Swansea City Football Club

at , Swansea , SA1 2 United Kingdom

1. Local Business
2. Sports Venue & Stadium

<p><b>Liberty Stadium</b> is a sports stadium and conferencing venue located in the <a href="/pages/w/111932825490122">Landore</a> area of <a href="/pages/w/105583199476121">Swansea</a>, <a href="/pages/w/109625922390490">Wales</a>. The stadium is all-seated. It has a capacity of 20,750, making it the largest purpose-built venue in Swansea. It is the home stadium of <a href="/pages/w/108326559192405">Premier League</a> club <a href="/pages/w/109098382442123">Swansea City</a> and the <a href="/pages/w/109766705709211">Ospreys</a>. As a result of Swansea City's promotion, the stadium became the first <a href="/pages/w/108326559192405">Premier League</a> ground in Wales. The Liberty Stadium has the second smallest capacity of the 20 stadia in the Premier League for the 2014/15 season after <a href="/pages/w/109521835741025">Loftus Road</a>. It is the <a href="/pages/w/138004102895622">third largest stadium in Wales</a> – after <a href="/pages/w/112028222143519">Millennium Stadium</a> and <a href="/pages/w/102280339825246">Cardiff City Stadium</a>. In European competition the stadium is known as Swansea Stadium due to advertising rights.</p><h2>History</h2><p>With the <a href="/pages/w/103094073078973">Vetch Field</a>, <a href="/pages/w/123335167710751">St Helen's</a> and <a href="/pages/w/129718907070164">The Gnoll</a> no longer being up-to-date venues to play at, and both the Swans and the Ospreys not having the necessary capital to invest into a new stadium, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_and_County_of_Swansea_council" class="wikipedia">Swansea council</a> and a developer-led consortia submitted a proposal for a sustainable 'bowl' venue for 20,520 seats on a site to the west of the <a href="/pages/w/102918259749271">River Tawe</a> on the site of the <a href="/pages/w/127127193997687">Morfa Stadium</a>, an <a href="/pages/w/110896632293439">athletics stadium</a> owned by the <a href="/pages/w/114749328536125">City and County of Swansea</a> council. It was funded by a 355,000 ft retail park on land to the east of the river. The final value of the development being in excess of £50m.</p>

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Swansea City Football Club is Swansea based place and this enity listed in Sports Venue & Stadium category. SA1 2.