Power Court: What are the Luton Town new stadium plans in September 2025?

Luton Town and their home of Kenilworth Road have been the source of much interest since the club were promoted to the Premier League in 2023. Given the limitations of their current stadium, it is unsurprising that the club have been looking for a new home for some time.

A move to a new stadium at Power Court has been signed off on, meaning that Luton will be leaving their charming old stadium in the coming years. Given the club's struggles on the pitch over the past few years, though, is a move still necessary?

Find out the latest information on their plans to leave Kenilworth Road below.

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October 2025

October marked the completion of the re-routing of the River Lea around the site of the proposed new pitch in the Power Court project, previously a major sticking point in the move for Luton Town. The project completed with the use of more than 300m of concrete tunnels.

The club also moved to ease concerns around the chosen construction partner of the project. The Luton Town supporters trust advised that they have been assured that construction partner Limak bears no responsibility for delays in the redevelopment of Barcelona's Camp Nou.

After the surfacing of rumours regarding the firm's part in delays, the Supporters Trust met with senior club officials, and Trust chairman Paul Stephens stated:

“We were assured that Limak were in no way responsible for the delays, nor were they liable for any fines – contrary to the report picked up by various news outlets.

“To put the story in context, the delays have been caused by a disagreement between the club and the [Barcelona] city planning authorities – and to put that into further context, it’s against a background of disruptive local politics resulting in ‘smear’ campaigns about how Limak were selected.”

While questions continue to arise around the club's choice of partner, the Hatters remain confident in Limak's ability to deliver the project in a timely manner for the 2028/29 season.

September 2025

The River Lea has successfully been rerouted in a major milestone for the Power Court project. The issue of the river's location was a sticking point early on in the planning process, and there will be some relief that the re-routing has worked as planned.

The river was previously flowing through what will eventually become the pitch at the new stadium, so a concrete tunnel has been fitted to redirect it. The end result is now a river streaming around the outskirts of the stadium, and Luton are planning to take full advantage of this by creating a riverside fan park for their supporters.

Michael Moran, the 2020 Developments Chief Operating Officer, said:

“We’ve effectively stopped the old river, and water is now flowing around the new channel around the edge of the site. Many years of planning and work with the Environment Agency have gone in to get to this point.

“We’ve done a tonne of ground investigations, all these engineering works, and now the water is flowing down this new route. “The site has got a huge industrial past, so the work to date has been the hard yards in the ground, but it’s nice to have something like this today where you can see a nicer touch to it with the new river route opened up.”

August 2025

Those in charge at Luton Town have once more reaffirmed the idea that this project will be of huge benefit to both the football club and the wider community. Speaking shortly after Limak International were confirmed as the project's lead construction firm, the Hatters' chief executive, Gary Sweet, said:

“This is a transformative opportunity for the Club, helping us realise our ambitions to be a Premier League club again one day. We are united with the supporters on the need for a new stadium to move our Luton Town forward and we are delighted to be moving into this exciting construction phase.

“Importantly, this new stadium project roots us in our community, bringing jobs and investment as part of the wider regeneration of the area. Partnering with a company of Limak’s international standing offers us a global perspective with local delivery. We will collaborate closely with them to ensure the stadium reflects the spirit and needs of the community.”

In truth, there hasn't been all that much progress on the project in recent months, likely due to the fact that the majority of the club's focus has been on putting things in place to get the club out of League One at the first time of asking. However, with the new season now underway, the shift off the pitch will likely turn to the stadium once again.

May 2025

Despite suffering relegation for the second year in a row, this time to League One, Luton Town are still pushing on with plans to leave Kenilworth Road and move to Power Court.

Confirmation that this is still very much the plan came at the beginning of May when the club revealed that it had joined forces with Limak International to be the construction partner in the building of the new stadium.

Limak International certainly have a pedigree in the world of football stadiums, as they are big players in the Camp Nou renovation that remains ongoing in Barcelona.

Luton have also said that work on the new stadium will officially begin this summer and that the plan is for it to be ready for the beginning of the 2028/29 season.

After back-to-back relegations, there will perhaps be some nervous figures in the club's hierarchy about just whereabouts in the English football pyramid Luton Town will be in three years, but at the same time, they could also bounce back and end up in the Premier League for the grand opening.

December 2024

In December 2024, Luton Town FC received approval for the Power Court Stadium, which is set to seat 25,000 fans and replace Kenilworth Road. Developments Limited received approval for a mixed-use project that includes the stadium, a music venue, and a hotel, creating a vibrant community hub. While planning consent was granted in 2019, the club focused on an updated design that enhances the stadium and the surrounding area.

