Meadowbank Stadium

Meadowbank Stadium
	Redeveloped Meadowbank's pitch, track and small stand in front of indoor sport facility (2023)
	Meadowbank Stadium Location within the City of Edinburgh council area
Former names	New Meadowbank, Old Meadowbank
Location	Meadowbank, Edinburgh, Scotland
Coordinates	55°57′25″N 3°9′31″W / 55.95694°N 3.15861°W
Type	Outdoor Sports / Concert Stadium
Seating type	Individual backed seats in stand, bench seats all other areas
Capacity	1,320 (500 seated)
Construction
Built	1967–1970
Opened	1970
Renovated	1994, 1999, 2017–2022
Tenants
	Meadowbank Thistle F.C. (1974–1995); Edinburgh City (1996–2017; 2022–); Edinburgh Rugby (2002–2004); Leith Athletic F.C. (3G pitch, 2013–2017; 2022–); Hibernian W.F.C. (2022–)
Website
	Edinburgh Leisure

Meadowbank Stadium (officially the Meadowbank Sports Centre) is a multi-purpose sports facility located in the Meadowbank area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of the earlier New Meadowbank and Old Meadowbank sports venues, it was originally built to host the 1970 Commonwealth Games. It also hosted the Games in 1986, becoming the first venue to host the Games twice. It is the current home of Scottish League Two side Edinburgh City.

The stadium has also regularly hosted football. It was the home ground of Scottish Football League team Meadowbank Thistle between 1974 and 1995, becoming the first all-seated football ground in the UK in the process, and subsequently hosted senior non-league football as the home ground of Edinburgh City. League football returned to Meadowbank in 2016 following City's promotion to the Scottish Professional Football League.^[2] The Meadowbank complex also hosts Leith Athletic, who first played on the Meadowbank 3G artificial pitch adjacent to the main stadium between 2013 and 2017.

In 2017 the complex was closed ahead of the demolition of the stadium in the early months of 2019 and work beginning on construction of its replacement. In 2022, following the completion of construction, Edinburgh City and Leith Athletic returned to Meadowbank, where they were joined by Hibernian Women's FC.

Meadowbank Stadium was also used for rugby union as the home venue of Edinburgh Rugby between 2002 and 2004.

^ "Edinburgh's new Meadowbank Sports Centre opens: Here's a look inside". Edinburgh News. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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[1] "Edinburgh's new Meadowbank Sports Centre opens: Here's a look inside". Edinburgh News. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

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Construction
Redeveloped Meadowbank's pitch, track and small stand in front of indoor sport facility (2023)
Meadowbank Stadium Location within the City of Edinburgh council area
Former names	New Meadowbank, Old Meadowbank
Location	Meadowbank, Edinburgh, Scotland
Coordinates	55°57′25″N 3°9′31″W / 55.95694°N 3.15861°W / 55.95694; -3.15861
Type	Outdoor Sports / Concert Stadium
Seating type	Individual backed seats in stand, bench seats all other areas
Capacity	1,320 (500 seated)^[1]
Built	1967–1970
Opened	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Renovated	1994, 1999, 2017–2022
Tenants
Meadowbank Thistle F.C. (1974–1995) Edinburgh City (1996–2017; 2022–) Edinburgh Rugby (2002–2004) Leith Athletic F.C. (3G pitch, 2013–2017; 2022–) Hibernian W.F.C. (2022–)
Website
Edinburgh Leisure