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| Full name | Elland Road Stadium |
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| Former names | Old Peacock Ground[1] |
| Location | Elland Road, Beeston, Leeds, England LS11 0ES |
| Coordinates | 53°46′40″N 1°34′20″W / 53.77778°N 1.57222°W |
| Public transit |  Cottingley Leeds Leeds Park and Ride |
| Owner | Greenfield Investment Pte Ltd[a][2][3] |
| Operator | Leeds United |
| Capacity | 37,792[4] |
| Record attendance | 57,892 (Leeds United vs Sunderland, 15 March 1967) |
| Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd)[4] |
| Surface | GrassMaster (Hybrid Grass) |
| Scoreboard | Philips VideoTron |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1897[1] |
| Opened | 1897[1] |
| Renovated | 1920s, 1953, 1971, 1994, 2006, 2011–2012[1] |
| Expanded | 1905, 1920s, 1957, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1989, 1991, 1994[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Football Leeds United (1919–present) Yorkshire Amateur (1919–1920) Leeds City (1904–1919) Rugby League Hunslet (1983–1994) Holbeck (1897–1904)
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Elland Road is a football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Championship club Leeds United since the club's formation in 1919.[5] The stadium is the 13th largest football stadium in England.
The ground has hosted FA Cup semi-final matches as a neutral venue, and England international fixtures,[6] and was selected as one of eight Euro 96 venues.[7] Elland Road was used by rugby league club Hunslet in the mid-1980s[8] and hosted two matches of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Elland Road has four stands – the Don Revie (North) Stand (also known as the kop), the Jack Charlton (East) Stand (which was once known as the Lowfields Road stand),[9] the Norman Hunter South Stand and the John Charles (West) Stand – and an all-seated capacity of 37,792[4] Elland Road had recorded its record league attendance on 27 December 1932, where a capacity of 56,796 watched Leeds played Arsenal and then the record attendance of 57,892 was set on 15 March 1967 in an FA Cup fifth round replay against Sunderland.[5][10] This was before the stadium became an all-seater venue as stipulated by the Taylor Report and the modern record is 40,287 for a Premiership match against Newcastle United on 22 December 2001.[11] Plans are currently afoot to increase the capacity of Elland Road to 55,000,[12] to be achieved by demolishing the West Stand and rebuilding the area.[13]
The stadium has hosted concerts, including performances by bands such as Queen, U2, Happy Mondays and the Kaiser Chiefs.[14][15][16][17]
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- ^ a b "Leeds United – Records, Achievements & Tidbits". wafll.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Elland Road beckons for England". BBC Sport. 13 March 2001. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "The things TV commentators have said about Euro 96". This Is Lancashire. 14 June 1996. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
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- ^ "Leeds to name stand after 'icon' Charlton". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "WAFLL – Elland Road Stats – Leeds United Ground Details". www.wafll.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Leeds United". footballgroundguide.co.uk. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ "Leeds United revise stadium plans, seeking 55,000 capacity". BBC Sport. 15 June 2021.
- ^ Cross, Beren (25 November 2020). "State of play with Leeds United's Elland Road 50,000-capacity expansion plans". LeedsLive. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Rewind: music". BBC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "U2 Vertigo Tour 2005/2006". U2-vertigo-tour.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Happy Mondays – Questions, Answers, Fun Facts, Information". funtrivia.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2008.
- ^ "Kaiser Chiefs plan homecoming gig". BBC News. 3 December 2007. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
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