court Stadium in its first phase of development at a capacity of 19,500, which will include around a third as safe-standing. A second phase will see another 4,000 seats or standing seats added, which can be developed as demand dictates without too much disruptive upheaval.

Further technical details will be released as the application is submitted and put in the public domain.

https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2023/may/imagine-the-power/

Guessing it's the opposite of a tension ring. Not an architect so no idea what you'd call it.
 
Guessing it's the opposite of a tension ring. Not an architect so no idea what you'd call it.

Looks like an alternative to tower floodlights to me to give the profile of a 21st century stadium.

Doubt it would be load bearing but I am not an engineer.

Seems quite a modest project. Surely they could go up to 30,000 with bigger stands behind the goals where people will want to be.
 
Looks like an alternative to tower floodlights to me to give the profile of a 21st century stadium.

Doubt it would be load bearing but I am not an engineer.

Seems quite a modest project. Surely they could go up to 30,000 with bigger stands behind the goals where people will want to be.

Do they have the demand to triple the capacity?
 
It's a nice concept, but I wonder how much weight it can support if it rains or snows.

Also, not a fan of having all those cables going across the top
 
That will be horrible to play in. The architecture itself will be distracting. The natural light will be all over the place. The artificial light is going to need some very careful design.

That's a architect that saw the £ and said "yeah sure, I'll design whatever the fudge you like"
 
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