Stadium MK

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Stadium MK
Denbigh Stadium
The stadium: mk in March 2016
The stadium: mk in March 2016
Data
place Stadium Way West Milton Keynes MK1 1ST, Buckinghamshire , United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 52 ° 0 '34.7 "  N , 0 ° 44' 0.6"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 0 '34.7 "  N , 0 ° 44' 0.6"  W.
classification 4th
owner Milton Keynes Dons
start of building February 17, 2005
opening November 29, 2007
First game 18 July 2007
Milton Keynes Dons - Chelsea XI 4: 3
surface Hybrid lawn
(Desso GrassMaster)
costs approx £ 50m
architect Populous Architects
capacity 30,500 seats
playing area 105 m × 68 m
Societies)
Events
The Milton Keynes Concrete Cows

The MK Stadium (or stadium: mk ) is a football stadium in Bletchley, part of the English city ​​of Milton Keynes , United Kingdom . It is also known as the Denbigh Stadium . It is the successor to the National Hockey Stadium , which was the home of the Milton Keynes Dons from 2003 to 2007 (until 2004 Wimbledon FC ).

history

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new venue took place on February 17, 2005 south of the city center. The official opening was carried out on November 29, 2007 by Queen Elizabeth II . The first game took place on July 18th of that year. The Milton Keynes Dons defeated Chelsea XI 4-3 .

When it was completed, the MK Stadium offered 22,000 covered seats on the four grandstands. The seats were only distributed on the lower part of the two-story grandstands. The North Stand behind the gate is home to the visiting fans. The South Stand of the home fans on the other side is called The Cowshed ( German  Der Kuhstall ). This goes back to the painted concrete cows that stand in the city. The Arena: MK sports hall with 4,500 seats is connected to the rear of the south tier . Work on it had to be suspended due to the financial crisis . The main grandstand in the west houses u. a. the VIP boxes, business seats and dining facilities. The club name MK DONS was created with white plastic seats on the east strand .

The playing field is made up of a natural turf with woven artificial turf fibers . In September 2006, around 20 million synthetic fibers were inserted 20 cm deep into the ground. Over time, the lawn grows together with the synthetic fibers and is then more resistant, even with heavy use.

In October 2013, the installation of the seats on the upper tier was completed. Since then, the stadium has offered 30,500 seats.

Other use

Some games of the England U21 national football team took place in the stadium. The venue's record number of visitors was set at the first game against Bulgaria . The European Championship 2009 qualifier ended 2-0 for the English. In June 2009 England's U-21s met Azerbaijan in preparation for the European Championship ; In front of around 12,000 spectators, England clearly won 7-0.

The stadium was the focus of Milton Keynes' 40th anniversary events in 2007.

The rugby club Northampton Saints , based in the neighboring city, occasionally plays games at the mk stadium. In addition, 3 group matches of the Rugby Union World Cup 2015 took place here.

Visitor records and average attendance

At the Rugby Union World Cup 2015 , the record for the stadium was set with 30,048 spectators in the match between Fiji and Uruguay . The record attendance for a football match comes from January 31, 2016, when the MK Dons faced Chelsea FC in the fourth round of the FA Cup in front of 28,127 spectators and lost 5-1.

  • 2010/11: 8,512 ( Football League One )
  • 2011/12: 8,659 (Football League One)
  • 2012/13: 8,612 (Football League One)
  • 2013/14: 9,047 (Football League One)
  • 2014/15: 9,452 (Football League One)
  • 2015/16: 13,158 ( Football League Championship )
  • 2016/17: 10.307 (EFL League One)
  • 2017/18: 9.202 (EFL League One)

Grandstands

  • South Stand (The Cowshed) - (South, back gate, covered)
  • North Stand - (North, back gate, covered)
  • West Stand - (West, main stand, covered)
  • East Stand - (East, opposite stand, covered)

gallery

0View to the South Stand 0East Stand 0South Stand ( The Cowshed ) 0Stadium under construction (July 2006)
View to the South Stand East Stand South Stand (The Cowshed) Stadium under construction (July 2006)

Web links

Commons : Stadium MK  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Queen visits Milton Keynes. In: bbc.co.uk. November 30, 2007, accessed January 20, 2019 .
  2. ^ List of English stadiums. In: stadionwelt.de. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Installation of the Desso GrassMaster. In: dessosports.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ List of stadiums with Desso GrassMaster hybrid turf ( Memento from January 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) ( PDF , English; 599 kB)
  5. ↑ VIDEO: Final seats installed at stadium: mk. In: miltonkeynes.co.uk. October 9, 2013, accessed January 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ SPEAKER PREVIEW: Stadium MK - A decade in the making. In: xperiology.com. May 3, 2013, accessed January 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ RAMPANT ENGLAND IN SEVENTH HEAVEN ( Memento from June 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  8. ^ Toby Lock: Stadium record tumbles again as Fiji crush Uruguay. In: miltonkeynes.co.uk. October 6, 2015, accessed November 22, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Milton Keynes Dons - Stadium MK. In: footballgroundguide.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019 .