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Luton chief Gary Sweet rules out possibility of a groundshare

04/26/2023

‘Absolutely not!’: Luton chief Gary Sweet rules out possibility of a groundshare if the club are promoted to the Premier League as they look set to stay at Kenilworth Road

Luton have hopes promotion to the Premier League through the play-offs
Much has been made of the size of their ground and its facilities
There have been suggestions that sharing a ground could be an option

Luton chief executive Gary Sweet has said that the ‘absolutely not’ be leaving to groundshare should they get promotion.

The Hatters are gearing up for the Championship play-offs, where they could complete incredible journey to Premier League promotion.

Much has been made of the capacity of their Kenilworth Road ground which has a capacity of just over 10,000.

It will need all manner of upgrades to be considered ready for top flight football.

New floodlights would have to be installed and a vast renovation of the media facilities would need to be undertaken to make the ground suitable for top-flight games.

Luton chief Gary Sweet rules out possibility of a groundshare if the club are promoted

There have been strong reports of plans to move to a new ground at Power Court, where the cub have had planning permission since 2019.

There is no possiblity of such a move in time for next season a the possiblity of sharing a ground with another club has been touted.

However, Sweet has categorically ruled this out in favour of remaining at Kenilworth, where they have played since 1905.

Herecently said that they would have to ‘pretty much rebuild’ one stand at their Kenilworth Road ground to comply with Premier League requirements.

‘It is maybe more of a gargantuan task than building a new stadium,’ he said.

But the Hatters have played at their current site since 1905 and, speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Mr Sweet said it ‘hasn’t changed an awful lot over that time’.

‘There’s rather a lot of work to do,’ he said.

‘We’ve got about £8m, maybe £10m of improvements to do which is pretty much rebuilding one stand in less than three months, which is some task.

‘It’s just really to comply with Premier League’s broadcasting requirements and some facility requirements that are needed.’

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