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| Full name | Portman Road Stadium |
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| Location | Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Coordinates | 52°3′18″N 1°8′41″E / 52.05500°N 1.14472°E |
| Public transit |  Ipswich |
| Owner | Ipswich Borough Council own the land only. Stadium owned by club[1] |
| Capacity | 30,014[2] |
| Record attendance | 38,010 (Ipswich Town vs Leeds United, 8 March 1975) |
| Field size | 112 by 82 yards (102 m × 75 m)[3] |
| Surface | Hybrid grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1884[1] |
| Expanded | 2002 |
| Tenants | |
| Ipswich Town (1884–present) | |
Portman Road is a football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, which has been the home ground of Ipswich Town since 1884. The stadium has also hosted many England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003. It staged several other sporting events, including athletics meetings and international hockey matches, musical concerts and Christian events.
Ipswich Town moved to the ground in 1884 and continue to play their home matches there. The stadium recorded its highest attendance in March 1975, when 38,010 fans attended a match against Leeds United. Its four stands were converted to all-seater in the early 1990s following the recommendations of the Taylor Report. The stadium underwent significant redevelopments in the early 2000s, which increased the capacity from 22,600 to 30,311, making it the largest-capacity football ground in East Anglia. Once the Gamechanger 20 Ltd takeover in 2021 was completed, the club invested heavily in the stadium to bring it more up to date after years of neglect from the previous ownership. This included new dugouts, undersoil heating and a new hybrid pitch which slightly reduced the overall attendance to 29,673. After the club's promotion back to the Premier League in 2024, the club had to invest heavily again into the stadium to bring it up to the Premier League’s standards. This included over 100 projects[4] ranging from new press and camera areas to increasing the away supporter allocation. Once these upgrades were completed, this increased the overall attendance to the current figure of 30,014.
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- ^ "Portman Road". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- ^ "Ashton Says Stadium Will Be Ready". TWTD. Retrieved 18 August 2024.