Leigh Sports Village

Leigh Sports Village Stadium
Sport Village or LSV
Interior of the stadium, May 2008
Map
Full nameLeigh Sports Village Stadium
AddressUnited Kingdom[1]
LocationLeigh, Greater Manchester, England WN7 4GX
Coordinates53°29′28″N 2°31′44″W / 53.491°N 2.529°W / 53.491; -2.529
Owner
OperatorLeigh Sports Village Company Ltd
Capacity12,000[4]
Record attendance12,005
Widnes Vikings vs Castleford Tigers
10 August 2014[3]
SurfaceDesso GrassMaster
Construction
Built2007–2008
Opened28 December 2008
Construction cost£17.5m[2]
Main contractorsHall Construction[2]
Tenants
Rugby League
Leigh Leopards (2008–present)
Football
Leigh Genesis (2009–2010)
Blackburn Rovers Reserves (2009–2015)
Manchester United Reserves (2014–present)
Manchester United Women (2018–present)

Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports,[5] retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, Manchester United's Under-21 and Academy teams and Manchester United Women. The complex also plays host to amateur rugby league club Leigh East and amateur athletics club Leigh Harriers, who both occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Other facilities on site include the Leigh campus of Wigan and Leigh College, Leigh Sports Centre, which includes a gym, multi-use sports hall and swimming pool, a Holiday Inn Express hotel, a Morrisons supermarket and the Whistling Wren pub. During 2022, it hosted matches in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

  1. ^ "Leigh Sports Village".
  2. ^ a b Hall gets the go-ahead for Leigh stadium[permanent dead link], Contract Journal. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Widnes Vikings 6–28 Castleford Tigers". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Stadium | Leigh Sports Village". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
  5. ^ "Leigh Sports Village – Wigan Council". Archived from the original on 22 November 2008.