Northampton Town agrees deal for redevelopment of Sixfields Stadium

Northampton Town football club has announced plans for the redevelopment of Sixfields Stadium, increasing ground capacity to around 10,000.

Not only will the redevelopment increase ground capacity, but in addition, a hotel, corporate boxes, a conference centre and improved facilities are set to be contrsucted as part of the redevelopment.

The deal, which has been agreed with Northampton Borough Council, will see a new East Stand constructed and a redeveloped West stand with a 'new look'.

David Mackintosh, Northampton Borough Council leader said: "We have agreed a redevelopment partnership with Northampton Town Football Club that involves a housing scheme and small scale, local retail development on land, upon which the football club have a 150-year lease."

Planning applications for the stadium will be submitted later this autumn in hope for the stadium to be ready in time for the start of the 2014/15 season. Cobblers chair, David Cardoza, said that the plans were looking to "make the club self sufficient in the long term".

Northampton Borough Council are loaning the football club £12m to allow the redevelopment to go ahead as soon as possible.