Elland Road
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. The stadium is the 14th largest football stadium in England.
| Full name | Elland Road Stadium |
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| Former names | Old Peacock Ground |
| Location | Elland Road, Beeston, Leeds, England LS11 0ES |
| Coordinates | 53°46′40″N 1°34′20″W |
| Public transit | Cottingley Leeds Leeds Park and Ride |
| Owner | Greenfield Investment Pte Ltd |
| Operator | Leeds United |
| Capacity | 37,792 |
| Record attendance | 57,892 (Leeds United vs Sunderland, 15 March 1967) |
| Field size | 105 by 68 metres (114.8 yd × 74.4 yd) |
| Surface | GrassMaster (Hybrid Grass) |
| Scoreboard | Philips VideoTron |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1897 |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Renovated | 1920s, 1953, 1971, 1994, 2006, 2011–2012 |
| Expanded | 1905, 1920s, 1957, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1989, 1991, 1994 |
| 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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The ground has hosted FA Cup semi-final matches as a neutral venue, and England international fixtures, and was selected as one of eight Euro 96 venues. Elland Road was used by rugby league club Hunslet in the mid-1980s 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), the Norman Hunter South Stand and the John Charles (West) Stand – and an all-seated capacity of 37,792 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. 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. Plans are currently afoot to increase the capacity of Elland Road to 50,000, to be achieved by demolishing the West Stand and rebuilding the area.
The stadium has hosted concerts, including performances by bands such as Queen, U2, Happy Mondays and the Kaiser Chiefs.