Ibrox Stadium

|- | colspan=" 2" style=" text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; " bgcolor=" white" | |- | initial Construction | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 1899 |- | Current form since | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 1997 |- | Capacity | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 50.411 places |- | Colors of the Seats | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Blue |- | Nickname | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Ibrox Park |- | Platforms: | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| |- | Official | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Bill Struth Hand Stand |- | Side | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Govan |- | Is | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Copland |- | West | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Broomloan |- | Multitude record | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 118.567 spectators
(1939, Rangers FC - Celtic Glasgow) |- | Address | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Edmiston Drive 150
Glasgow G51 2XD |}

Ibrox Stadium , called in the beginning Ibrox Park , is a football stadium located at Glasgow, on southern bank of the Clyde river. The club of the Glasgow Rangers resides since 1899 at it.

History

Origins

The Ibrox stage is on its current site since 1899, with some steps only of its old site.

April 2nd, 1902, the collapse of part of the Western platform (built out of wood), caused the death of twenty-five people at the time of an international match opposing the Scotland to the England. Approximately five hundred spectators were wounded in what was then the worst disaster of the history of football.

The construction of the principal platform (southern platform) began in 1929 pennies the direction of Archibald Leitch, which had already built the platforms of many British stages, of which those of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, or Everton. The southern platform of Ibrox is today a classified building.

After the construction of the principal platform Ibrox became one of the greatest stages of Great Britain, its capacity being only exceeded by that of Hampden Park, also located to him at Glasgow. The record of multitude was reached in 1939 at the time of a meeting opposing Rangers and their large rivals of the Celtic Glasgow, disputed in front of 118.567 spectators.

Restorations

The stage did not know major change before the end of the 20th century, when the platforms Copland, Broomloan and Govan were renovated following the second disaster of Ibrox. The incident took place on January 2nd, 1971, at the end of a derby between Rangers and Celtic. Their team being led to the score, of many supporters of Rangers left the stage before the final whistle, but the late equalization of Colin Stein déclancha an important sway in the crowd. The assessment was the sixty-six one killed and two hundred wounded.

The new structures were equipped with individual seats, the Copland platforms and Broomloan, located at the east and the west, behind the goals, could each one accommodate 7.500 spectators. The capacity of the Govan platform, facing the principal platform, was of 11.000 places. At the conclusion of work Ibrox was the most modern stage of the United Kingdom, although its full capacity was considerably reduced. It rose now in 44.000 places, including 36.000 seats, nevertheless redéveloppement of Ibrox preceded the Tragédie by Hillsborough and the large wave of restorations which was followed from there.

New work took place during the years 1990 in order to follow the recommendations of the Taylor report. A third stage, the Deck Club, was added to the principal platform, which was it also equipped with individual seats. Turns were built between the Govan platform and its neighbors, in order to increase the full capacity, which today high in 50.411 places. After the end of work, in 1997, the stage was renamed Ibrox Stadium.

Ibrox is classified in the category stage 5 stars by UEFA, just like Hampden Park, which authorizes the behavior of European finales in the two enclosures of Glasgow.

Rangers Football Club intends to equip the stage with a casino and a recreational center, and to gain up to 4.000 additional places by carrying out work in the Govan platform. The adventure playground could also be lowered in order to allow the addition of new rows of seats.

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