Celtic Park is the largest football stadium of Scotland and home to Celtic FC. The stadium currently has a capacity of 60,500 seats. The club moved to the current Celtic Park in 1892, after having played the first four years of its existence at the old Celtic Park that lay [...]
Hampden Park is the Scottish national stadium, venue of the Scottish Cup final, and home to the oldest club in Scotland, Queens Park FC. The stadium has a capacity of 52,000 seats. In the 1880s and 1890s Queens Park regularly drew home crowds of 10,000, and plans were made for [...]
Ibrox has been the home of Rangers FC for over a century. It currently holds a capacity of 51,082 seats. Rangers FC moved to the current Ibrox in 1899, leaving behind the original Ibrox Stadium. The first match played at the stadium was a match against Hearts in the Inter-City [...]
Pittodrie Stadium has been the home of Aberdeen FC for more than a hundred years. The stadium currently has a capacity of 21,421 seats. Pittodrie Stadium was first used as a football ground in 1899 by the original Aberdeen football club. The first match, on the 2nd of September, was [...]
Tulloch Caledonian Stadium is the home of Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC. The stadium has a capacity of 7,750 seats. Plans for the construction of the Caledonian Stadium were first made in 1994 when Caledonian and Inverness Thistle merged to form one club. A new modern stadium was part of a [...]
Tynecastle Stadium is one of the oldest grounds in Britain and home to Heart of Midlothian FC. The stadium has a capacity of 17,400 seats. In 1886 Hearts obtained the tenancy of a vast meadow, on which they were to build a first wooden stand. The opening match at the [...]
Houston’s BBVA Compass Stadium Nearing Completion
Houston has been one of the last MLS clubs to build a soccer-specific stadium, however it also seems to become one of the finest ones. Houston started construction of the stadium in February 2011, and has the stadium planned to be completed in May of this year. Houston Dynamo will [...]
Bristol Rovers Confident of New Stadium Prospects
Bristol Rovers have vowed to move on with their plans to build a new stadium at the University of the West of England site, regardless of whether Bristol Rugby club will join them there. The football and rugby club currently share the Memorial Stadium, and [...]
Lyon Receives Building Permit for Grand Stade
The local council of Lyon suburb Décines has finally signed the building permit for Lyon’s proposed 58,000-seater. The signature brings a long process, that started almost five years ago, to an end, and frees up the way for the start of construction works. The stadium, which will be a prominent [...]
Liverpool FC took a step back and forwards at the same time when it decided to proceed with its 9-year-old plans for a new stadium, reports the Telegraph. Even though current American owners Fenway Sports Group had earlier indicated to prefer a redevelopment of Anfield, they now [...]
Valencia Stadium Works Resumed in 2012
Works on the Nuevo Mestalla stadium will resume at the beginning of 2012, according to an announcement of the mayor of Valencia and the club’s president last Tuesday. Construction of the stadium, which began in August 2007, was halted early 2009 with little indication during the last [...]
Fulham Advances with Craven Cottage Development Plans
Fulham FC has revealed further information about their plans to develop Craven Cottage, including some new drawings of the proposed Riverside Stand. The club has a long-standing desire to increase capacity and modernise 105-year-old Craven Cottage and has in the past even [...]
Atlético Madrid Presents New Stadium Plans
Last Monday Atlético Madrid unveiled their plans to build a new stadium in the east of Madrid. The stadium will have a capacity of 67,500 seats, about 12,000 more than fit in the current Estadio Vicente Calderón. Atlético had been looking for a move from the Vicente Calderón for several years, as [...]
