Editing Filbert Street (section)

=== Move and demolition ===
{{See also|King Power Stadium}}
There had been plans in 1977 to move to a new stadium to be built in [[Beaumont Leys]].<ref name="Inglis208"/> The residents of [[Anstey, Leicestershire|Anstey]] and other nearby districts voiced their concerns of a new stadium being built nearby and the plan was stopped and £1 million was spent improving Filbert Street and adding more seats instead.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Leicester Mercury]]|date=3 September 1983|page=13|title=What City missed...|last=Culley|first=Jon}}</ref>

Following the success of the club under [[Martin O'Neill]] during the later part of the 1990s, an expanded stadium was required for higher attendances and to provide better facilities. Expansion of Filbert Street would have been very difficult, as the North and East Stands backed onto housing which would have been expensive to place under a [[compulsory purchase order]]. Although expansion was considered, by 1998 the decision had been taken to move to a completely new stadium. After a failed attempt to build a 40,000 all-seater stadium at Bede Island South (on the other bank of the nearby [[River Soar]]),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jan/06/newsstory.sport |title=Leicester bin stadium blueprint |work=The Guardian |date=6 January 2000 |access-date=10 October 2012}}</ref> the club purchased Freeman's Wharf, a former power station site 200&nbsp;yards south of Filbert Street.<ref name="demolition" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/leicester-make-plans-to-move-624633.html |title=Leicester make plans to move |first=David |last=Prior |work=The Independent|location=London |date=3 November 2000 |access-date=10 October 2012}}</ref> Work began on a 32,500 seater stadium during 2001 and it was opened in July 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/2146706.stm |title=Lineker unveils new Foxes home |date=23 July 2002 |access-date=10 October 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

Filbert Street was sold to a development company for £3.75 million in March 2002, two months before the last game was played there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/1857550.stm |title=Foxes sell Filbert Street |date=6 March 2002 |access-date=10 October 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> The last game to be played at Filbert Street was the last game of the [[2001–02 in English football|2001–02]] season, a 2–1 victory against [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] – one of just five league games that Leicester won during that season, culminating in relegation to Division One.<ref name="piper">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/leicester-city/3027622/Lively-Piper-calls-tune-for-Leicester.html |first=Gary |last=Slater |title=Lively Piper calls tune for Leicester |date=12 May 2002 |access-date=10 October 2012 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London }}</ref> [[Matt Piper]] scored the last goal scored at the ground,<ref name="piper" /> bringing to an end 111 years of football there.<ref name="demolition">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2861823.stm |title=Filbert Street ground demolished |publisher=BBC News |date=18 March 2003 |access-date=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1978508.stm |title=Leicester's Filbert farewell |publisher=BBC Sport |date=11 May 2002 |access-date=10 October 2012}}</ref> In the autumn of 2002, [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]] expressed interest in purchasing the Carling Stand and moving it to their [[Millmoor]] stadium, but these plans were soon abandoned and the decade-old stand would soon be demolished along with the rest of Filbert Street.<ref>{{cite news |work=Leicester Mercury |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26906182_ITM |title=Foxes' stand sale is off |date=14 November 2002 |access-date=10 October 2012}}</ref>

Demolition of Filbert Street was begun in March 2003.<ref name="demolition" /> Part of the site is now home to the 'Filbert Village' development, built as accommodation for students for the nearby [[De Montfort University]] and [[University of Leicester]].<ref name="derelict">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/8376733.stm |title=Fans want Filbert Street museum |publisher=BBC News |date=24 November 2009 |access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="car park" /> The road running through the development is called Lineker Road after one of Leicester City's most famous players, [[Gary Lineker]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2005/02/22/gary_lineker_road_opens_feature.shtml |title=Lineker honoured |publisher=BBC Leicester |date=23 February 2005 |access-date=10 October 2012}}</ref> The rest of the site was meant to be developed for housing, but this work was cancelled due to the [[financial crisis of 2007–2008]].<ref name="derelict" /><ref name="car park" /> It was then leased to a [[parking lot|car parking]] company, but this arrangement was terminated by Leicester City Council in March 2012.<ref name="car park">{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Safety-fears-force-closure-Filbert-Street-car/story-15519360-detail/story.html |work=Leicester Mercury  |date=15 March 2012 |access-date=14 October 2012 |title=Safety fears force closure of Filbert Street car park |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425185928/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Safety-fears-force-closure-Filbert-Street-car/story-15519360-detail/story.html |archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>