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Key facts
- Location
- Upton Park , London , E13 , England
- Owner
- West Ham United
- Operator
- West Ham United
- Capacity
- 35,016
- Surface
- Grass (110 x 70 yards)
- Public transit
- Upton Park
- Closed
- 10 May 2016
- Demolished
- 2016–2017
- Architect
- Henri Pillipe Tiite Parker
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Encyclopedic overview
The Boleyn Ground, more often referred to as Upton Park, was a football stadium in Upton Park, East London, England. It was the home of West Ham United from 1904 to 2016, and was briefly used by Charlton Athletic in the early 1990s. The seating capacity of the ground at closure was 35,016.
From the 2016–17 season, West Ham United have played their home matches at London Stadium in nearby Stratford. The last first-class match played at the Boleyn Ground was on 10 May 2016, a 3–2 West Ham United win in the Premier League against Manchester United.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boleyn Ground” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.