Rangers face month-long Ibrox eviction as panicking chiefs in venue scramble after stadium work cock-up
dailyrecord.co.ukRed-faced Rangers chiefs are scrambling to find another stadium after admitting a construction cock-up will force Philippe Clement’s side to decamp away from Ibrox for the first month of the new season.Multi-million pound upgrade works to the Copland Road end are running weeks behind schedule, meaning the stadium will not be ready to host games when the campaign gets underway on August 3.
A delayed shipment of steel for a new cantilever section being built as part of an overhaul of the club’s facilities for disabled fans is to blame.With the delivery not due to arrive on UK shores from Asia until late July, Gers chiefs have been left scurrying to find an alternative venue ahead of the big kick-off.
The club is now racing to get the refurb work completed as fast as possible - but the worst-case scenario could see them playing away from their home ground for the whole of August.Hampden, however, has been ruled out from the club’s contingency plans.
The National Stadium’s is set to host two outdoor concerts involving US pop star P!nk at the end of this month, after which it’s pitch will be ripped up and relaid, putting the Mount Florida arena out of action until September.Rangers are heading to Murrayfield next month to take on Manchester United in a glamour friendly clash and there’s already speculation online that the home of Scottish Rugby could provide a potential solution.
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