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The bet365 Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City.The stadium was previously called the Britannia Stadium but was renamed on 1 June 2016 when the club entered into a new stadium-naming-rights agreement with its parent company, Bet365. [4]
Stoke's home ground is the 30,089 capacity bet365 Stadium. Before it was opened in 1997, the club was based at the Victoria Ground , which was their home ground since 1878. The club's nickname is The Potters, after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent , and their traditional home kit is a red-and-white vertically striped shirt, white shorts ...
Since the inception of the EFL Championship, England's current second tier, in 2004, there have been 61 stadiums used in the League.Following the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, the Taylor Report recommended the abolition of standing terraces by the start of the 1994–95 season, to be replaced by all-seater stadiums. [1]
Stadium uses retractable seating [citation needed] 2009: 185 Volkswagen Arena: 30,122: Wolfsburg Germany: VfL Wolfsburg Stadium uses retractable seating [citation needed] 2002: 186 VEB Arena: 30,114: Moscow Russia: CSKA Moscow: 2016: 4 [citation needed] 187 Avnet Arena: 30,098: Magdeburg Germany: 1. FC Magdeburg: 2006: 188 bet365 Stadium ...
The Victoria Ground hosted seven FA Cup semi-finals, one of these was this in 1906, between Woolwich Arsenal and Newcastle United.. The Victoria Ground had been Stoke City's home since March 1878 and the first match was the inaugural Staffordshire Cup final against Talke Rangers on 28 March 1878, [3] Stoke won 1–0 before 2,500 spectators. [2]
In August 2015 construction of the first two phases of stadium expansion were completed and subsequently passed all safety requirements at a specially organised test event on 12 August 2015. The South Stand has been extended with the addition of a third tier of seats and three rows of additional pitchside seating have also been added to all ...
Stadium Capacity Location Country Tenants Sport Image 1: Wembley Stadium: 90,000 [1]: London: England: England national football team: Association football, Rugby league, Rugby union, Gaelic Football & Hurling, American football, Boxing, Professional wrestling
They play their home matches at the club's main ground, the bet365 Stadium, St George's Park, Burton upon Trent as well as the club's Clayton Wood Training Ground. In previous seasons the team has played at Lyme Valley Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Macclesfield Town's Moss Rose, Nantwich Town's Weaver Stadium and Harrison Park in Leek.