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Stadium: Elland Road; Capacity: 37,608 [121] Current stadium status: Reconstructed. At one point, while flying high in Europe in 2001, Leeds United were examining a potential move to a new 50,000-seat stadium in nearby Stourton, while there were also ambitious plans to redevelop Elland Road as a 90,000-seat "Wembley of the North".
In July 2024, Leeds United announced it had again taken full ownership of Elland Road, in March 2024, having sold it in 2004. The stadium is also listed as an asset of community value after an application by the Leeds United Supporters' Trust was approved by Leeds City Council. [35] Dawn at Elland Road, 2019
It runs from Leeds railway station, via Holbeck Urban Village and Old Holbeck, passes near Elland Road Stadium and ends onto wasteland in Wortley. [ 3 ] The viaduct was built in 1882 for the London and North Western Railway during the Industrial Revolution .
The A643 road begins in Leeds and ended in Elland. It passes Leeds United's football ground, Elland Road. It now ends at junction 23 of the M62 motorway. The Elland bypass started construction on 23 February 1976 to finish by the end of August 1978, costing £8.5 million, built by A. Monk. [15] [16] The steel construction was by Braithwaites. [17]
Along with Elland Road it was assigned to Group B, which comprised France, Spain, Romania and Bulgaria. The stadium was one of several venues used as temporary home grounds for the England team while the redevelopment of Wembley Stadium took place. [63] St James' Park also hosted some football matches in the 2012 Summer Olympics. [8]
The M621 completes the southern flank of the Inner Ring Road, linking up to the A643 Ingram Distributor at M621 at Junction 2 Elland Road which joins back to the Armley Gyratory. To manage traffic in the city centre and to provide an efficient traffic distributor around the city, inside the Inner Ring Road the city centre loop was created. This ...
This saw Leeds gain some revenge for their 28–20 loss to Manly in the 2009 World Club Challenge at Elland Road. The stadium hosted two matches of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup : a Group B game featuring New Zealand , the defending World Cup Champions , and Papua New Guinea on Friday 8 November which the Kiwis won 56–10 in front of an ...
The milestone is on the north side of Dewsbury Road (B6114 road). It has an arched head, a triangular plan, two projecting faces, and a cast iron front. On the head is "DEWSBURY AND ELLAND ROAD" "ELLAND", and on the faces are the distances to Elland Town Hall, Wakefield and Dewsbury. [42] II: Milestone opposite Long Lea Mill