Adams Park

  • Games of Wycombe Wanderers (since 1990)
  • Games of London Wasps (since 2002)

The Adams Park is a football stadium in the English town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. It is the home of Wycombe Wanderers, who are represented in the Football League Two. In addition, it is rented since 2002 to the rugby union club London Wasps, Aviva Premiership plays in the here and also plays its home games. From the 2003/04 season to the 2005/06 season, the stadium was officially called Causeway Stadium, named after the sponsor Causeway Technologies.

Opening

The opening of Adams Park took place at the beginning of the season 1990/91 with a base capacity of 6,000 spectators. The existing since 1895 stadium Loakes Park was sold and more an extension of the General Hospital of Wycombe.

The stadium was named Adams Park in recognition of Frank Adams, a former player who bought the previous stadium Loakes Park and then donated to the club. 1988 sold the club, the stadium to the hospital Wycombe General Hospital to build a new stadium with the revenue that was better suited for professional football.

Capacity

The capacity of the stadium under license by the Municipal Council Wycombe District Council is 10,000 spectators, about 8,200 of which are seats.

For a further expansion of the stadium further access must be built, but this is complicated by the fact that the stadium is located next to a protected green belt.

Extensions

As Wycombe Wanderers made ​​it into the former Football League Division 3, a Fassungsvermögenerhöherung was allowed to just under 9,600 by supplementing the breakwater to the general admission areas.

( Frank Adams stand today ) built with 4,900 seats in 1996 was the Woodlands Stand. The guest curve was thus converted into seats, which has led to problems in games against big clubs, as the 1,000 seats were not enough.

The guest curve 2001 (also known as " Hill Bottom Road End " known ) magnified with 1,000 seats. This capacity was 11,000, but for safety reasons, only 10,500 of them are used.

There were plans to further expand the stadium. The Rugby Football Union has decreed that rugby stadiums need to be expanded from clubs in the Guinness Premiership until 2008 at least 12,000 places to be of greater disparities demand. But after a sharp decline in attendance at rugby games, this scheme has been withdrawn by the national association, and the plans have not been implemented by the London Wasps.

The Wycombe District Council was planning a new stadium with a capacity of up to 20,000 for Wycombe Wanderers and London Wasps as part of a large sports complex. But after the project design by Steve Hayes, owner of the two clubs, and the Municipal Council for a stadium funded by taxpayers' money from the sale of the land of the Football Association ( the stadium and training ground ) without compensation, and by a large landscaped housing development on protected green area, it came in the city among the population as well as supporters of the football club to considerable protest, and the project was set by the local council.

Grandstands

  • Bucks New University Stand - (North, Grandstand, 1,267 seats)
  • Frank Adams Stand - (south, opposite stand, 4,990 seats)
  • Dreams Stand - (east, stand behind, 2,053 seats, guests Rank)
  • Greene King IPA Terrace - (West, stand behind, 1,974 standing)

Panoramic image

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