QPR Announces Stadium Plan

League Championship side Queens Park Rangers could move into a 45,000-capacity stadium as part of a $565M redevelopment project, according to plans drawn up by Hammersmith & Fulham Council. The report revealed four options for the modernization of the Linford Christie Athletics Stadium, located close to the club's current home at Loftus Road. The $565M option is "the most expensive" of the four. Sources close to the club believe the roof plans "could include a hi-tech design enabling the pitch to be lifted up as the roof during indoor events." The solution -- the "first of its kind if built" -- would mean the pitch would not be affected by non-football events (London DAILY MAIL, 2/27).