Happy Fox Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/131213-king-power-stadium-venue-for-leicester-1233980.aspx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 We had permission to host a regular Sunday market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 I was going to say you can see structural improvements around the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 We had permission to host a regular Sunday market? … did they even try that once? Might have been interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 Think Kasabian will be abit pissed off with this news. I feel they have been waiting for this for a long time but got bored of waiting and went ahead with the Victoria Park gig. Don't get me wrong they'll get more people in Victoria Park = More money, but think they would have probably prefered to play the KP more. (Edit - Infact they wouldn't, it says 35,000 tickets are expected to available for Victoria Park, but it says 36,000 will be available at the KP for non sporting events) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanC93 Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 Leicester City @OfficialFOXES #lcfc fan and @TheXFactor finalist @SamBaileyREAL to perform at King Power Stadium next Tuesday (17 Dec). Details at lcfc.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demon_dog Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 Peter Soulsby is bound to object! He's doing all he can to stop traffic coming into Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 "regularly hosting crowds of over 30,000 in both the Football League and the Premier League." Ok then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Arbuckle Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 On somewhat of a separate note; I've never seen the photo on that story before. I think it looks pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LutterworthLCFC Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 On somewhat of a separate note; I've never seen the photo on that story before. I think it looks pretty awesome. Decent picture, would of been better it was a full house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-man Posted 13 December 2013 Share Posted 13 December 2013 Bet they'll be allowed to stand at these events too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 Leicester City's King Power Stadium Comments (2)Leicester City Football Club has resurrected its plans to hold major concerts at the King Power Stadium. The club has applied for permission to stage up to a dozen gigs each year, accommodating crowds of 36,000 people at its Filbert Way ground. Club officials have held ambitions for the ground to host large-scale music events since it opened in 2002, but had previously said the stadium’s structure was not strong enough to cope with large numbers of music lovers dancing in motion. It had been feared the stadium could crumble if any more than 14,000 people were dancing in the stands. That ruled out the stadium hosting gigs by major bands, while other football grounds in the region – such as the iPro Stadium in Derby and Coventry’s Ricoh Arena – were able to host big name acts such as Muse, Oasis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi. The football club had said it would cost between £200,000 and £400,000 to reinforce the steel supports to make the structure strong enough. Now, however, the club’s Thai owners, the Srivaddhanaprabha family, who bought the ground from an American pension fund in March, say they have been advised large concerts could actually be held by merely staging them differently, avoiding any added costs. The club is seeking a number of alterations to a 2004 planning consent, granted by the city council, to permit concerts at the ground. It already has a licence for such events. A planning document submitted to the council by the club says: “If some of the upper tiers of the stadium are excluded from use during a concert, this will remove the need for additional structural works. “If the main stage is pushed further back on to the terracing at the southern end of the ground, then a crowd of 36,000 could be accommodated on the lower terracing and the pitch. “This approach overcomes the need to re-engineer the whole stadium, though clearly there is still the potential to do this to allow for a larger capacity concert crowd at some point in the future. “The stadium has now been in operation for more than 10 years, in which time Leicester City FC’s fortunes have fluctuated and its ownership has changed a number of times. “One constant has been that Leicester now has a modern venue of which it can be rightfully proud.†However the document said the ground is “grossly underused by virtue of the planning controlsâ€. The club says the proposed changes would boost the city’s reputation as an international destination for visitors. A club spokesman told the Mercury: “Proposed amendments to stadium planning permission would provide the city with a multi-purpose venue of significant importance.†Planning officers at the city council are considering the club’s application. Foxes fan Chris Drake, 49, from Saffron Lane, Leicester, said: “It would be good for the club finances, especially in the summer when there’s no football. “I am a bit surprised they suddenly found a solution to the ground not being able to take the crowds at concerts, though. “I would have thought someone would have worked that out ages ago.†City supporter Mary Richards, 37, from Leicester Forest East, said: “I’d like to seek some really big bands at the KP - Kasabian would be great there.†Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-City-Football-Club-applies-hold-major/story-20322033-detail/story.html#ixzz2nRXcrsG0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 It is slightly odd that somebody has just now realised that we can host concerts just by staging it differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxesAreBlue Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 "regularly hosting crowds of over 30,000 in both the Football League and the Premier League." Ok then. you beat me to it. I spotted that little bit of bullshit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 I was going to say you can see structural improvements around the ground. They haven't made any... Apparently all we needed to do was exclude the top tiers. Ie. push the stage back, get more on the pitch and less in the stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 Great news!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 I salute the application - it's just odd it took them roughly ten years to realize the potential of the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndWhat? Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 Petition to move the kasabian gig to the KP! Pyro in the King Power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 I salute the application - it's just odd it took them roughly ten years to realize the potential of the stadium. Ridiculous really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 I remember the Status Quo gig that was supposed to happen around 2004/05. Let's hope we can attract somebody a bit bigger if this comes off. :xmasbiggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 They haven't made any... Apparently all we needed to do was exclude the top tiers. Ie. push the stage back, get more on the pitch and less in the stands. Oh swear there is more pillars in the ground than they used to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattGamble92 Posted 14 December 2013 Share Posted 14 December 2013 It disgusts me that the Mercury journalist listed Muse before Oasis. ****ing Mercury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 15 January 2014 Share Posted 15 January 2014 Ordered my tickets from ticketmaster and paid. Has anyone else if so have you got your tickets yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 16 January 2014 Share Posted 16 January 2014 It disgusts me that the Mercury journalist listed Muse before Oasis. ****ing Mercury Why? at least muse have made more than one song and have something resembling talent. Oh, and you'll notice that, bon jovi aside, it's in alphabetical order (if you consider the Boss to be Springsteen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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