Elland Road
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It is catalogued under topics including 1897 establishments in England, American football venues in England and English Football League venues.
Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Full name
- Elland Road Stadium
- Former names
- Old Peacock Ground
- Address
- Elland Road
- Location
- Beeston, Leeds , England, LS11 0ES
- Owner
- Leeds United Football Club Limited
- Operator
- Leeds United
- Capacity
- 37,645
- Surface
- GrassMaster (Hybrid Grass)
- Scoreboard
- Philips VideoTron
- Record attendance
- 57,892 ( Leeds United vs Sunderland , 15 March 1967)
- Field size
- 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)
- Public transit
- Cottingley , Leeds , Leeds Park and Ride
- Renovated
- 1920s, 1953, 1971, 1994, 2006, 2011–2012
- Expanded
- 1905, 1920s, 1957, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1989, 1991, 1994
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Leeds
- Owned by
- Leeds United F.C.
- Operator
- Leeds United F.C.
- Sport
- rugby union
- Image
- Elland Road 2023 cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Elland Road Stadium
- social media followers
- 38729
- maximum capacity
- 37792
- date of official opening
- 1897-00-00
- historic county
- Yorkshire
- street address
- Elland Road, Leeds, LS11 0ES
- surface played on
- hybrid grass
- capital cost
- 5500000
- inception
- 1897-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Elland Road, or Elland Road Stadium, is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919. With a capacity of 37,645, the stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England.
The ground has hosted FA Cup semi-final matches as a neutral venue, and England international fixtures, and was selected as one of eight Euro 96 venues. Elland Road was used as home ground by rugby league clubs Holbeck (pre-1905) and Hunslet (in the 1980s and 90s) and has hosted numerous rugby league cup finals and semi-finals, internationals and other important matches.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elland Road” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.