York Community Stadium
Conceptual image of proposed York Community Stadium, 2014
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 York Community Stadium
Location of proposed York Community Stadium
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| Full name | York Community Stadium |
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| Location | Huntington, York, England |
| Coordinates | 53°59′05.2″N 1°03′10.3″W / 53.984778°N 1.052861°WCoordinates: 53°59′05.2″N 1°03′10.3″W / 53.984778°N 1.052861°W |
| Owner | City of York Council |
| Operator | York City F.C. |
| Capacity | 8,005 |
| Field size | 105 by 68 metres (115 by 74 yd) (football) 100 by 68 metres (109 by 74 yd) (rugby league) |
| Surface | Reinforced natural grass |
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| Broke ground | 4 December 2017 |
| Built | 2017–2019 (projected) |
| Opened | 2019 (projected) |
| Construction cost | £44.2 million |
| Architect | Greenwich Leisure |
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York City F.C. York City Knights |
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York Community Stadium is a proposed multi-purpose stadium in Huntington, York, England. It will be owned by City of York Council, and be shared by York City Football Club and York City Knights Rugby League Football Club. The projected capacity of the all-seater stadium is 8,005.
The move to a new stadium was necessitated by the terms of the loan York City secured from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund to purchase their Bootham Crescent ground. Planning permission for the current design, put forward by Greenwich Leisure, was granted in March 2015. After several delays, construction began in December 2017, for completion in mid-2019. In addition to the stadium, the site will house a leisure complex and a community hub.
York City F.C. ceased ownership of their Bootham Crescent ground in the summer of 1999, after the club's real property assets were transferred to a holding company called Bootham Crescent Holdings. The club secured a £2 million loan from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF) to buy the ground in February 2004. The terms of this loan required the club to identify a site for a new stadium by 2007, and have detailed planning permission by 2009, to avoid financial penalties. Once plans for a new stadium were in place, the loan would turn into a grant to assist in funding the relocation.
As part of the loan agreement, Persimmon have first refusal on purchasing Bootham Crescent once York City leave, for 10% lower than its market value. Persimmon still intend to build 93 homes on the site, and the proceeds of the sale would go towards building the new stadium. In March 2008, York City's managing director Jason McGill cited "the annual cost of £60,000 for the maintenance and upkeep of a 1932 stadium with few commercial and income-generating opportunities" as the reason for the continued need to move to a new stadium.
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