JobServe Community Stadium
| JobServe Community Stadium | |
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| Interior of the Weston Homes Community Stadium | |
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Colchester Community Stadium (2008) |
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 Colchester , Essex , United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 55 '24.2 " N , 0 ° 53' 51.7" E |
| owner | Colchester Borough Council |
| opening | July 2008 |
| First game | 4th August 2008 Colchester United 1-2 Athletic Bilbao |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | £ 14 million |
| capacity | 10,105 places |
| playing area | 101 × 64 m |
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The JobServe Community Stadium is a football stadium in Colchester , England . It is the home of the Colchester United football club and was completed in July 2008. The venue was opened under the name Colchester Community Stadium . Real estate company Weston Houses became the stadium's name sponsor for the 2008/09 season for £ 2 million a year (including jersey advertising) . After ten years of cooperation and ended job board JobServe Ltd. became the new namesake. The contract also has a term of ten years. The club and sponsor announced this on June 1, 2018.
history
After the building permit was granted in March 2006, construction began in July 2007 and within a year the construction was completed by the construction company Barr Construction . It replaced Layer Road Stadium , where the club had played since 1937. Colchester United and Athletic Bilbao played their first game in the new stadium on August 4, 2008; the game ended with a 1: 2 defeat for the home side. The stadium holds a total of 10,083 spectators. The attendance record dates back to January 16, 2010 when Colchester United faced Norwich City (0-5) in Football League One . The stadium was filled with 10,064 visitors. There are 700 parking spaces available for visitors around the building.
The stadium has four covered grandstands. The main grandstand in the west is the largest tier of the sports facility and on it are u. a. 24 VIP - boxes , the press box, disabled parking, the club office, ticket office and the club shop housed. In the boxes, together with the Layer Suite and the Centennial Suite , up to 400 meals can be served on match days. Part of the north stand is intended for guest fans and there is also space for disabled visitors here. The opposite stand in the east is the most popular and is often used by families. The stadium control center of the police is located on the south stand, which is reserved for the guest fans and holds almost 2,000 spectators. Plexiglass strips are embedded in the roofs of the grandstands to provide a better light supply for the natural grass .
In May 2009 the stadium received the RICS East of England Award from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors .
Web links
- Stadium on the club's website ( Memento from December 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Diary of the stadium construction ( Memento from November 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Information to the stadium (English)
- europlan-online.de: picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ Exclusive: U's Seal Stadium Deal ( Memento from February 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ Matt Hudson: U's Flash: JobServe Are New Stadium Sponsors. In: cu-fc.com. Colchester United , June 1, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 .
- ↑ news.bbc.co.uk: Building work on stadium begins Article from July 23, 2007 (English)
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Stadium capacity and visitor record (English)
- ↑ Stadium - Info & Directions ( Memento from June 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ news.bbc.co.uk: New £ 14m stadium wins top award article from May 17, 2009 (English)