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Old Trafford

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

74,158

recorded capacity

1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Wembley Stadium, 90,000

Old Trafford in Manchester is the 4th-largest of the 72 stadiums listed for rugby league on this site. It was a venue of the 1966 FIFA World Cup and of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

It opened in 1910. The nearest listed stadium is Old Trafford Cricket Ground, 0.8 km away.

Listed for
Football and rugby league
Tenants
Manchester United
Surface
Hybrid grass
Position
53.46° N, 2.29° W

Compare with another stadium

Where it stands in the United Kingdom

  1. Wembley Stadium15,842 more90,000
  2. Twickenham Stadium7,842 more82,000
  3. Old Trafford74,158
  4. Millennium Stadium227 fewer73,931
  5. Murrayfield Stadium7,014 fewer67,144
  6. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium11,308 fewer62,850
  7. 127 more listed stadiums

All 133 listed in the United Kingdom

From the record

Construction began
1909
Field size
105 m × 68 m
Recorded construction cost
£90,000
Record attendance
76,962 (1939)
Opening order in the United Kingdom
joint 65th of 133, earliest first
Share of listed capacity in the United Kingdom
2.2%
Latest renovation or expansion
2006, more recent than 26 of the other 60 listed stadiums in the United Kingdom with such a year
Compared with the median in the United Kingdom
3.8 times the median capacity of 19,700 across its 133 listed stadiums
Opened in the 1910s in the United Kingdom
6 of the 133 listed stadiums, this one included
Also opened in 1910 in the United Kingdom
Meadow Lane, Dean Court
Nearest larger listed stadium
Wembley Stadium, 252 km
Listed stadiums within 10 km
3

Chronology

  1. 1910 Opened
  2. 1941 Renovated
  3. 1946 Renovated
  4. 1949 Renovated
  5. 1951 Renovated
  6. 1957 Renovated
  7. 1966 FIFA World Cup venue
  8. 1973 Renovated
  9. 1995 Renovated
  10. 1996 Renovated
  11. 2000 Renovated
  12. 2006 Renovated
  13. 2012 Summer Olympics venue

Nearest listed stadiums

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  1. Old Trafford Cricket Ground · south-east19,000 places, opened 18570.8 km
  2. CorpAcq Stadium · west11,404 places, opened 20125.6 km
  3. Etihad Stadium · east61,038 places, opened 20026.4 km
  4. Edgeley Park · south-east10,852 places, opened 189110.9 km
  5. Gigg Lane · north12,500 places, opened 188513.1 km

Source: Wikipedia, Old Trafford.