St. Mary's Stadium
Belvidere Rd, Southampton SO14, United Kingdom
Description:
St Mary's Stadium, one of the largest football stadiums in the south of England, opened in 2001. Its area is about eight thousand square meters, capacity - 33 thousand spectators.
The stadium has the shape of a bowl, divided into four stands. Each of them has its own name in honor of the object with which it is adjacent. The arena is home to the Southampton Premier League team. The surface of the stadium is grassy, the first row is 10 meters from the playing field. On the central podium there is a sector for VIP persons, which includes 150 seats. Behind the bench there are 50 seats for media representatives. For the convenience of spectators, 200 monitors and two large video screens are installed in the stands, demonstrating the course of the match. On the perimeter of the left wing of the stadium, above the stands, an electronic scoreboard is installed.
On the days of the matches, additional transport flights are introduced to unload passenger traffic. With the construction of the stadium, the local infrastructure was significantly improved - hotels, restaurants and cafes are located next to the stadium.