Keepmoat Stadium

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster RLFC Doncaster Rovers Belles LFC

  • Games of Doncaster Rovers
  • Games of Doncaster RLFC
  • Games of the Doncaster Rovers Belles LFC
  • Final of the British American Football League 2008
  • Concerts

The Keepmoat Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the English town of Doncaster. It replaced the Belle Vue as a venue in which the Doncaster Rovers played from 1922 to 2006.

Stadium

The sports complex was completed in 2006 is used by the men's team of the football club Doncaster Rovers as well as their women's team Doncaster Rovers Belles LFC. In addition, the rugby club Doncaster RLFC receives his opponents to the games here. The stadium has 15,231 seats which are fully covered. The construction costs amounted to £ 32 million (approx. € 36.8 million ). Although the stadium is a new building, it has no soil heating. The playing field consists of a natural grass which is woven with synthetic grass fibers to increase the durability of the playing surface.

The first sporting event was on 27 December 2006 a game between the rugby team of Doncaster RLFC and the Sheffield Eagles express the official inauguration of the arena was celebrated on 3 August 2007 in front of 13,080 spectators with a match between Doncaster Rovers and Manchester United ( 0:2 ). The plant is named after the English housing association Keepmoat, the naming rights secured at the stadium. In June 2010, the stadium received during a trade fair in Dublin an award in the Best Matchday Experience category.

The attendance record dated 1 April 2008 from the game in the Football League One against Leeds United with 15,001 visitors.

Concerts and Events

In the stadium quite a few concerts and other events took place. In July of 2007, Ronan Keating, Bryan Adams and McFly at two days. The British singer Elton John gave a concert in July 2008. In September 2008, the final of the British American Football League took place at the Brit Bowl in Doncaster. Since mid- 2009, the premises of the stadium for private or commercial events such as corporate presentations, weddings or other celebrations can be rented.

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