The Premier League football team who wanted an F1 track in their stadium
Originally reported by FourFourTwo, when looking🅰 to renovate their stadium - Kenilworth Stadium - in 2003, then-owner John Gurney had big plan🔥s.
Gurney wanted to turn their existing venue into an impressive 70🥃,000-seater stadium into an all-purpose arena💖.
He had plans to make Luton as a base for a number of American 🅺sports such as NFL and NFA, as well as F1.
An F1 track would feature around the stadi🐬um𒊎, with Gurney claiming one-race per year could bring in approximately £200 million.
It didn’t stop there as Gurney hoped to rebrand the club, potential🐬ly re-naming it as ‘London Luton’ akin to the nearby airport.
All of his crazy plans disillusioned the fans, particularly as he sacked manager Joe ꦯKinnear.
His time as chairman of Luꦜton lasted just 55 days, conceding he was ‘the most hated man in football’ a year later.
Luton a🤡re in a better place now having started the🦩ir Premier League campaign, with a new stadium expected to be completed by 2026.
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