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St Mirren Park

Paisley 2021 Stadium
Greenhill Road
Greenhill Road - geograph.org.uk - 1160158.jpg
View of the Main Stand facade
Paisley 2021 Stadium is located in Renfrewshire
Paisley 2021 Stadium
Paisley 2021 Stadium
Location in Renfrewshire
Location Greenhill Road, Paisley
Coordinates 55°51′2″N 4°26′38″W / 55.85056°N 4.44389°W / 55.85056; -4.44389
Public transit St James Railway Station & Gilmour Street Station
Owner St Mirren F.C.
Operator St Mirren F.C.
Capacity 8,023
Record attendance 7,542 - St Mirren v Kilmarnock (31 January 2009)
Field size 105m x 68m (115y x 74y)
Acreage 12.5
Surface Grass
Scoreboard Yes
Construction
Broke ground 7 January 2008
Opened 31 January 2009
Construction cost £8 million
Architect Barr Construction
Main contractors Barr Construction
Tenants
St Mirren F.C. (2009–)

St Mirren Park, also known as Paisley 2021 Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Paisley, Scotland. It is the home of St Mirren. The stadium is the sixth home of the club and replaced Love Street. The stadium was renamed "Paisley 2021 Stadium" to help promote Paisley's bid to become a UK City of Culture in 2021.

Talks over a new stadium began on 15 January 2003, when the club met representatives from Aldi and Lidl. The club were looking to sell their ground at Love Street for retail development. Selling Love Street would secure the necessary funding to build the new stadium. Planning applications for a retail development at Love Street were passed on 24 May 2005 and the club subsequently sold the ground to Tesco on 25 April 2007 for £15 million. The new stadium site broke ground on 7 January 2008 and was officially opened on 31 January 2009 at a cost of £8 million. Before the first game at the new stadium there was a parade from Love Street to Greenhill Road to celebrate the opening of the stadium. Club chairman Stewart Gilmour and First Minister Alex Salmond were also present at the first match at the new ground. Alex Salmond unveiled a plaque before the game to commemorate the opening. The game between St Mirren and Kilmarnock finished in a 1–1 draw, with the first goal at the new stadium being scored by Kilmarnock striker Kevin Kyle.Dennis Wyness scored St Mirren's first goal at the new ground, in the same match. The opening match set the record attendance of 7,542, a record which still stands. St Mirren Park has also become the regular home of the Scotland national under-21 football team.

In November 2015, St Mirren agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with Renfrewshire Council to rename the stadium as the Paisley 2021 Stadium. This was to promote Paisley's bid to become a UK City of Culture in 2021.


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