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Britannia Stadium
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football stadium in England
Key facts
- Full name
- bet365 Stadium
- Former names
- Britannia Stadium (1997–2016)
- Location
- Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke-on-Trent , England , ST4 4EG
- Owner
- Stoke City
- Capacity
- 30,089
- Surface
- Desso GrassMaster
- Record attendance
- 30,027
- Field size
- 105 by 68 metres (115 by 74 yd)
- Built
- 1997 ; 29 years ago ( 1997 )
- Opened
- 30 August 1997 ; 28 years ago ( 1997-08-30 )
- Expanded
- 2017 ; 9 years ago ( 2017 )
- Construction cost
- £14.8 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Owned by
- Stoke City F.C.
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.stokecityfc.com/club/bet365-stadium
- Image
- Aerial view of Bet 365 Stadium.jpg
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- Commons category
- Britannia Stadium
- maximum capacity
- 27740
- occupant
- Stoke City F.C.
- date of official opening
- 1997-08-30
- surface played on
- lawn
- native label
- Bet365 Stadium
- inception
- 1997-08-30
- associated electoral district
- Stoke-on-Trent South
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Encyclopedic overview
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. It has a capacity of 30,089 following the completion of expansion works in 2017.
The stadium was built in 1997 at a cost of £14.8 million as a replacement for the Victoria Ground. Former player Sir Stanley Matthews' ashes were buried beneath the centre circle of the pitch following his death in February 2000; he had officially opened the stadium on 30 August 1997. In European competitions it is known as the Stoke City Stadium due to UEFA regulations on sponsorships.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Britannia Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.