Leicester City Football Club are planning to build a new hotel and indoor arena plus another 8000 seats at their King Power Stadium ground.
The hotel would be housed in a new 15-storey building. It would include 220 bedrooms, a business centre plus a 6,000-capacity indoor arena for conferences, concerts and events at the stadium.
The plans to extend the ground have now been submitted to Leicester City Council. Subject to planning approval, the earliest possible completion date for the East Stand work would be summer 2024.
Meanwhile Southend United Football Club has secured planning approval for a new 22,000 capacity stadium with a hotel attached.
The new stadium will be built at Fossetts Farm and will replace the existing Roots Hall stadium.
The Fossetts Farm stadium will include a 107-bedroom hotel as well as a restaurant and conference space.
The decision on Southend United Football Club’s new stadium will now go to the government for final consent. The club hopes to start work on the project in the first quarter of 2022 subject to gaining final approval.