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Etihad Stadium

stadium in Manchester, England
Organization association_football_venue Q48159
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Summary

Etihad Stadium is an association football venue[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of association football venue entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,962 views/month, #8 of 1,755).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: IOC/IAKS Award Gold[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manchester[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Instance of: rugby union venue[6], rugby league venue[7], music venue[8]
  • Architect: KSS Design Group[9], Populous[10]
  • Maintained by: Manchester City F.C.[11]
  • Owned by: Manchester City Council[12]
  • Operator: Manchester City F.C.[13]
  • Manufacturer: John Laing plc[14]
  • Location: Manchester[15]
  • Commons category: City of Manchester Stadium[16]
  • Occupant: Manchester City F.C.[17]
  • Inception: December 12, 1999[18]
  • Structural engineer: Arup[19], Sinclair Knight Merz[20], STRI Group[21]
  • Sport: association football[22], rugby league[23], rugby union[24]
  • Surface played on: Desso GrassMaster[25]
  • Significant event: 2002 Commonwealth Games[26], UEFA Women's Euro 2005[27], 2015 Rugby World Cup[28]
  • Official website: https://www.mancity.com/etihad-stadium[29]
  • Sponsor: Etihad Airways[30]
  • Described at URL: http://www.cae.org.uk/casemanchester.html[31]
  • Maximum capacity: 55,017[32]
  • Official name: City of Manchester Stadium[33]
  • Nickname: Etihad Stadium[34]
  • Date of official opening: July 25, 2002[35]
  • Different from: Etihad Park[36]

Why It Matters

Etihad Stadium has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

What awards did Etihad Stadium receive?

Honors received include IOC/IAKS Award Gold[3].

Related Entities

Arup Manchester STRI Group United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . arup.com. arup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . arup.com. arup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . news.bbc.co.uk. news.bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . The Independent. Retrieved . independent.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . arup.com. arup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . arup.com. arup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . resources.premierleague.com. resources.premierleague.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . manchester.gov.uk. manchester.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → association football, rugby league, rugby union
    Instance of → association football venue, rugby union venue, rugby league venue +1
    Maximum capacity → {'amount': '+55017'}
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  2. 20w ago · 44 Gabriel · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Surface played on → Desso GrassMaster
    Manufacturer → John Laing plc
    Country → —
    Structural engineer → Arup, Sinclair Knight Merz, STRI Group
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Maximum capacity: 61,470"
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