Roots Hall
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| place | Victoria Avenue Southend-on-Sea , Essex SS2 6NQ, United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 32 ′ 56 " N , 0 ° 42 ′ 6" E |
| owner | Southend United |
| start of building | 1952 |
| opening | 1955 |
| First game | 20 August 1955 Southend United 3-1 Norwich City |
| Renovations | 1995 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 12,392 places |
| playing area | 101 × 68 m |
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The Roots Hall Stadium (short: Roots Hall ) is a football stadium in Southend-on-Sea , County Essex in eastern England . The football club Southend United is the owner and plays its home games there. The stadium, which opened in 1955, now has a capacity of 12,392 spectators in the completely covered grandstands. Since 2006 there are plans to build a new stadium called Fossetts Farm Stadium and 22,000 seats. In 2008 the association received the building permit. In August 2010 it was announced that construction would start within the next twelve months. The work will not begin in spring 2016.
Grandstands
- The EBM-PAPST Stand (East Stand): 2,878 seats, main stand , east
- The Paul Robinson West Stand (West Stand): 3,337 seats, opposite stand , West
- North Stand: 2,248 seats, back gate, north
- The Hi-Tec Stand (South Stand) 2,964 seats, back gate, South
Web links
Commons : Roots Hall - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Roots Hall ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- footballgroundguide.com: information for and stadium (English)
- groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: stadium capacity
- ↑ southendstandard.co.uk: Construction is expected to begin within one year (English)
- ↑ stadiumdb.com: Fossett Farm Stadium
- ↑ southendunited.co.uk: Visiting Roots Hall (engliusch)