Queen’s Park Rangers Football Club is considering a site in the north of Hammersmith and Fulham for a new 40,000-seat stadium.
The site at Old Oak Common is to be used as the main hub station for HS2, and a consultation is under way for residents to express views on new uses for semi-derelict industrial land in the north of the borough.
QPR is seeking a new ground, with Loftus Road having a capacity of just 18,439.
A new 40,000-seat stadium has been included in the consultation document, and QPR has now named that stadium as a potential site.
If adopted, ideas put forward in the consultation will feed into an opportunity area planning framework being developed for the area.
A QPR spokesman said: “We are looking at a number of potential options for a new stadium and believe that Old Oak could provide one possible solution.
“We have met with representatives of the GLA and the supporting local authorities to discuss whether a football stadium could be incorporated into any plan that comes forward for this site.”
Hammersmith and Fulham council leader Nicholas Botterill said: “We have had talks with all three of our football clubs about their expansion ambitions and are aware of QPR’s interest in moving to a larger stadium.”
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