Pride Park Stadium
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Pride Park Stadium (1997-2013) |
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 Derby , DE24 8XL, Derbyshire , East Midlands , United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 54 '53 " N , 1 ° 26' 50" W |
| owner | Derby County |
| operator | Derby County |
| opening | July 18, 1997 |
| First game | 4 August 1997 Derby County - Sampdoria Genoa 0-1 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | £ 28 million |
| architect | Miller Partnership |
| capacity | 33,597 places |
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The Pride Park Stadium (usually just called Pride Park ) is a football stadium in the Pride Park business park on the outskirts of Derby city center in England . The stadium is owned and operated by Derby County football club , which plays its home games here. It seats 33,597 spectators.
history
Pride Park was completed in 1997 and replaced Derby County's previous stadium, the Baseball Ground , which was home to the Rams from 1894 on . It was officially opened on July 18, 1997 in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II ; the first game was on August 4, 1997, a friendly against Sampdoria Genoa , the Derby lost 0-1. The first competitive game was a game against Wimbledon FC , during which the floodlights went out and the game had to be abandoned.
On November 13, 2013 it was announced that Derby County had sold the naming rights to the stadium to the sports drinks manufacturer iPro Sport . The sponsorship deal ran for ten years and brings the club seven million pounds sterling (8.3 million euros). The sports facility was officially named iPro Stadium for the first time on December 7, 2013 when it played against Blackpool FC . The contract expired at the end of 2016 and was not extended. After that, the stadium got its original name back in January 2017.
Audience numbers
So far, the English national team has played an international match at Pride Park , a friendly against Mexico , which England won 4-0 on May 27, 2001. This game also holds the stadium's attendance record with 33,597 spectators (sold out). The highest number of spectators to date to a game in Derby County is 33,475 in a friendly on May 1, 2006 against the Glasgow Rangers .
| season | Average audience |
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| Premier League 1997/98 | 29,105 |
| Premier League 1998/99 | 29,195 |
| Premier League 1999/2000 | 29,351 |
| Premier League 2000/01 | 28,551 |
| Premier League 2001/02 | 29,816 |
| Football League First Division 2002/03 | 25,470 |
| Football League First Division 2003/04 | 22,330 |
| Football League Championship 2004/05 | 25,219 |
| Football League Championship 2005/06 | 24,166 |
| Football League Championship 2006/07 | 25,945 |
| Premier League 2007/08 | 32,432 |
| Football League Championship 2008/09 | 29,445 |
| Football League Championship 2009/10 | 29,230 |
| Football League Championship 2010/11 | 26,023 |
| Football League Championship 2011/12 | 26,020 |
| Football League Championship 2012/13 | 23,228 |
| Football League Championship 2013/14 | 24,933 |
| Football League Championship 2014/15 | 29,232 |
| Football League Championship 2015/16 | 29,663 |
gallery
East Stand
Game Derby County versus Manchester United in the 2007/08 Premier League
South Stand on Boxing Day 2007
Web links
- prideparkstadium.com: website of the Pride Park Stadium (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: data to the stadium (English)
- stadioncheck.de: Page with photos and information about the stadium
- fussballinlondon.de: Picture gallery Pride Park Stadium
Individual evidence
- ↑ bbc.co.uk: Derby County: Pride Park to be renamed the iPro Stadium article from November 13, 2013 (English)
- ↑ dcfc.co.uk: Derby Agree Stadium Naming Rights Deal article from November 14, 2013 (English)
- ↑ stadionwelt.de: Return to the original stadium name Article from November 21, 2016
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: record attendance ( memento of the original from December 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
