Pride Park Stadium
- Derby County ( since 1997)
- Games of Derby County
The Pride Park Stadium (usually just called Pride Park ) is a football stadium in the industrial area Pride Park on the outskirts of the city center of Derby in England. Owners and operators of the stadium of the football club Derby County, who play their home games here. It offers 33 597 spectators.
On November 13, 2013 it was announced that Derby County has sold the naming rights to the stadium to the sports drinks manufacturers iPro sport. The sponsorship agreement has a term of ten years and brings to the club seven million pounds sterling ( 8.3 million euros ). The sports facility is the first time officially on December 7, 2013 in the game against Blackpool FC bear the name iPro stage.
History
The Pride Park Stadium was completed in 1997 and replaced Derby County's previous stadium, the Baseball Ground, which was from 1894, home of the Rams. It was officially opened in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II on 18 July 1997; the first game was on 4 August 1997 lost a friendly match against Sampdoria, the derby 0-1.
The first competitive match was a match against Wimbledon FC, during which the floodlights failed and the game had to be stopped.
So far, an international match of the English national team took place in Pride Park, a friendly against Mexico, which England won 4-0 on 27 May 2001. This game also holds the attendance record of the stadium with 33 597 spectators (sold out). The highest number of audience that previously reached a game of Derby County is 33,475 with a friendly match on 1 May 2006 against Glasgow Rangers.
Average attendance
Gallery
Game Derby County v Manchester United in the Premier League 2007 /08
South Stand on Boxing Day 2007