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Ibrox Park

Ibrox Stadium
Ibrox Inside.jpg
Inside Ibrox looking towards the Broomloan Stand
Ibrox Stadium is located in Glasgow council area
Ibrox Stadium
Ibrox Stadium
Location in Glasgow
Former names Ibrox Park (1899–1997)
Location 150 Edmiston Drive, Ibrox, Glasgow
Coordinates 55°51′11.54″N 4°18′33.33″W / 55.8532056°N 4.3092583°W / 55.8532056; -4.3092583
Owner Rangers F.C.
Capacity 50,817 (all-seated)
Record attendance 118,567 (v Celtic, 1939)
Field size 114.8 × 74.3 yards (105 × 68 metres)
Surface Desso GrassMaster
Construction
Broke ground 1899
Opened 30 December 1899
Renovated 1928 (Main Stand)
1978–81 (Copland Stand, Broomloan Stand and Govan Stand)
1990–91 (Main Stand club deck)
Architect Archibald Leitch (1928)
The Miller Partnership (1978–81)
Gareth Hutchison (1990–91)
Tenants
Rangers F.C. 1899–present

Ibrox Stadium is a football stadium located on the south side of the River Clyde in the Ibrox district of Glasgow. The home of Rangers F.C., Ibrox is one of the largest football stadiums in the UK, and the third largest football stadium in Scotland, having an all-seated capacity of 50,817.

It was opened as Ibrox Park in 1899, but suffered a disaster in 1902 when a wooden terrace collapsed. Vast earthen terraces were built in its place, while a main stand, which is now a listed building, was built in 1928. A British record crowd of 118,567 gathered in January 1939 for a league match with Celtic. After the Ibrox disaster of 1971, the stadium was largely rebuilt. The vast bowl-shaped terracing was removed and replaced by three rectangular, all-seated stands by 1981. After renovations were completed in 1997, the ground was renamed Ibrox Stadium.

Ibrox has also hosted the Scotland national football team, particularly when the national stadium Hampden Park was redeveloped in the 1990s. Ibrox also hosted three Scottish domestic cup finals in the same period. It has also been the venue for concerts by major performers, including Frank Sinatra.

Rangers played its first match in May 1872, on Glasgow Green. The club then played home matches on public pitches across Glasgow, first moving to a regular home ground at Burnbank in 1875. A year later, Rangers played at the Clydesdale cricket ground in Kinning Park. This ground was improved to give a capacity of 7,000, but it was not owned by Rangers. After hints by the landlords that they wished to develop the site, Rangers left in February 1887. The club shared Cathkin Park with Third Lanark for the remainder of the 1886–87 season.


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