Southampton FC – St Mary’s Stadium

Construction of St Mary’s Stadium began in 1999. The reason for the construction of the stadium was that football club Southampton FC needed a larger stadium. Southampton previously played its games in "The Dell", this stadium only had a capacity of 15,000 and no possibility of expansion. When St Mary’s Stadium was completed in 2001, Southampton FC moved directly to the stadium. St Mary’s Stadium accommodates 32,505 spectators and is therefore more than twice the size of the old Southampton stadium.