The venue’s central location will enhance Luton Town FC's involvement in the community. Club chief executive Gary Sweet highlighted this point, saying, ‘This will be our new home for generations.‘ The project celebrates opportunities for economic development, community pride, and social unity.

It represents a major milestone for both the club and the town, ensuring a promising future. The club’s next step is to begin construction, with completion anticipated in 2027.

Why do Luton Town need a new stadium?

The Hatters have called Kenilworth Road their home since 1905, but local limitations have posed significant challenges for redevelopment. As a result, the club has opted to relocate.

They first started to consider a move when they were promoted to the Premier League in 2023. The promotion to the top flight only amplified the issues with the stadium, as the club had to perform emergency adjustments in the summer before their Premier League season to ensure the ground would be accepted by the league.

Beyond that, the size of the stadium held them back. They averaged the stadium's capacity throughout their season in the Premier League, and they did the same again in their year back in the Championship during the 2024/25 season, despite their poor form on the pitch resulting in yet another relegation.

While they did look at expanding Kenilworth Road, development restrictions meant that it was a non-starter. As such, they started to look elsewhere until they settled on Power Court.

With the wheels now in motion, the club's hierarchy will be hoping that 1) the fans continue to pack out Kenilworth Road despite being in League One and 2) the club can at least get back to being a Championship club.

What are the plans for Luton's new stadium?

In 2019, Luton Borough Council granted planning permission for a 25,000-seat stadium at Power Court. The location is popular with supporters as it remains within Luton and is around one mile away from Kenilworth Road (not far from the railway station). The new stadium has an interesting design as shown below (courtesy of the Luton Town website, where more information and images can be found).

The scheme has also received a major financial boost with the decision by Luton Borough Council to approve plans for a Hotel and Retail Park to be built near Junction 10 of the M1. Called Newlands Park, the development will help pay for the new Luton Town Stadium.

Groundwork begins

After the plans were submitted to the local council in September 2024, Luton wasted no time in getting construction work started. Groundwork has began and the construction team have already installed the frames of a goal in the middle of the site, which has been well received by local fans.

Excitement is now building among the club's supporters, and to capitalise on that excitement, Luton has publicly released concept art of what the stadium will look like once completed.

As part of the release, the club's Chief Executive, Gary Sweet said:

“Once our lives changed 16 months ago with promotion at Wembley, concurrent to the gargantuan task of getting Kenilworth Road Premier League ready we decided to reassemble a design team to take a fresh look at the whole Power Court project from foundations upwards.

“All in light of the new ambition we wanted to embrace for our Club going forward, demonstrated by the proposal to build to a 25,000 stadium capacity in one phase.

“We hand-picked and structured an elite design team of architects, engineers and technicians who have been working with us, crafting every floor and corner of our new stadium to a detailed stage such that it can now be submitted, publicly aired and presented as a well-prepared detailed design instruction for contractors.”

Luton reveal bigger and bolder plans

In May 2024, Sweet said that the plans for the new stadium were now ‘bigger, better and bolder' due to the club's season in the Premier League in 2023/24. The financial rewards for playing in the English top-flight have given the club more money to spend on the stadium, which could allow things to accelerate in the near future.

Sweet said: “The extra income from Premier League promotion has enabled us to go bigger, better, bolder. Originally it was to be built in three phases, starting at 17,500 capacity, but now we’re going straight to our maximum allowable capacity.

When will Luton move to their new ground?

The club announced that the stadium's construction will take 24 to 30 months, but work has yet to start due to various barriers relating to finances and planning permission. In February 2024, Sweet confirmed that the plans were still active and that he hoped that work could begin by the end of the year.

In May, Sweet provided an update on the timeframes that the club are currently working towards. He said:

“There are so many complexities with a project like this, in a location like this and at a time like this including some outside of our control. But if we’re looking at concrete facts, groundworks have already started, and in sync with UKPN’s targeted schedule on the sub-station, piling is currently scheduled to start in the first half of 2025.

“That’s the foundations being laid. After that, you’re looking at approximately a two-year build time. Construction of the stadium can begin before the sub-station move is finished and we won’t need to wait for the residential development to start either.

“So that gives you some idea – targeting an opening for the 2027/28 season but must allow for test events and training and as it would be a nightmare to move mid-season we may be pushed to 2028/29.”

The club hopes that the design of the Power Court Stadium will be able to “capture the core characteristics” of the team's current home, Kenilworth Road. It will be able to support the same atmosphere that the team experienced in their bid for promotion this year.

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Luton's stadium was a bit of a running joke throughout their Premier League campaign. While the club's back-to-back promotions had a huge part to play in how far behind their stadium was, it's fair to say Luton Town were punching above their weight. Despite dropping down to the Championship, the club is investing the Premier League parachute payments well by investing in a new stadium.