Bloomfield Road
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The current stadium, looking north, as visitors Fulham kicked off the first-ever Premier League game at Bloomfield Road
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 Bloomfield Road
Location in Blackpool
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| Former names | Gamble's Field (1887–1899) |
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| Location | Seasiders Way Blackpool FY1 6JJ |
| Coordinates | 53°48′17″N 3°2′53″W / 53.80472°N 3.04806°W |
| Owner | Segesta Ltd. |
| Executive suites | 12+ |
| Capacity | 17,338 |
| Record attendance | 38,098 (1955; pre-redevelopment) 16,116 (2010; during redevelopment) |
| Field size | 112 x 74 yards (102.4 x 67.7 metres) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Yes |
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| Opened | 28 October 1899 |
| Renovated | 1999–2002 (North and West Stands) 2003 (East Stand) 2009–2010 (South Stand) 2010 (East Stand) 2011–2012 (South East Corner Stand) |
| Architect | TTH Architects, Gateshead, UK |
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South Shore F.C.: 1899 Blackpool F.C.: 1900, 1901–present Blackpool Borough: 1987 Blackpool Panthers: 2004–2006 |
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Bloomfield Road is a 17,338-capacity all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire, in an area known as South Shore. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901, and was the 68th ground to host a Football League game. The stadium is named after the road on which the main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000. June of that year saw the demolition of the Spion Kop at the north end of the ground; an all-seated stand has now replaced it. The rebuilding of the West Stand was completed in August 2002. In March 2010, the South Stand, whose original structure was pulled down in 2003, was opened by Jimmy Armfield, the former Blackpool player for whom the stand is named. A temporary East Stand opened on 28 August 2010 with a capacity of 5,120 seats, initially increasing capacity to 16,220 with further hospitality seating in the South Stand to be installed later in the year. Bloomfield Road is ranked 52 in the list of English football stadiums by capacity.
The record attendance at the original Bloomfield Road was 38,098, which occurred when Blackpool played Wolverhampton Wanderers on 17 September 1955. The record at the reconstructed stadium is 16,116, which occurred for the visit of Manchester City on 17 October 2010. The record gate receipts for a home game is £72,949, for the FA Cup third-round tie against Tottenham Hotspur on 5 January 1991.
The stadium hosted three matches during the 2005 UEFA Women's Championship. It has also been the venue for the annual final of the Northern Rail Cup, a rugby league tournament, since 2005.
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