City Ground

City Ground
City Ground in April 2024
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Full nameThe City Ground
LocationCity Ground, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 5FJ
Coordinates52°56′24″N 1°7′58″W / 52.94000°N 1.13278°W / 52.94000; -1.13278
Public transitNational Rail Nottingham
Victoria Embankment
OwnerNottingham Forest
OperatorNottingham Forest
Capacity30,404[4]
Record attendance49,946 (Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United, 28 October 1967)[5]
Field size114.8 x 74.4 yards (105 x 68 metres)[4]
SurfaceGrass (Undersoil Heating)[1]
ScoreboardADI Virtuality v8[2]
Construction
Built1898[3]
Opened3 September 1898[3]
Expanded1957 (Former East Stand), 1965 (Peter Taylor Stand), 1980 (Brian Clough Stand), 1992–1993 (Bridgford Stand), 1994–1996 (Trent End)[3]
ArchitectHusband & Co (1980), Miller Partnership (1992–1993, 1994–1996[6])
General contractorTaylor Woodrow (1992–1993, 1994–1996)[7]
Tenants
Nottingham Forest (1898–present)
Nottingham Forest Women (2024–present)

The City Ground is a football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest since 1898 and has a capacity of 30,455.

The stadium was a venue when England hosted UEFA Euro 1996, and is only three hundred yards (270 m) away from Meadow Lane, home of Forest's neighbouring club Notts County; the two grounds are the closest professional football stadiums in England and the second-closest in the United Kingdom, after the grounds of Dundee and Dundee United. They are located on opposite sides of the River Trent.

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  4. ^ a b "Premier League Handbook: Season 2023/24" (PDF). Premier League. 10 August 2023. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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