Das Memorial Stadium (auch unter seinem früheren Namen Memorial Ground bekannt) ist ein Rugby- und Fußballstadion in der englischen Stadt Bristol. 2014 wechselte der Verein vom Memorial Stadium im Stadtteil Horfield in das Ashton Gate Stadium von Bristol City.
It opened in 1921 dedicated to the memory of local rugby union players killed during the First World War, and was the home of Bristol Bears rugby club until they moved to Ashton Gate in 2014.
Es bietet seit dem Abschluss der Umbauarbeiten im Sommer 2016 insgesamt 27.699 Zuschauern Platz.
Es steht an der Filton Avenue im Stadtteil Horfield und bietet 11.724 Zuschauern Platz. However, in 2014 the future of the stadium was put in doubt due to a court battle with Sainsbury's over the contract for the Memorial Stadium site.The following month, Bristol Rovers were sold to the In August 2017, the club announced the project had been cancelled as both parties were unable to agree acceptable terms.On 19 July 2012, planning permission was granted for the stadium with councillors voting 12 to 1 in favour.However, the project was put in doubt in September 2013 when a group named TRASHorfield filed an application for a Doubts were raised about the stadium again in August 2014 after it emerged that Rovers had issued a A further twist to the tale came in February 2016 when Bristol Rovers were purchased by the wealthy Al-Qadi family of The bowl-shaped stadium would have been all-seated with an initial capacity of 21,700. Sainsbury's agreed to buy the Memorial Stadium in 2011 and lease it to the club while the new stadium was built to the north of the city. However, following The stadium was designed to minimise the impact on the local environment, including using the topography of the site to effectively enclose the stadium and minimise noise and light disruption, as well as being designed to allow the capacity to be increased to 26,000 without making any external changesUWE Students' Union website acknowledged that they had received student criticism but do not share such criticism.
The Bristol Bears offices and training facilities are situated at Clifton Rugby Club in Henbury while home matches are played at Ashton Gate Stadium. UWE Stadium was a proposed 21,700 all-seater stadium to be built in Cheswick, South Gloucestershire, as a new home for Bristol Rovers.
The stadium was to replace their current home, the Memorial Stadium.
The stadium has been designed to adhere to international standards for both football and rugby. Es ist im Besitz des Fußballvereins Bristol City, der es für seine Heimspiele nutzt. During this time period of reconstruction, Bristol Rovers would have ground-shared with In June 2011, Bristol Rovers announced its intentions to relocate the club to the newly proposed In August 2017 following the takeover of the club by the Al-Qadi family, and extensive negotiations with the UWE, the club announced that it was no longer looking to build a new stadium in collaboration with the UWE but would once again explore redeveloping the Memorial Stadium instead. Verwendet wird es für Spiele des Rugby-Union-Vereins Bristol Rugby und des Fußballvereins Bristol Rovers. The site was created on an area of land called Buffalo Bill's Field, after During the First World War the site was converted into allotments, but after the war Buffalo Bill's Field was bought by Sir Francis Nicholas Cowlin (then the Sheriff of Bristol) and given to By 2005, the Memorial Stadium was hosting Bristol Rugby Club back in the The ground has remained a focal point for the wider Bristol community, and a minute's silence is held annually at the closest game to The stadium is also used for the rugby varsity between the city's two universities, The Memorial Stadium Company proposed a wide ranging £35 million refurbishment of the Memorial Stadium, bringing it up to an 18,500 all-seater capacity.On 17 August 2007, it was announced that the stadium's redevelopment had been delayed and would commence in May 2008 and finish in December 2009. Das Ashton Gate Stadium ist ein Fußballstadion in der südwestenglischen Stadt Bristol.
Bristol Rugby (offiziell Bristol Rugby Football Club) ist ein Rugby-Union-Verein aus der englischen Stadt Bristol, der in der English Premiership spielt, der höchsten englischen Liga.
The Memorial Stadium, also commonly known by its previous name of the Memorial Ground, is a sports ground in Bristol, England, and is the home of Bristol Rovers F.C..