Broadfield Stadium

  • Games for Crawley Town
  • Rugby Games

The Broadfield Stadium is a football stadium in the English town of Crawley West Sussex. The local football club Crawley Town ( Nickname: The Red Devils, The German Red Devils ) uses the municipal stadium in the district of Broadfield since 1997, it offers fans today 5,996 places. . Since 1 September 2013, the stadium carries the sponsors name Checkatrade.com stage. The contract for the naming rights has a duration of five years.

History

The Broadfield Stadium replaced after 48 years the old Town Mead ground. The official opening of the £ 5.2 million expensive plant was held by the British Sports Minister Tony Banks on 19 October 1997. Already on July 24 of the year met Crawley Town and Port Vale for the first game at Broadfield Stadium together.

The main grandstand in the West was until 2012 the only place in Broadfield with seats and extends to two thirds of the length of the pitch. A small number of places are reserved at the northern end of the visiting fans; in addition, it is also home to the places for visitors in wheelchairs. The seats of the building are increased, which improves the overview on the game. Inside there are, among others, the changing rooms, the club offices, the hospitality area with restaurant, bar and pub, and the fan shop. Furthermore the stadium an air-conditioned business center with 160 seats for conferences, seminars, weddings, anniversaries and similar events with 200 seats.

Mainly the fans of the opposing team are housed on the covered Admission Rank in the north. Located behind The two run around the field corners and close to the main grandstand at. By 2012 the East Stand was a standing traverse before a new building replaced it. The club opened in April 2012 the new East Stand with 2,154 seats; so that the capacity of about 5000 increased to nearly 6,000 spectators. The construction cost of a million pounds are divided between the club and a grant from the Football Foundation. As part of the renaming of the stadium of the East Stand was named Checkatrade.com stand

Average attendance

The attendance record dates from January 5, 2013, as 5,880 visitors watched the FA Cup third round match against FC Reading.

Grandstands

  • West Stand - Grandstand, West, seats, covered, guest area
  • Checkatrade.com stand - opposite stand, East, seats covered,
  • KR -L Stand - stand behind, south, standing roofed,
  • Bruce Winfield Stand - stand behind, Nord, Standing, covered, guest area

Gallery

The Bruce Winfield Stand

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