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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 ]
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 Stadium from Kenilworth Road An estate was erected on the fields of the farm, and the first houses were occupied in 1882. Church school halls were opened in 1895, Bury Park Congregational Church was built in 1903, and Luton Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd opened a general store at the junction of Dunstable Road and Leagrave Road in 1906.
The club sold Kenilworth Road to Luton Council in 1989, and has since leased it. [108] A planning application for a new 20,000-seater indoor stadium, the "Kohlerdome" proposed by chairman David Kohler in 1995, was turned down by the Secretary of State in 1998, and Kohler left soon after. [109]
In January 2023, plans were approved by Birmingham City Council to redevelop Villa Park and the surrounding area, involving the demolition and rebuild of the North Stand, increasing capacity from 7,000 to 15,000 seats. In addition to this, the developments also included a hotel, museum and club store among other amendments in the surrounding area.
St Johnstone opened the first purpose-built all-seater football stadium in the United Kingdom weeks after the Hillsborough disaster, with the opening of McDiarmid Park in August 1989. All-seater stadiums have been compulsory in the English Premiership since the start of the 1994–95 season as a result of the Taylor Report , which gave ...
Luton Town Ladies Football Club (/ ˈ l uː t ən /) is a semi-professional women's football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Founded in 1997, Luton compete in the Eastern Region Women's Football League , with home games played at Sharpenhoe Road, Barton Rovers . [ 1 ]