Falkirk Stadium
| Falkirk Community Stadium | |
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| Facade of the Falkirk Community Stadium | |
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| place | 4 Stadium Way Falkirk FK2 9EE, Scotland
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 0 '19.3 " N , 3 ° 45' 9.4" W |
| owner | Falkirk Community Stadium Ltd. |
| start of building | 2003 |
| opening | 2004 |
| First game | July 2004 Falkirk FC - Dundee FC |
| surface | artificial grass |
| capacity | 8,200 seats |
| playing area | 105 m × 68 m |
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The Falkirk Community Stadium (short: Falkirk Stadium ) is a football stadium in the Scottish city of Falkirk , United Kingdom . It is home to the Scottish football club FC Falkirk and has 8,200 seats.
history
The club moved to the stadium, which opened in 2004, when the old Brockville Park venue was sold to the Morrisons supermarket chain because Brockville Park no longer met the requirements of the Scottish Premier League .
First, two of the three grandstands were built, the main stand (west stand) in 2004 and the North Stand 2005. Among the supporters was the home of so half a stadium (Engl. Half A stage ) called. Falkirk played the first game in the new stadium in July 2004 against FC Dundee . At that time the audience capacity was 6,935. In 2009 the south stand was completed and inaugurated in August 2009 with a friendly against Royal Antwerp .
Club President Doug Henderson told the Falkirk Herald newspaper that the system, which consists of the main grandstand and two rear grandstands, is to be expanded to include an opposite grandstand .
In 2013, the natural grass on the pitch was replaced with 4G artificial grass .
In addition to the FC Falkirk games, the stadium also hosted many international rugby matches, international football matches for the Scottish women's and men's U21 national teams, and concerts (including Elton John in 2012 ).
Visitor records and average attendance
In the previous venue Brockville Park came on February 21, 1953 for a game between FC Falkirk and Celtic Glasgow, the record number of 23,100 spectators. In the Falkirk Stadium, the record of 7,926 visitors was set on May 19, 2017 in the second round of the relegation of the Scottish Premiership 2016/17 .
- 2014/15: 4,661 ( Scottish Championship )
- 2015/16: 4,670 (Scottish Championship)
- 2016/17: 5.032 (Scottish Championship)
Web links
- falkirkstadium.co.uk: site of the stadium (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Falkirk FC - Falkirk Stadium (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- stadiumdb.com: Falkirk Stadium (English)
- setlist.fm: concert list of the Falkirk Stadium (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c footballgroundguide.com: data on the stadium (English)
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: Fourth grandstand on the agenda article from November 29, 2015