Elm Park (stadium)

Elm Park
Elm Park in 1981
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LocationReading, Berkshire, England
Coordinates51°27′12″N 1°00′09″W / 51.4534°N 1.0026°W / 51.4534; -1.0026
Public transitNational Rail Reading West (1.1 km (0.7 mi))
OwnerReading Football Club
OperatorReading Football Club
Capacity~33,000 (historically)
14,800 (final)[1]
Record attendance33,042[2]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Opened1896
RenovatedNorfolk Road:
1926, 1986
Town End:
1931
South Bank:
1936, 1949, 1956
Tilehurst End:
1957
Floodlights:
1954, 1969
Closed1998
Demolished1998

Elm Park was a football stadium in the West Reading district of Reading, Berkshire, England. The stadium was the home of Reading Football Club from 1896 to 1998, when the club moved to the new Madejski Stadium.