Randers Stadium ( da, Randers Stadion), known as Cepheus Park Randers for sponsorship reasons (formerly BioNutria Park Randers, Essex Park Randers and AutoC Park Randers) is a
football
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stadium, located in
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).[Denmark
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. It is the home ground of
Randers FC
Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Rand ...
.
Rebuilding
Randers Stadion was totally rebuilt in 2005–06. The new stadium was designed by
Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller, while
Rambøll
Rambøll Group A/S (also known as just "Ramboll") is a Danish consulting engineering group.
History
Rambøll was founded in October 1945 as "Rambøll & Hannemann" in Copenhagen. In 1991 the company merged with "B. Højlund Rasmussen A/S" into ...
was the engineer and A. Enggaard contractor.
The pitch was also renovated in 2006 installing under-pitch heating, and automatic watering systems.
In October 2007 Randers FC installed a 37-square metre jumboscreen at the top of the North Stand.
Randers Stadium official capacity are 10.300 of which 9.000 are seats.
The north stand was the only stand, not to be renovated in the 2006 rebuild, but in 2012 Randers FC announced that the North Stand would be renovated. The North Stand would be finished in the start of the season 2013–14. The North Stand was designed by
Friis & Moltke
Friis & Moltke is a Danish architectural practice headquartered in Aarhus with branch offices in Copenhagen and Aalborg. Friis & Moltke has about 50 employees and is mainly active in the Scandinavian market. The firm was founded in 1955 by the arc ...
, while
Grontmij
Grontmij was an engineering consultancy based in the Netherlands. The company was the third largest of its kind in Europe, with approximately 6,000 employees and almost 300 offices across the continent and a further 50 offices globally. In 2015 t ...
was the consultative engineers and
Einar Kornerup contractor.
The stadium consists of 4 stands:
*Two long-side stands:
**The Sparekassen Kronjylland stand (2,697 seats)
**The Energi Randers stand (2,407 seats)
*Two end stands:
**The Marcus stand (1,011 seats and 2,886 standing places)
**The North stand (2,400 seats and 400 standing places)
Other activities
In October 2006, the stadium hosted the WUSV 2006 Schutzhund World Championship.
Aerosmith
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performed at the stadium during their
2007 World Tour on 6 June 2007, with 23,000 people in attendance.
National games
Bionutria Park Randers has never been used as home ground for the
Danish national team, but it has been venue of several youth national matches:
See also
*
List of football stadiums in Denmark
The following is a list of football stadiums in Denmark, ordered by capacity.
Existing stadiums
Planned future stadiums and expansions
*New Helsingør Stadium
*Sydbank Park expansion
See also
* List of stadiums in the Nordic countries by cap ...
References
External links
*
Essex Park Randersat Randers FC's website
Football venues in Denmark
Randers FC
Randers
Buildings and structures in Randers Municipality
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