Madejski Stadium

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Madejski Stadium
The Mad Stad
Madejski Stadium in August 2014
Madejski Stadium in August 2014
Data
place Bennett Road Reading RG2 0FL, Berkshire , United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Coordinates 51 ° 25 '22 "  N , 0 ° 58' 59"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '22 "  N , 0 ° 58' 59"  W.
owner RFC Holdings Ltd.
opening August 22, 1998
First game August 22, 1998
Reading FC - Luton Town 3: 0
surface Hybrid lawn
(Desso GrassMaster)
costs approx £ 50m
capacity 24,161 seats
playing area 102 × 70 m
Societies)
Events
  • Reading FC games
  • Games of the London Irish
  • Richmond FC games (1998–1999)
  • Reading half marathon destination
  • Concerts

The Madejski Stadium is a football stadium in the English city of Reading , County Berkshire , United Kingdom . It has covered seats for 24,161 spectators and is the home of Reading Football Club and the home of the rugby union club London Irish .

history

Reading Stadium was inaugurated on August 22, 1998. The stadium is named after the entrepreneur John Madejski , the club president of Reading FC. It is located on the southern outskirts of the city near the M4 motorway and was created on the site of a former landfill . Ventilation fans are embedded in the ground around the stadium to remove the rising methane gas . The cost of construction was around £ 50 million . Since 2007 the playing field has consisted of a natural turf reinforced with embedded artificial turf fibers and was laid by Desso Sports Systems . In this process, around 20 million artificial fibers are placed 20 cm deep into the ground over the field. The cost of the artificial green was around £ 750,000. 128 places for wheelchair users are distributed throughout the stadium. The 4-star Millennium Madejski Hotel Reading is part of the stadium complex .

In the 2006/07 season, Reading FC was represented for the first time in the Premier League . As a result, the stadium was almost always sold out. In order to meet the increased demand, the association planned to add at least 10,000 more seats.

Grandstands

The two-story main grandstand in the west ( west stand ) houses u. a. the main ticket office, a conference center ( Royal Berkshire Conference Center ) with 700 seats plus four rooms with 100 seats, restaurants, club offices, the club's megastore and the players entrance. The north stand behind the gates ( Eamonn Dolan stand ) as well as the east stand ( east stand ) are available for home fans. The guest fans are based on the back gate in the south ( South Stand ).

In July 2016, Reading FC announced that the north stand will in future be named after former player and coach Eamonn Dolan , who died of cancer on June 20, 2016 at the age of 48 . The Eamonn Dolan stand with the new name will officially be inaugurated on August 6, 2016 at the season opening against Preston North End .

  • West Stand: 7,579 places
  • East Stand: 7,286 places
  • Eamonn Dolan booth: 4,946 seats
  • South Stand: 4,350 seats
  • Disabled spaces: 67 spaces

Events

The rugby union club London Irish rents the stadium for their home games and it is also the destination of the annual Reading Half Marathon. Richmond FC rugby club played at Reading Stadium in the 1998/99 season. Concerts are held regularly at the Madejski Stadium, including the Summer XS Festival. Red Hot Chili Peppers , Blue , Busted , Craig David , Elton John , Girls Aloud , Lulu , McFly and Rachel Stevens have performed so far .

gallery

  • Aerial photo from August 2014

  • Facade of the stadium

  • The interior view of the Madejski Stadium

  • Stadium under floodlights

  • The Millennium Madejski Hotel

Visitor record and average attendance

The attendance record was set on November 17, 2012 at a Premier League game between Reading FC and Everton . 24,184 spectators attended the game at the Madejski Stadium.

Web links

Commons : Madejski Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ readingfc.co.uk: Stadium capacity (English)
  2. ↑ dessosports.com: Installation of the artificial turf
  3. ↑ thetilehurstend.sbnation.com: Field of dreams? - The story of the playing surface of the Madejski Stadium article from June 16, 2011 (English)
  4. ↑ millenniumhotels.co.uk: Homepage of the Millennium Madejski Hotel Reading (English)
  5. ↑ news.bbc.co.uk: Announcement of the stadium expansion (English)
  6. ↑ readingfc.co.uk: The Eamonn Dolan Stand (English)
  7. ↑ stadiumdb.com: stadium capacity (English)
  8. ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Record attendance and average attendance (English)