ETIHAD STADIUM

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The City of Manchester Stadium (currently known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship reasons} is the home of Premier League club Manchester City, with a domestic football capacity of 53,400,[1] making it the 6th-largest football stadium in England and 11th-largest in the United Kingdom.

Built to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the stadium has since staged a Cup final, England football internationals, rugby league matches, a boxing world title fight, the England rugby union team’s final group match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and summer music concerts during the football off-season.

The stadium, originally proposed as an athletics arena in Manchester’s bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics, was converted after the 2002 Commonwealth Games from a 38,000 capacity arena to a 48,000 seat football stadium at a cost to the city council of £22 million and Manchester City of £20 million.Manchester City F.C. agreed to lease the stadium from Manchester City Council and moved there from Maine Road in the summer of 2003.