Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Kenilworth Road, known affectionately as The Kenny, [2] is an association football stadium in Bury Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It has been the home ground of Luton Town since 1905. The stadium has also hosted women's and youth international matches, including the second leg of the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football final.
Power Court Stadium [1] is a football stadium under construction in Luton, Bedfordshire, that will become the home ground for Luton Town ahead of the 2027–28 season, [2] replacing Kenilworth Road. Power Court is the site of the former Luton power station , which was closed in 1969. [ 3 ]
The highest transfer fee received for a Luton Town player is the fee Leicester City paid for Luton-born full-back James Justin on 28 June 2019. [147] The most expensive player Luton Town have ever bought was wing-back Ryan Giles , for a reported fee of £5 million from Wolverhampton Wanderers on 27 July 2023.
Luton Town: Plans were approved in January 2019 for a new 17,500-seater stadium in the Power Court site of Luton town centre, [83] with initial plans for completion scheduled for the start of the 2020–21 season. [84]
In December 2024, the club announced that its plans to build a new stadium at the Power Court site had been approved by Luton Borough Council. The plan involves the construction of a 25,000 capacity stadium at the Luton town centre with a hotel and a music venue.
The suspension of away support continued for four seasons, and, from a policing standpoint, was a success – during its enforcement, not one arrest was made either inside or outside the ground. Despite this, and the support of Bedfordshire Police for the scheme, Luton Town repealed the ban before the start of the 1990–91 season. [22] [23]
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow returns to M&T Bank Stadium to face the Ravens nearly a year after his injury on Thursday Night Football.
In the summer of 2015, the club's owners confirmed their intention to begin a fresh chapter in Luton Town's history by moving away from Kenilworth Road and building a new 17,500 capacity stadium by the beginning of the 2020–21 season at the derelict Power Court area of Luton town centre. [134] [135]