St Mary's Stadium
Also known as '''St Mary's Stadium'''
association football stadium in Southampton
Key facts
- Former names
- The Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium (2001–2006)
- Location
- Britannia Rd, Southampton , England, SO14 5FP
- Operator
- Southampton
- Capacity
- 32,384
- Surface
- Desso GrassMaster
- Record attendance
- 32,363 ( Southampton v Coventry City , 28 April 2012)
- Field size
- 105 by 68 metres (115 yd × 74 yd)
- Opened
- August 2001
- Construction cost
- £ 32 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Saint Mary's Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 5049881.jpg
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St Mary's Stadium is a seated but also safe-standing football stadium in Southampton, Hampshire, England, which has been the home stadium of EFL Championship club Southampton since 2001. The stadium has a capacity of 32,384 and is currently the largest football stadium in South East England.
The Taylor Report on 29 January 1990 required all First and Second Division clubs to have all-seater stadiums by August 1994, Southampton's directors initially decided to upgrade The Dell into an all-seater stadium (which was completed in 1993) but speculation about relocation continued, especially as an all-seater Dell had a capacity of just over 15,000; despite this, Southampton continued to defy the odds and survive in the new FA Premier League after 1992.