Celtic Park
| Celtic Park | |
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"Parkhead" "Paradise" |
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| The Celtic Park in Glasgow | |
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| place | 18 Kerrydale Street Glasgow G40 3RE, Scotland
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 50 '59 " N , 4 ° 12' 20.1" W |
| owner | Celtic Glasgow |
| opening | August 20, 1892 |
| First game | 20 August 1892 Celtic Glasgow - FC Renton 4: 3 |
| Renovations | 1898, 1929, 1994-1998 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect |
Archibald Leitch (1929) Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates (1994–1998) |
| capacity | 60,832 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Celtic Park is the football stadium of the Scottish football club Celtic FC . Another name is Parkhead , named after the district in which it is located. Celtic Park is about two miles east of the city center on Kerrydale Street.
history
The club moved from the original Celtic Park to the new stadium in 1892. On August 20, 1892, the opening game took place in which Celtic beat FC Renton 4: 3. In 1897 the track cycling world championships were held here. Before the Second World War, athletics competitions were also held in the stadium, which was then provided with lanes. It has been rebuilt several times since then, most recently in the mid-1990s. Most of the spectators were there in 1938, when 92,000 fans watched the game against the Glasgow Rangers . The club management announced in 2004 that the Celtic Park was to be expanded into a 5-star stadium.
Todays use
The Glasgower Arena is seated in the club colors green and white. The stadium got its nickname Paradise from its location in the immediate vicinity of a cemetery: It's like leaving a graveyard to enter paradise , it was said, and the name stuck. The grandstands are close to the edge of the field and rise high. Due to this design, the stadium has a capacity of 60,832 seats.
For years, Celtic Park has been the most popular sports venue in Great Britain . In 2003, BBC listeners voted Celtic Park the most popular stadium with 60% - far ahead of other sports venues such as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff (28%) or Lord's Cricket Ground in London (12%). The reason given was the incomparable atmosphere and mood: It was a palace and a veritable witch's cauldron that fully lived up to its nickname Paradise . Both the Scottish and Irish flags are hoisted on the roof of Celtic Park . But not the Union Jack , which has to do with the history of Celtic. The club museum is located under the main stand.
From the 2016/17 season , unlike other stadiums in the UK, Celtic Park will again have standing room. These will initially be set up for 2,600 spectators at the Lisbon Lions booth .
The club wants to invest a total of 4.5 million euros in the stadium during the summer break of 2018. The lighting and sound systems are to be replaced for 2.6 million euros . Similar systems were installed in the Allianz Arena in Munich and the Johan Cruyff Arena . Furthermore, at the request of trainer Brendan Rodgers , the pitch should be equipped with a hybrid turf . The rest of the budget will be used to renovate the roof, the boxes and the outside area. The work should be completed by the start of the 2018/19 season on August 4th.
Grandstands
- West Stand : Jock Stein Stand, called 'Celtic End' (13,006 seats)
- East Stand : Lisbon Lions Stand, called 'Rangers End' (13,006 seats)
- North Stand: The North Stand, called 'The Jungle' (26,970 seats)
- South Stand: The South Stand, called 'Main Stand' (7,850 seats)
Visitor record and average attendance
The biggest crowd with 92,000 fans came in 1938 during a game against the Glasgow Rangers in Celtic Park.
- 2014/15: 44,585 ( Scottish Premiership )
- 2015/16: 44.850 (Scottish Premiership)
- 2016/17: 54.726 (Scottish Premiership)
Panorama picture
See also
Web links
- footballgroundguide.com: Celtic Park (English)
- stadiumdb.com: Celtic Park (Parkhead) (English)
- stadionwelt.de: Stadium guide
- euro.stades.ch: Detailed picture gallery from April 2007 (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ runtrackdir.com: UK Running Track Directory: Glasgow (English), accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ thecelticwiki.com: The Celtic Wiki: Welcome to Paradise (English), accessed on August 27, 2010
- ↑ Heroes and villains ( Memento from November 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: stadium capacity (English)
- ↑ celticfc.net: Celtic secure green light for rail seating Article from June 9, 2015 (English)
- ↑ BBC Sport: Celtic safe standing plans to go ahead from next season Article from May 4, 2016 (English)
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: Celtic plans investments Article from May 14, 2018
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Record attendance and average attendance (English)