Essex Park Randers
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| Full name | BioNutria Park Randers |
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| Former names | Randers Stadion Essex Park Randers AutoC Park Randers |
| Location | Viborgvej 92A 8920 Randers NV |
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| Owner | Randers Municipality |
| Operator | Randers FC |
| Capacity | 10,300 (11.000 seatings at max capacity) |
| Record attendance | 17,200 (Denmark B vs. Sweden B, 26.10.1958) After 2006: 11,824 (Randers FC vs. Brøndby IF, 16.05.2010) |
| Field size | 102 X 65 m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1961 |
| Renovated | 2006 and 2012 |
| Architect | Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller |
| Structural engineer | Rambøll |
| General contractor | A. Enggaard |
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Randers FC (Danish Superliga) (2002–present) Randers Freja (1961–2002) |
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BioNutria Park Randers (former Randers Stadion,Essex Park Randers and AutoC Park Randers) is a football stadium, located in Randers, Denmark and is the home ground of Randers FC.
Randers Stadion was totally rebuilt in 2005–06. The new stadium was designed by Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller, while Rambøll was the engineer and A. Enggaard contractor.
The pitch was also renovated in 2006 installing under-pitch heating, and automatic watering systems.
In October 2007 Randers FC installed a 37-square metre jumboscreen at the top of the North Stand.
Bionutria official capacity are 10,300 of which 9,000 are seats, but the maximum capacity is 13,500
The north stand was the only stand, not to be renovated in the 2006 rebuild, but in 2012 Randers FC announced that the North Stand would be renovated. The North Stand would be finished in the start of the season 2013-14. The North Stand was designed by Friis & Moltke, while Grontmij was the consultative engineers and Einar Kornerup contractor.
The stadium consists of 4 stands:
In October 2006, the stadium hosted the WUSV 2006 Schutzhund World Championship.
Aerosmith performed at the stadium during their 2007 World Tour on June 6, 2007, with 23,000 people in attendance.
Bionutria Park Randers has never been used as home ground for the Danish national team, but it has been venue of several youth national matches:
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