1968 Jim Gregory (chairman of West London rivals Queens Park Rangers) offered £250,000 to buy the ground and move Queens Park Rangers to Griffin Park. Former Brentford chairman Walter Wheatley stepped in and provided the club with a £69,000 loan. In 1998, then-chairman Ron Noades acquired the freehold of Griffin Park, through his company Griffin Park Stadium Limited. With Noades declaring he would only fund the club until 2000, the prospect of the sale of Griffin Park for development looked likely until 2006, when supporters' trust Bees United bought his majority shareholding. Noades' loans to the club were repaid by current owner Matthew Benham in 2007. On 15 September 2020, ownership of the ground was transferred to EcoWorld, a partner of Community Stadium developers Willmott Dixon. See also Ground improvements at English football Stadia References External links for Griffin Park can be seen as a square on the west side of Ealing Road (i.e. left side on the map). It may be labelled Brentford FC rather than Griffin Park. Venues of the 1948 Summer Olympics Brentford F.C. Brentford, London Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hounslow Chelsea F.C. Defunct football venues in London Olympic football venues Sports venues completed in 1904 Defunct rugby league venues in England London Broncos Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Hounslow English Football League venues