Farrar Road Stadium
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Farrar Road Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
in Bangor
, Wales
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and is the home ground of Bangor City F.C.
The stadium holds 1,500 people, with 700 seats.
The stadium was due to be demolished and redeveloped into a leisure complex after the 2008-9 season. Bangor City
will eventually move to a new stadium at Nantporth
, situated on the outskirts of the city.
It was announced in 2010 that the council had signed a deal with Asda to build a supermarket on the stadium site; this despite the stipulation by original landowners Penrhyn Estates that it would be used for sporting and leisure facilities in perpetuity for the benefit of the local populace.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Bangor
Bangor, Gwynedd
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and is the home ground of Bangor City F.C.
Bangor City F.C.
Bangor City Football Club are a semi-professional Welsh football club from the City of Bangor. The club compete in the Welsh Premier League, being ever present since the league was founded in 1992....
The stadium holds 1,500 people, with 700 seats.
The stadium was due to be demolished and redeveloped into a leisure complex after the 2008-9 season. Bangor City
Bangor City F.C.
Bangor City Football Club are a semi-professional Welsh football club from the City of Bangor. The club compete in the Welsh Premier League, being ever present since the league was founded in 1992....
will eventually move to a new stadium at Nantporth
Nantporth
Nantporth is a multi-sport venue on Holyhead Road in Bangor, Wales. It is currently in occasional use by Bangor University football and rugby clubs, as well as for practical lectures by the University's 'Normal Site' campus, which is home to the sports science and education faculties...
, situated on the outskirts of the city.
It was announced in 2010 that the council had signed a deal with Asda to build a supermarket on the stadium site; this despite the stipulation by original landowners Penrhyn Estates that it would be used for sporting and leisure facilities in perpetuity for the benefit of the local populace.