St James Park Stadium

St James's Park Stadium is located in Newcastle, England. It is the home of Newcastle United Football Club. In 2012, the stadium hosted football matches of the 2012 Olympic Games.

The stadium was opened in 1892. From the very beginning, its capacity was low - about 30,000 people, and most of the seats in the stadium were standing. But over time, the stadium has been modified and reconstructed many times. One of the most recent changes was made in 1998-2000. Then the stadium received its current capacity - 52 thousand fans. Now the stadium has a traditional British shape with square corners and an expanded main stand. It is worth noting that throughout its history, the stadium has been subjected to many attempts to move, for which the local authorities especially fought, but all of them were in vain.