KCOM Stadium
| KCOM Stadium | |
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| The north stand of the KC stadium | |
| Earlier names | |
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KC Stadium (until 2016) |
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| Data | |
| place | West Park Kingston upon Hull HU3 6HU, United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 44 '46.3 " N , 0 ° 22' 3.4" W |
| owner | Kingston upon Hull |
| opening | 2002 |
| First game |
Hull City - Sunderland 1: 0 (Friendly Match) |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | 44 million £ (about 49 million € ) |
| capacity | 25,404 places |
| playing area | 114 m × 74 m |
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The KCOM Stadium (formerly Kingston Communications Stadium ) is a football stadium in Kingston upon Hull , United Kingdom . The stadium cost £ 44m and was completed in 2002. It was named after Kingston Communications , a communications company. After Kingston Communications was renamed KCOM Group , KC Stadium was renamed KCOM Stadium .
The stadium is mainly used by the football club Hull City and the rugby league club Hull FC , but games by national teams of both sports as well as concerts, for example by Elton John or The Who , were held there.
When it opened, the stadium replaced the Boothferry Park used by Hull City and the Hull FC's The Boulevard stadium .
Location of the stadium
The stadium is located to the west of Kingston upon Hull in West Park . It is just off the A1105 ( Anlaby Road ).
history
The idea of building a new stadium first came up in 1997. The project could only be financed by the fact that the city of Kingston upon Hull sold capital shares to the communications company Kingston Communications .
John Topliss was entrusted with the project management. Together with the Drivers Jonas company, he and his team worked on preparatory measures for the stadium construction, such as researching a suitable location, the size of the stadium and internal stadium facilities.
The project team examined over a dozen different locations, both in and out of town, to ultimately settle on The Circle in West Park. The decision criteria were in particular the accessibility, building guidelines, existing sports facilities, the separation of the site from residential areas and the city property.
Drivers Jonas' recommendation for the current location was based on the construction of additional sports facilities (next to the stadium) for the residents of West Hull. The stadium should therefore have a capacity of 25,000 to 30,000 seats. The engineering office Arup submitted various construction proposals for the stadium, which were taken over by the designer company Miller Partnership and created various design variations.
The building permit for the project was granted in December 2000. The construction company in the following year was Birse Construction .
Despite numerous difficulties during the construction phase (such as the bankruptcy filing of Hull City ), the stadium was completed on time; construction took a total of 14 months and cost £ 44 million and was officially opened on December 18, 2002 with a friendly between Hull City and Sunderland AFC . The game ended 1-0 with Steve Melton becoming the first goalscorer in the new stadium.
description
The purely seated stadium consists of an asymmetrical oval, which currently offers space for a total of 25,404 spectators. There are plans to increase the capacity to 30,000 seats by building an upper tier on the east stand. Each grandstand has a sponsor name.
A total of 28 boxes are provided for company representatives between the two tiers of the west stand. Security in the stadium is ensured by a total of 57 video cameras. In summer 2007 the old electronic display board was replaced by a modern, 40 m² LED screen.
The stadium seats are mostly black. On the north and south stands, white and amber-colored seats each form the word Hull once . A nobility crown is depicted on the east stand - a city symbol that can be found both in the Hull FC club logo and in the city's coat of arms. The three colors black, white and amber were chosen to represent the club colors of the two hosted clubs. At Hull City these are black and amber, at Hull FC they are black and white. The colors blue and gold of the city of Hull can also be seen on the outer shell of the stadium (see picture on the left).
The playable lawn is 114 meters long and 74 meters wide, 3% of which is artificial turf. It offers enough space for a soccer game according to FIFA regulations (105 meters × 68 meters) as well as for a rugby game (100 meters × 68 meters). The lawn has an automatic irrigation system and lawn heating.
| Grandstand | location | capacity |
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| Smith & Nephew | North | 4,000 |
| Arco | east | 6,000 |
| MKM | south | 4,000 |
| EBuyer | West (lower tier) | 6,000 |
| West (upper tier) | 5,000 |
The stadium in West Park is the first to be built in an inner-city park. The stadium complex also includes a multifunctional hall ( Gemtec Arena ) with a capacity of 1,500 spectators , a skate park , two sports turf areas, a sports university , a fitness center , an internet café and a library .
Various honors have been awarded to the KCOM Stadium . It was named one of the most important structural developments in Yorkshire by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors at the Pro-Yorkshire Awards . It was also nominated for a Prime Minister's Award for Better Public Building and received high recognition in the British Construction Industry Awards for Best Value . In a survey of football fans from across the UK initiated by Drivers Jonas in 2005 , the KC Stadium received the highest ratings in the categories comfort, services and field of vision.
Web links
- The stadium site (English)
- Information about the stadium , footballgroundguide.com (English)
- Detailed picture gallery , stadionwelt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ hulldailymail.co.uk: Hull's KC Stadium to change name to KCOM Stadium ( Memento from July 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Article from March 21, 2016 (English)
- ↑ a b History Of The Tigers . In: Hull City afc: the tigers: Official Site . Hull City Football Club & FL Interactive Ltd .. May 18, 2007. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2007.
- ↑ a b Club History 1950 - 2002 . In: Welcome to the Official Hull FC Website . Hull FC. 2008. Accessed on September 22, 2008. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e Full Circle . In: Hull in print . Kingston upon Hull City Council. 2003. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r The Kingston Communications Stadium - Facts . In: Kingston Communications Stadium . Stadium Management Company. 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
- ^ Circle construction log . Amber Nectar. Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ↑ Home From Home . Hull City AFC. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2007.
- ↑ a b c d e tickets . In: Kingston Communications Stadium . Stadium Management Company. 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
- ^ Scotland v Italy . displayled.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ Big Screen Installed . In: Hull City afc: the tigers: Official Site . Hull City Football Club & FL Interactive Ltd .. August 9, 2007. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2007: "Note: The source incorrectly states that the screen is made of LCDs ."
- ↑ College of Arms Newsletter, August 2004: Recent Grants of Arms . The College of Arms. August 2004. Retrieved August 10, 2007.
- ↑ a b About the stadium . In: BBC - Humber Sport - Stadium Facts . The British Broadcasting Corporation. 2007. Archived from the original on October 6, 2003. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ↑ a b c Another award goes to… . In: Hull in print . Kingston upon Hull City Council. 2003. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
- ↑ City has 'best' football stadium . The British Broadcasting Corporation. September 2, 2005. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
