St. Mirren Park
| Simple digital arena | |
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| Greenhill Road | |
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St. Mirren Park (2009-2015) |
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| place | Greenhill Road Paisley , Scotland
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 51 '1.9 " N , 4 ° 26' 39.3" W |
| owner | FC St. Mirren |
| operator | FC St. Mirren |
| start of building | January 7, 2008 |
| opening | January 31, 2009 |
| First game | January 31, 2009 FC St. Mirren - FC Kilmarnock 1-1 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | £ 8 million |
| architect | Barr Construction |
| capacity | 8,023 seats |
| playing area | 100.6 × 64 m |
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The St. Mirren Park (officially by sponsoring contract Simple Digital Arena ) is the stadium of FC St Mirren in the Scottish town of Paisley , United Kingdom . The old, officially named stadium, better known as Love Street , was sold in 2007.
history
The venue was officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond on January 31, 2009 after around a year of construction with the game FC St. Mirren against FC Kilmarnock in front of the record crowd of 7,542 spectators, which is still valid today.
From 2015, the stadium was temporarily named The Paisley 2021 Stadium for the City of Paisley's application as the UK City of Culture 2021 . For the two-year contract, Renfrewshire Council paid the club £ 33,000 a year . At the beginning of December 2017, Coventry was named the UK City of Culture 2021 . In June 2018, the Glasgow- based IT company Simple Digital Solutions became the new namesake of the home of the Buddies . The contract has a term of four years.
Grandstands
The stadium offers a total of 7,937 seats on its four stands.
- Main Stand - (Greenhill Road)
- West Stand - (Craigielea Drive)
- South Stand - (Ferguslie Park Avenue)
- North Stand - (Drums Avenue)
Web links
- stmirren.com: stadium on the club's website (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Detailed Description stadium (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ St Mirren finalize deal to sell Love Street stadium to Tesco. In: eveningtimes.co.uk. Evening Times, April 25, 2007, accessed February 18, 2019 . : [] Article dated April 25, 2007, accessed May 23, 2011
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Record attendance (English)
- ↑ paisley2021.co.uk: Website Paisley 2021 (English)
- ↑ paisley.org.uk: Paisley 2021 Stadium will boost town's culture bid (English)
- ^ Mark Brown: Coventry named UK city of culture 2021. In: theguardian.com. The Guardian , December 7, 2017, accessed February 18, 2019 .
- ^ Daryn MacRae: St Mirren rename stadium ahead of Premiership return. In: stv.tv. STV, June 13, 2018, accessed on February 18, 2019 .
- ↑ spfl.co.uk: stadium capacity (English)