Kenilworth Road is an association football stadium in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
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10 Facts About Kenilworth Road
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Kenilworth Road hosted football in the Southern League until 1920, then in the Football League until 2009, when Luton were relegated to the Conference Premier.
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Renovation of Kenilworth Road was neglected for the next two decades—financial difficulties and the club's ambitions to build a new ground meant that regeneration was unaffordable, and would prove unnecessary should relocation occur.
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The Main Stand's terraced enclosure received seats, and work began on converting the Kenilworth Road Stand, which had a roof added to it at this time and would receive seats in stages over the coming years.
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The most recent improvements to the ground came in 2005, when the conversion of the Kenilworth Road Stand was finally completed to bring the capacity to its present 10,356.
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Opposite the Kenilworth Stand is the Oak Road End, which bears an electronic scoreboard on its roof and can seat a maximum of 1,800 fans.
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The Oak Kenilworth Road End has an entrance that is often considered unusual, requiring spectators to go through an entrance built into the row of houses and up stairs to the stand.
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Luton Town did not rule out staying at a redeveloped Kenilworth Road, entering talks to buy the stadium back from the council in October 2012, but by mid-2015 these plans had been dropped in favour of a move to a new location.
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Kenilworth Road has been used occasionally by the England women's team.
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