LFT Loftus Road

RNS Number:1709M
Loftus Road PLC
13 June 2000

                     LOFTUS ROAD PLC
                            
                      BOARD CHANGE
                            
Loftus  Road PLC, the AIM listed Queens Park Rangers  and
London Wasps sports Group, announces that chief executive
Simon Crane has resigned from the Board to take up a  new
position  as  Head  of Marketing of  Jaguar  Racing,  the
Formula One arm of the Ford Motor Company.

Simon  will be replaced by David Davies, who joins Loftus
Road from Ogden Entertainment, one of the world's largest
venue  management groups where he has been   director  of
European  operations since April 1998. He moved to  Ogden
from Contemporary Leisure Plc in 1994. Ogden was recently
acquired by SMG Management Group.

David had day to day   responsibility for all  Ogden
Entertainment  Services interests in the UK and Europe
including the  management and financial development of:-
the Manchester Evening News Arena, the largest and
busiest indoor arena in Europe, the Telewest Arena,
Newcastle, the Oberhausen Arena in Germany, Bridgwater
Hall, the Manchester Storm Ice Hockey team, and numerous
high profile sporting and musical concerts and events.

It  is expected that Simon will leave on the 2nd July and
David will start on 1 August
2000.

Chairman, Chris Wright, commented:

"We  thank  Simon  for his commitment and  hard  work  at
Loftus  Road  and  hope that he has a  successful  future
career.   We are delighted that David has agreed to  join
us, he has an impressive record of success with Ogden  as
a  manager of leading national and international  leisure
facilities  and  brands.  We look forward  to  benefiting
from his experience, enthusiasm and ideas."


For further information please contact:

Chris Wright, Chairman, Loftus Road - tel no: 
020 7221 2213

Mark Edwards, Buchanan Communications - tel no: 
020 7466 5000
                            

Notes:

The  current  directorships in other  companies  held  by
David  Davies  and  those held during the  previous  five
years are as follows:

Current directorships
Hallogen Ltd
Ogden Entertainment  Services (UK) Ltd
Ogden Ice Hockey Ltd
Park Arena Ltd
Manchester Storm Ltd
Ice Hockey Superleague Ltd

Past Directorships
Association of Facility Development Managers

David Davies:

(i)  has no unspent convictions in relation to indictable
     offences;

(ii) has  not  been  bankrupt  nor  the  subject  of   an
     individual voluntary arrangement;

(iii)has  not  been  an executive director  of  any
     company which, while he was an executive director or
     within  12 months after he ceased to be an executive
     director,  had  a receiver appointed  or  went  into
     compulsory liquidation, creditors' voluntary liquidation,
     administration or company voluntary arrangement or made
     any  composition or arrangement with  its  creditors
     generally or with any class of its creditors;

(iv) has  not  been  a partner of any partnership  which,
     while he was a partner or within 12 months after  he
     ceased to be a partner, went into compulsory liquidation,
     administration or partnership voluntary arrangement or
     had a receiver appointed to any partnership asset;

(v)  has  not  had  any public criticism by statutory  or
     regulatory authorities (including recognised professional
     bodies); and

(vi) has not been disqualified by a court from acting  as
     a  director  of  a  company or from  acting  in  the
     management or conduct of the affairs of any company.

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