Leicester Tigers kicks off £100m plans for stadium revamp

  Rugby club Leicester Tigers has submitted a planning application this week for the regeneration of land surrounding its city stadium.   The £100m mixed-use plans include a new 141-bedroom four-star hotel which could be linked into the Tigers stadium. An office development of 27,700 sq ft, 150 student flats and multi-storey car park are also planned.     The new plans complement the £30m redevelopment of the Tigers’ north stand at its Welford Road ground which is now underway and will raise the ground’s capacity to 30,000 making it the largest purpose-built rugby stadium in the country.   Architect AFL has designed the scheme for which a decision is due on the application by May 2009.   The Frank Whittle Partnership is project managing the stadium project.   lisa.pilkington@rbi.co.uk