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Celtic Park (Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Cheilteach) is a football stadium and the home of Scottish Premiership team Celtic Football Club, in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. With a capacity of 60,832, it is the largest football stadium in Scotland , and the eighth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom .
A second phase of the Forge Shopping Centre in the mid-1990s incorporated a new indoor market and bingo hall to the east of the initial site, and a retail park, operated by a separate company, to the west (the latter being built over part of the historic Camlachie neighbourhood). [1]
A journalist covering the event reported that it was like "moving from the graveyard to paradise", referencing the proximity of the adjacent cemetery, hence the nickname "Paradise". Celtic Park is located at 95 Kerrydale Street, just off London Road. The stadium itself is commonly referred to as 'Parkhead' because of its location. The stadium ...
Located to the south-east of the Eastern Necropolis graveyard in the Parkhead district of Glasgow, Celtic Park was opened on 8 May 1888. [2] The club had obtained a lease on the site on 13 November 1887, [1] and over the next six months Celtic founder Brother Walfrid brought together a large group of Irish volunteers to build the ground; [3] they erected an uncovered stand with a capacity of ...
Glasgow Rocks' first home game at the Emirates Arena, October 2012. The Indoor Arena has a capacity of 6,500 [4] and during the Commonwealth Games it had twelve badminton courts in three indoor sports halls. [5] The arena has a hydraulically lifted 200m indoor running track that hosted the Aviva International Match, which will move from Kelvin ...
Celtic made moves to disband the Green Brigade section at Parkhead after trouble at a match against Motherwell at Fir Park on 9 December 2013, where fans damaged the stadium seating and threw flares onto the pitch, causing around £10,000 worth of damage. Celtic had already issued a warning to the group after safety breaches in August 2013, and ...
In 2008, Celtic Connections celebrated its 15th birthday, with festival attendances reaching 120,000 and events taking place across 14 venues throughout Glasgow over 19 days. [6] Celtic Connections brings in visitors from throughout the world and is an integral and vibrant part of cultural life in Glasgow, with the economic impact on the city ...
The stadium attendance records for Rangers' Ibrox (118,567, January 1939) [225] [226] and Celtic's Celtic Park (officially 83,500 but estimated at 92,000 with around 10,000 more locked out, January 1938) [227] [228] were both set at Old Firm matches; however while the Ibrox figure is the Rangers club record (and the record for any domestic ...