Meadowbank Stadium
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Meadowbank Stadium (officially the Meadowbank Sports Centre) is a multi-purpose sports facility located in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of the earlier New Meadowbank and Old Meadowbank sports venues, it was originally built to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games. It also hosted the Games in 1986, becoming the first venue to host the Games twice. It is the current home of Scottish League One side Edinburgh City.
Former names | New Meadowbank, Old Meadowbank |
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Location | Meadowbank, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°57′25″N 3°9′31″W |
Type | Outdoor Sports / Concert Stadium |
Seating type | Individual backed seats in stand, bench seats all other areas |
Capacity | 1,320 (500 seated)[1] |
Construction | |
Built | 1967–1970 |
Opened | 1970; 54 years ago (1970) |
Renovated | 1994, 1999, 2017–2022 |
Tenants | |
Meadowbank Thistle F.C. (1974–1995) Edinburgh City (1996–2017; 2022–) Edinburgh Rugby (2002–2004) Leith Athletic F.C. (3G pitch, 2013–2017) Hibernian W.F.C. (2022–) | |
Website | |
Edinburgh Leisure |
The stadium has also regularly hosted football. It was the home ground of Scottish Football League team Meadowbank Thistle between 1974 and 1995, becoming the first all-seated football ground in the UK in the process, it hosted senior non-league football as the home ground of Edinburgh City. League football returned to Meadowbank in 2016 following City's promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League.[2] The Meadowbank complex also hosted Leith Athletic, which played on the Meadowbank 3G artificial pitch adjacent to the main stadium since 2013.
In the early months of 2019 the stadium was demolished and work begun on construction of its replacement. In 2022, following the completion of construction, Edinburgh City returned to Meadowbank.
Meadowbank Stadium was also used for rugby union as the home venue of Edinburgh Rugby between 2002 and 2004.