Denbigh Stadium
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| Full name | Denbigh Stadium Stadium:MK |
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| Built | 1999-2006 |
| Opened | 2007 (proposed) |
| Capacity | 30,000 all seated (proposed) |
| Home of | Milton Keynes Dons |
| Pitch size | awaiting details |
Denbigh Stadium is a multi-use stadium in the Denbigh North district of Milton Keynes, England. Designed by HOK SVE, it is currently under construction by civil engineering company Buckingham Group Contracting. It will be used mostly for football matches and will be the home ground of Milton Keynes Dons F.C. upon its completion in late 2006/early 2007. The current best estimate is that it will be opened officially for the 2007-2008 Season.
The initial configuration of the stadium will hold 22,000 and has provision for a future extention to increase the capacity to 30,000. The design comlies with UEFA's Four Star Stadium specifications. Currently, the name "Denbigh Stadium" is a planning name only. Recent publicity has used the name Stadium:MK.
The complex will include a hotel and a multi-use venue that will be used by the Milton Keynes Lions professional basketball team.
[edit] Location
The ground (map) is in south central Milton Keynes, next to the A421 spur junction with the A5, not far from Bletchley railway station.
[edit] External links
- Official club website showing progress on the build. Most recent pictures are at the top. The coverage by the independent MKDonsRus website (next) is substantially more comprehensive.
- www.mkdonsrus.com. An independent website providing a regularly updated photo-diary of the build.
- www.buckinghamgroup.net. Website of Buckingham Group Contracting. Has CAD images[1] of the stadium as it will be when completed. (Note: these two links currently redirect to BGC's old website which is marked as 'under construction'.)
- Aerial shot of the site in 1999
- Aerial shot of the site in 2005
- (The dual carriageway across the north of the pictures is the A5 and its junction with the A421 is shown. Watling Street (former A5) runs diagonally across the picture from lower right and the West Coast Main Line railway runs up the left hand side. Bletchley railway station is just out of shot to the lower left (SW).
