Lionel Road Stadium

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Lionel Road Stadium (unofficial name)
Location	Lionel Road, Kew Bridge
Broke ground	no date confirmed
Opened	no date confirmed
Owner
Tenants	Brentford F.C.
Capacity	20,000

Lionel Road is a proposed stadium in Kew Bridge, West London with a projected capacity of 20,000. It is planned to be the home of Brentford F.C..

[edit] Background

In October 2002 the club announced plans to move to a 18,000 capacity stadium near Kew Bridge. This included an ambitous monorail proposal, which was later dropped from the scheme. After several years of uncertainty the project was suddenly brought back to public attention in late 2007 when the club announced they had secured an option on the site.^[1]

This was followed up in February 2008 when a partnership deal with Barratt Homes to develop the site was announced.^[2]

London Welsh have suggested they might move in to ground-share the stadium with Brentford.^[3]

[edit] Location

It is planned to be located on a 7.6 acres (3.1 ha) site off Lionel Road, and adjacent to Kew Bridge railway station. It stands in the middle of a triangle of railway lines, predominantly used for freight. Hounslow Council have been pushing a proposal for an extension of Crossrail to Hounslow via Kew Bridge, using one of these freight lines. The outline document suggested a station could be built to serve the Lionel Road site. The proposal is unlikely to make it into the first phase of the Crossrail project, but might be a later addition to the route.^[4]

1. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Brentford | Brentford given new stadium boost
2. ^ Brentford Football Club And Barratt Homes Team Up To Acquire Land For New Community Stadium | Brentford | News | Latest News | Latest News
3. ^ BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | English | London Welsh keen on Celtic move
4. ^ A4

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