Colchester Community Stadium

• Colchester United

• Games of Colchester United

The Weston Homes Community Stadium is a football stadium in Colchester, England. It is the home of the football club Colchester United and was completed in July 2008. Was opened the venue under the name Colchester Community Stadium. The naming rights acquired for the season 2008/ 09, the real estate company Weston Houses for 2 million annually £ (including shirt sponsorship ).

History

After the building permit was issued in March 2006 began in July 2007, the construction work and within a year the construction of the contractor Barr Construction has been completed. He replaced the Layer Road Stadium, where the club played since 1937. The first game in the new stadium denied Colchester United and Athletic Bilbao on August 4, 2008; the game ended with a 1-2 defeat of the home team. Overall, the stadium holds 10,083 spectators. The attendance record dates from 16 January 2010 as Colchester United v Norwich City ( 0:5 ) in the Football League One took. The stadium was filled with 10,064 visitors. In order to build, there are 700 parking spaces for visitors ready.

The stadium has four covered seat grandstands. The main grandstand in the West is the largest rank of the sports facility and to include their 24 VIP boxes, the press box, places for wheelchair users, the association's office, a ticket office and club shop housed. In the boxes, together with the layer Suite and the Centennial Suite, up to 400 food can be served on match days. The North Stand is provided to a part for the visiting fans and also find disabled visitors parking. The opposite stands on the east is the most popular ranking and is often used by families. The stadium control center of the police is on the South Stand, which is reserved for visiting fans and holds nearly 2,000 spectators. In the roofs of the stands plexiglass strips are recessed to allow a better light supply of the natural grass.

In May 2009, the stadium the RICS East of England Award from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors was awarded.