Fulham FC Invites Local People to View Plans for New Stand
Club promises it will include new pubs, restaurants, green spaces and riverside walk
As well as better seating and facilities for fans, the club announced last week that they aim for the new stand to include 'riverside pubs and restaurants, event facilities and green spaces', as well as improving the riverside walk.
Public exhibitions are planned at the stadium for fans and residents to examine. Visitors are welcome to view displays in the Cottage Cafe on Thursday 12 October (2-8pm) and Saturday 14 October (9am-1pm), ahead of the Fulham v Preston North End match.
Fulham fans had their first inkling of the type of changes they can expect in the matchday programme at Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Hull – the Whites’ first home victory of the season.
Club chairman Shahid Khan used gardening analogies to explain his vision. "We are a club with ambition to grow, but to grow you must protect and never damage your roots," he said.
He pledged that a new stand would be 'iconic and beautiful', blending history and modernity and added: "It won’t be long before we’ll be sharing some of the architectural elements and designs."
Fulham FC will be consulting Hammersmith & Fulham Council about its plans, which it aims to submit before Christmas. Once a formal application has been submitted local residents will be able to tell the council what they think about the club’s plans during the formal consultation period after Christmas.
Craven Cottage currently holds 25,700, with the current riverside stand housing the VIP seats and corporate hospitality, the camera gantry and dugouts.
The Stevenage Road stand, opposite the riverside stand was designed by Edwardian stadium specialist Archibald Leitch and listed in the 1980s to protect it from developers.
Also listed was the famous two-storey pavilion dating from 1905 at the corner of the ground – built as an afterthought by Leitch when he realised he’d forgotten to include changing rooms in his original design.
September 22, 2017
