City Ground

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The City Ground
Trentside
The City Ground
The Nottingham Forest venue
Data
place United KingdomUnited Kingdom West Bridgford , Nottinghamshire NG2 5FJ, United Kingdom
Coordinates 52 ° 56 '23.3 "  N , 1 ° 7' 58.1"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 56 '23.3 "  N , 1 ° 7' 58.1"  W.
owner Nottingham City Council
operator Nottingham Forest
start of building 1898
opening 1898
Renovations 1957, 1965, 1980, 1992-1993, 1994-1996
surface Natural grass with lawn heating
architect Husband & Co (1980)
Miller Partnership (1992–1993, 1994–1996)
capacity 30,445 places
(limited to 24,357 places)
playing area 105 × 71 m
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Events

The City Ground is a football stadium in the English city ​​of West Bridgford , Nottinghamshire , United Kingdom . It has been home to the Nottingham Forest Association since 1898 and seats 30,445. The City Ground is currently only approved for 24,357 visitors.

history

The stadium is located on the south bank of the River Trent - just 300 meters from local rivals Notts County's Meadow Lane stadium on the opposite north bank. On October 12, 1957, 47,804 spectators saw the inauguration game of the new east stand against the Busby Babes from Manchester United , which is still the record number of visitors to the stadium.

In 1980 the Executive Stand was built for around £ 2 million and had a capacity of 10,000 people. Nottingham Forest was able to make this investment due to its great international success during this time. After an interim renovation, the grandstand was renamed The Brian Clough Stand in his honor after Brian Clough's 18-year coaching career had ended. In the 1992/93 season the Bridgford stand was rebuilt and then had 7,710 seats. In preparation for the European Football Championship in 1996 , The Trent End grandstand was then rebuilt and rounded off the total capacity to 30,576 with 7,338 seats.

Nottingham was then one of eight venues for the 1996 European Championship in England. In the preliminary round of Group D, the games Turkey against Croatia (0: 1), Portugal against Turkey (1: 0) and Croatia against Portugal (0: 3) took place in the City Ground .

future plans

In June 2007 it became public that the club was planning to build a new soccer arena, replacing the City Ground Stadium. The year 2014 was given as the opening date. The new arena is to provide the spectators with a capacity between 45,000 and 50,000 seats and would therefore be significantly larger than the previous stadium. A poll of the club's fans at the time showed that a majority opted for the name "Brian Clough Arena". Since England did not win the bid for the 2018 World Cup , a renovation of the City Ground is now considered the most likely solution.

Since the 2018 World Cup was awarded to Russia, the plans for a new stadium have been postponed, at least temporarily. However, the main stand is to be expanded in the event of an ascent forest.

Under the new owner Evangelos Marinakis , the Reds' long plans for an expansion of the City Ground became a reality. On February 28, 2019, the association confirmed an extension of the lease. This extension now also makes a planned growth of the arena and the surrounding area possible. The planned expansion will replace the Peter Taylor stand with a new 10,000-seat grandstand. The new stand will also contain a museum, a new shop, restaurants and VIP boxes. The Brian Clough stand, the Bridgford stand and the side facing the River Trent will also be rebuilt. Construction is slated to begin at the end of the 2019/20 season and when completed, the stadium will be the largest in the East Midlands with a capacity of 38,000 .

At the beginning of December 2019, Tricky Trees submitted an official building application for the Peter Taylor stand and came a little closer to modernizing the old venue.

Views

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Panorama from the point of view of Trent End
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Panorama from the Brian Clough booth

Web links

Commons : The City Ground  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nottinghamforest.co.uk: The City Ground ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nottinghamforest.co.uk
  2. ↑ stadionwelt.de: Significantly fewer spaces in the City Ground Article from July 27, 2016
  3. ↑ nottinghamforest.co.uk: The history of the stadium on the official Nottingham Forest website ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nottinghamforest.co.uk
  4. ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Nottingham Forest - City Ground (English)
  5. ↑ nottinghamforest.co.uk: Major stadium redevelopment to go ahead at Nottingham Forest (English)
  6. ↑ Nottingham Forest submits building application. In: stadionwelt.de. December 5, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 .