Plans in for new Luton Town stadium

Championship football side Luton Town has submitted a detailed application for a new 25,000-capacity stadium in the town centre.

Gary Sweet, Chief Executive of Luton Town Football Club and 2020 Developments, said: “This important announcement is a pivotal moment for all supporters, residents and businesses of Luton. It also marks an important milestone for everyone who has worked tirelessly and diligently on the project over the last few months to shape it masterfully into the magnificent building we have presented to the planning officers.

“We have hand-picked and structured an elite design team of architects, engineers and technicians who have been working with us, crafting every floor and corner of our new stadium to a detailed stage such that it can now be submitted, publicly aired and presented as a well-prepared detailed design instruction for contractors.

“I personally want to take this opportunity to give a huge thanks to the entire team of specialist technicians who have submerged themselves into this colossal task so efficiently and to do so by breaking the mould in stadium design. They have pushed the boundaries beyond the norm in order to remain loyal to our original desired look and feel and have incorporated more unique cultural characteristics that will make this a familiar home for us all.”

Chairman of Luton Town Football Club and 2020 Holdings, David Wilkinson, added: “As an invested observer into this project, it was staggering to see the amount of work that has gone into every detail, with such exceptional craftmanship.

“We all need to positively get behind our team now to hope that, while we watch the cranes put the concrete and steel in place, the wonderful new stadium debuts as the home to a Premier League team.”