Memorial Stadium (Bristol)

  • Bristol Rugby (Rugby Union)
  • Bristol Rovers (Football )
  • Games of the Bristol Rugby ( since 1921 )
  • Games of the Bristol Rovers (since 1996)

The Memorial Stadium ( also known by its former name Memorial Ground ) is a rugby and football stadium in the English city of Bristol. It stands on the Filton Avenue in Horfield district, offering 11,724 spectators. It is used for games of the rugby union club Bristol Rugby and the football club Bristol Rovers.

Was opened the stadium on September 24, 1921, has served for almost 70 years as the sole venue of Bristol Rugby. It was named in memory of the fallen of the First World War. In 1996 the Bristol Rovers rented a. Since Bristol Rugby relegation to the second division, the association faced a financial bottleneck and lost control of the stadium company. The Bristol Rovers since 1998 and the sole owner of the stadium. There were plans to increase the capacity of the stadium to 18,000 spectators; Construction work should begin in 2007 and be completed by the beginning of the season 2009/10.

Because of the financial crisis, the conversion was postponed several times. In June 2011, the Bristol Rovers announced that they wanted to move rather than a renovation of the membrane in the planned for 2014 UWE Stadium with 20,000 seats. The construction on the site of the University of the West of England should, inter alia, stage will be financed at the supermarket chain Sainsbury 's with the sale of the Memorial.

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