New Meadow
| New Meadow • Oteley Road | |
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| Full name | Greenhous Meadow |
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| Location | Oteley Road Shrewsbury Shropshire SY2 6ST |
| Owner | Shrewsbury Town F.C. |
| Capacity | 9,875 10,361 (with temporary seating) |
| Record attendance | 10,210 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2006–2007 |
| Opened | July 2007 |
New Meadow, also known as Greenhous Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is the home ground of English football club Shrewsbury Town.
The stadium is situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm, and close to the A5. It was completed in the summer of 2007, in time for the 2007–08 English football season, and was built to replace the Gay Meadow stadium, home of Shrewsbury Town since 1910. It is also a UEFA Category 4 stadium.
The stadium had no official name during the club's first season at their new home, before being christened the "Prostar Stadium" in a four-year deal with the sports kit manufacturer of the same name in July 2008. The club had initially distanced themselves from the unofficial name of "New Meadow", preferring to sever links with the old Gay Meadow ground, however when the naming deal with Prostar ended two years earlier than scheduled, new sponsors Greenhous gave supporters the opportunity to vote for a new stadium name, with "Meadow" added to the shortlist after feedback from fans. Since May 2010, the stadium has officially been known as "Greenhous Meadow", Greenhous announced they would be ending their sponsorship of the club and stadium in November 2016.
Proposals to move to a new stadium site at Oteley Road were first drawn up in the late 1990s, with planning permission granted in September 2003. A covenant protecting the Gay Meadow site for sports use was transferred to Oteley Road in 2004, clearing the way for the sale of the old ground to property developers to finance the building of New Meadow.
The stadium was designed by WDW Partnership architects, with the project awarded to Hall Construction, at a cost of £11.2 million, with a brief to build a 10,000 capacity all-seater stadium, with banqueting facilities for up to 300 people. The project consisted of erecting four stands, including hospitality boxes, function rooms, kitchen, bars, offices and a club shop as well as adjoining community and training pitches, a 670 space car park and access roads. Work was completed for the new stadium to open in time for the beginning of the 2007–08 Football League Two season.
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