Ibrox stadium
Inside Ibrox looking towards the Broomloan Stand
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 Ibrox Stadium
Location in Glasgow
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| Former names | Ibrox Park (1899–1997) |
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| Location | 150 Edmiston Drive, Ibrox, Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°51′11.54″N 4°18′33.33″W / 55.8532056°N 4.3092583°W |
| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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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