Selhurst Park

Selhurst Park Stadium
Whitehorse Lane
The Holmesdale Road stand before a game
Data
place	Whitehorse Lane South Norwood , London SE25 6PU, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51 ° 23 '53.8 "  N , 0 ° 5' 7.6"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '53.8 "  N , 0 ° 5' 7.6"  W.
owner	Crystal Palace
opening	August 30, 1924
First game	August 30, 1924 Crystal Palace - Sheffield Wednesday 0-1
Renovations	1983, 1995, 2013, 2014
Extensions	1969, 1994
surface	Natural grass
costs	£ 30,000 (1924)
architect	Archibald Leitch
capacity	26,074 seats
playing area	101 × 68 m
Societies)
Crystal Palace
Events
Crystal Palace Games (since 1924) Wimbledon FC games (1991-2003) Charlton Athletic Games (1986–1991)

The Selhurst Park is the football stadium of the English football club Crystal Palace . It opened in 1924 and is located far south of London in the South Norwood district .

history

Selhurst Park holds 26,074 spectators. The seats are exclusively covered seats. The majority of these seats are divided between the grandstands on the sides of the pitch, the Main Stand and the Arthur Wait Stand , both of which are getting on in years and no longer meet the latest standards. On the other hand, the Homesdale Road Stand (built in 1995) on the south side of the pitch is more modern and is the only grandstand consisting of two tiers. At the other end of the field is the White Horse Lane stand, which has relatively few seats but a few boxes.

Although Selhurst Park is owned by Crystal Palace and its chairman Simon Jordan, the stadium has been sublet to two other clubs in the past. Charlton Athletic played its home games at Selhurst Park from 1986 to 1991 before the club returned to the Valley . The direct successor was Wimbledon FC , which was also able to call Selhurst Park its home until the move to Milton Keynes (2003).

Remodeling plans

On December 4, 2017, club chairman Steve Parish presented renovation plans for Selhurst Park. For 75 to 100 million £ (about 85 to 113 million euros ) to modernize the stadium and expanded from 26,000 to 34,000 seats. The conversion phase should take three years. The focus of the renovation is the new main grandstand with a glass facade. This is a throwback to the early years of the club and the Crystal Palace built for the 1851 World's Fair . A centrally placed vault with the eagle coat of arms is reminiscent of the famous exhibition hall. The plans come from the KSS Design Group. The plans are to be presented to the Croydon Council in January 2018. If the building permit is issued, construction work should begin within the next 12 months.

Visitor record and average attendance

On May 11, 1979, 51,482 visitors gathered in Selhurst Park for the game of Crystal Palace against Burnley FC in the Football League Second Division . Since the conversion into a purely seated stadium, the record has been set at 26,193 spectators in the Premier League match against Arsenal on November 6, 2004.

• 2014/15: 24,421 ( Premier League )
• 2015/16: 24,825 (Premier League)
• 2016/17: 25,161 (Premier League)

gallery

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  Selhurst Park grandstand plan

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  The Holmesdale booth

and display information about the image

Selhurst Park (2011)

Web links

Commons : Selhurst Park  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• selhurst-park.co.uk: Stadium website (English)
• footballgroundguide.com: Stadium Guide (English)
• stadiumdb.com: Selhurst Park (English)
• fussballinlondon.de: Selhurst Park picture gallery
• groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2007

Individual evidence

1. ↑ premierleague.com: [1] , accessed on August 20, 2018 (English)
2. ↑ stadium.cpfc.co.uk: Crystal Palace FC Stadium (English)
3. ↑ stadionwelt.de: Crystal Palace reveals redevelopment plans Article dated December 5, 2017
4. ↑ stadiumdb.com: New design: A bit more Crystal, the Palace article from December 4, 2017
5. ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Record attendance and average attendance (English)