QPR new stadium: Huge boost as club partner with Gemini Sports

A QPR new stadium could become a reality in the coming years after it was revealed the club are actively seeking new investment to move from Loftus Road. The club reportedly want to build a brand-new, state of the art stadium to help them get back into the Premier League and establish themselves as a top-flight club.

After a number of seasons battling to avoid relegation from the Championship, optimism is growing that QPR can challenge for a return to the Premier League under Julien Stephan, who has incredibly guided his side to 14 points from their last six league games since suffering a 7-1 defeat at the hands of Coventry City on August 23.

While focus remains on trying to maintain a playoff spot on the pitch, there is hope that QPR can make significant progress off it with the possibility remaining that they could leave Loftus Road.

According to the Daily Mail, a sales pitch has been sent to potential investors in a QPR new stadium titled “Project Big Ben” and is looking to hook investors in by playing on QPR's location in London. According to the sales pitch, Loftus Road is currently worth between £50-64m while the club as a whole has been valued at £120m.

The club is currently owned by Ruben Gnanalingam (60%), Amit Bhatia (19%), and Richard Reilly (21%). Although all three men are seeking outside investment for the club to help build the new stadium, none of them are reportedly open to walking away entirely from the club and are believed to be in it for the long haul.

Loftus Road currently has a capacity of 18,000 and last season, they had an average attendance of 16,668, so they do operate close to capacity.

QPR new stadium: Learning from past mistakes

Looking to improve infrastructure and the club, as a whole, is a sign that the current owners are learning from the mistakes made under the previous regime. Tony Fernandes, the club's majority shareholder from 2011-2023, admitted to being “exploited” during his time in charge which led to the club effectively crashing and burning.

Although the club enjoyed three years in the Premier League during the Fernandes Era, their model was entirely unsustainable and dependent on the club being a Premier League club. Fernandes spent hundreds of millions on “flash” players to no avail and the club have been stuck in the Championship now since 2013.

During their most recent season in 2025/26, QPR were once again involved in the relegation battle, so pumping money into the stadium might not be the smartest decision with a stint in League One potentially on the horizon.

QPR enter partnership with Gemini Sports

Welcome @gemini_sports ?

QPR will be using the state-of-the-art AI cloud platform to aid topics such as on-field performance and recruitment ?

— QPR FC (@QPR) June 1, 2024

Although not directly related to the club's plans to develop a new stadium, QPR's recent partnership with Gemini Sports is a huge boost for the side nonetheless and gives their fans a cause for optimism.

Speaking via an official club statement, Gemini Sports founder, Jake Schuster, said: “By taking QPR's data operations from a blank sheet of paper to using cutting-edge AI tech essentially overnight and actually implementing it into their key player personnel and on-field decisions, we're active participants in the reinvention of a historically-significant sporting organisation.”

Since the initial announcement that a new stadium could eventually be in the offing, there have been no further updates, but it is known that work continues behind the scenes.

As it stands, it is yet to be determined whether QPR will run into similar problems as Chelsea, whose owners have ambitions to move from Stamford Bridge yet face issues with limitations over potential new sites in the West London area.

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