Macron Stadium
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| Full name | The Macron Stadium |
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| Location | Burnden Way Horwich Bolton England |
| Coordinates | 53°34′50″N 2°32′8″W / 53.58056°N 2.53556°WCoordinates: 53°34′50″N 2°32′8″W / 53.58056°N 2.53556°W |
| Owner | Bolton Wanderers |
| Operator | Bolton Wanderers (1997–present) |
| Capacity |
28,723 40,000(Concerts) |
| Record attendance | 28,353 |
| Field size | 110 x 72 yards (100.6 x 65.8 metres) |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1996–1997 |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Architect | Populous |
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Macron Stadium (formerly Reebok Stadium) is the home stadium of English Football League One club Bolton Wanderers, and is located on the Middlebrook Retail Park, Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester.
From its opening in 1997 until 2014, the stadium was named "Reebok Stadium", after long-term club sponsors Reebok. However, after Bolton Wanderers signed an initial four-year naming rights and kit deal with Italy's Macron sportswear company, the stadium name was changed to reflect the new deal.
A hotel forms part of the stadium's construction and some of the rooms offer views of the pitch. The hotel was operated by the De Vere Group until August 2013, when the club assumed ownership and renamed it the "Bolton Whites Hotel". The stadium is also the temporary location of Bolton Wanderers Free School.
Macron Stadium is a modern, all-seater stadium with a capacity of almost 29,000 and was completed in 1997, replacing the club's old ground, Burnden Park. The lead consultant/architect of the project was Lobb Sports, while local firm Bradshaw Gass & Hope acted as planning supervisors and quantity surveyors, the contractor was Birse Construction, and Deakin Callard & Partners provided structural engineering services. The value of the contract was £25 million (US$42.1 million). The stadium is noted for its distinct gabled architecture, first pioneered by the John Smith's Stadium. The upper-tier corners do not have seating due to concerns of health and safety access.
The stadium was opened in 1997 by John Prescott, a Labour Party politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time.
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