White City Stadium venue. Also in 1931, Queens Park Rangers F.C. began the first of two spells playing at the stadium, until 1933 (the second spell was from 1962–63). QPR eventually decided against a permanent move to White City and stayed at Loftus Road. Between 1932 and 1958 the stadium hosted major British boxing events, with attendances peaking as high as 90,000 for the second meeting between Len Harvey and Jack Petersen in 1934. The first major fight at the stadium was Len Harvey’s unsuccessful challenge for the NBA Middleweight Championship versus Marcel Thil of France. Future heavyweight champion Primo Carnera suffered his
White City Stadium, Glasgow White City Stadium, Glasgow White City Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway track in Glasgow, Scotland. The stadium was built on Paisley Road West in Glasgow in close proximity to Ibrox Stadium which was situated to the north-east and even closer proximity to the Albion Greyhound Stadium which opened the same year and across the road also on the north-east side. When the stadium opened it was known as the White City Sports stadium and in addition to greyhound racing hosted Speedway and show jumping. The first meeting was held during 7 April 1928, the same night that Lythalls