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The Wimbledon Community Stadium is a proposed stadium in the Merton borough of south-west London with a projected initial capacity of 11,000. It is planned to be the new home to AFC Wimbledon.

Background
The ground is to be a multi-use football and rugby league stadium owned and financed by AFC Wimbledon. The stadium is to have an initial capacity of 11,000, with the ability to expand to 20,000 in the future if necessary.

AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon currently play at Kingsmeadow in Kingston upon Thames. The freehold of the site is owned by Kingston Council. The leasehold, which safeguards the site for the borough's football team, was originally held by Kingstonian FC but is currently owned by AFC Wimbledon having been purchased from the previous owners in March 2003.

Kingsmeadow had a capacity of 6,299 but currently can only accommodate 4,720 spectators following minor improvement works that were required as the club rose through the leagues to play in the Conference National. AFC Wimbledon had looked into redeveloping Kingsmeadow to take it to a 10,000 seat capacity, and would need to redevelop the Fans Stadium to stay in the Football League beyond a three-year deadline.

AFC Wimbledon have actively sought a return to their spiritual home of Merton, something they have full council support to do and have talked to Merton planners with a view to redeveloping the site at the Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium, the Wimbledon Stadium standing beside the old Plough Lane ground which was finally knocked down in 2002 and replaced by a Sainsbury's supermarket.

Harlequins Rugby League
Harlequins Rugby League currently play at the Twickenham Stoop in south west London. They are tenants of the rugby union club Harlequins at the Stoop. The Super League club first announced plans to build their own stadium back in 2002 and since the club was founded in 1980 they have been based at seven different venues around the capital. Harlequins RL Chairman David Hughes, a former Director at Charlton Athletic was assisted by the RFL in his search for Harlequins own stadium. The European Super League club have a lease on the Twickenham Stoop for the next three years. According to the feasibility study, the London Super League side were identified as the second anchor tenant on the site along with a 50% share in the ownership and financing of the site. The report said funding could be provided entirely by the private sector, but did not rule out public money and suggested different models for how the stadium could be managed as a year-round venture.

Project funding
The cost of the project is estimated at between £12 million and £18 million, with AFC Wimbledon covering the costs of construction and further planning. AFC Wimbledon had already sanctioned feasibility studies into the prospect of their own stadium, prior to their partner coming on board.