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STADIUMS l DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE


■ QPR new stadium London, UK Opening: TBC


Queens Park Rangers Football Club has unveiled plans for a new 40,000-seater stadium as part of a major regeneration project of the Old Oak area in west London, UK. The new area, which has been provisionally called New Queens Park, will see the stadium built alongside a new residential area with 24,000 homes and a commercial space to include a 350-bedroom luxury hotel, studios, offi ces, cinemas and restaurants. The plans follow London mayor Boris


Johnson’s announcement that turning Old Oak into a new world-class city quarter is to be one of his main regeneration pri- orities for the city and that a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) – only


■ New York City soccer stadium New York, US Opening: TBC


Artist’s impressions, claiming to show detailed plans for a new football stadium in New York, US, have emerged on the imgur.com photo sharing website. The plans purport to show the new


home of the New York City Football Club (NYCFC) – a new franchise due to enter Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2015. NYCFC was announced as the MLS’s 20th


franchise in May 2013 and is a joint venture between English Premier League side Man- chester City and the New York Yankees – the Major League Baseball team. The leaked images show the location of the new stadium as Pier 40, a man-made island on the west side of Manhattan close


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The new stadium is part of a major regeneration project for the whole area


the second after the Olympic Park devel- opment – is to be set up to promote it. Thew new area – which will be larger than the Canary Wharf fi nancial district – is expected to generate 50,000 new jobs.


to Soho and Greenwich Village. Pier 40 currently hosts a large artifi cial turf arena and two purpose-built soccer pitches. Earlier, NYFC offi cials confi rmed they had


opened talks to build a stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. Details: http://lei.sr?a=a0i6f


Over the coming months, the club will


be working closely with architectural fi rm Populous to come up with initial design concepts for the proposed new stadium. Details: http://lei.sr?a=r0y7R


■ Perth Stadium Perth, Australia Opening: TBC


A consortia has been selected as the preferred bidder for the new Perth Stadium and Sports Precinct project in the Western Australian city. Westadium secured the contract to design, build, fi nance and maintain the AU$1.1bn venue, which is set to open in time for the 2018 Australian Football League (AFL) season. The stadium will have seating for 60,000 spectators but its design will allow capacity to be extended to 80,000 in the future. Details: http://lei.sr?a=q8B8P


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