New Douglas Park, currently known as the ZLX Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a
football
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stadium in
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton ( sco, Hamiltoun; gd, Baile Hamaltan ) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits south-east of Glasgow, south-west of Edinburgh and no ...
, Scotland, which serves as the home of Scottish Championship side
Hamilton Academical
Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scotti ...
and Scottish League One side
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. It takes its name from
Douglas Park
Douglas Park was a football stadium in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, the home ground of Hamilton Academical from 1888 to 1994.
The stadium holds the record for Hamilton Academical's largest ever attendance, 28,690 people against Hearts in 1 ...
, the club's former stadium which was located immediately to the south of the current site.
Stadium
The stadium is located in the north of Hamilton, close to the
Burnbank
Burnbank is an area in the town of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was formerly a separate mining village before being absorbed into the town.
Location and governance
Burnbank, previously an independent settlement, then part of Hamil ...
Hamilton West railway station
Hamilton West railway station serves the Hamilton West area of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, in Scotland, lying on the Argyle Line.
It is situated near the headquarters of South Lanarkshire Council; the Hamilton campus of the University of the W ...
. Construction of the stadium was completed by Ballast Nedam in 2001; the initial intention was for its name to be ''The Ballast Stadium''.
The pitch was converted to artificial FieldTurf in 2004, the more durable surface allowing the club to hold training sessions and
youth academy
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matches there without damaging the playing field for first team matches. After Hamilton was promoted to the
Scottish Premier League
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in May 2008, the artificial surface had to be replaced by
grass
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due to league rules, an alteration which owner Ronnie MacDonald claimed had cost £850,000 (including the installation of
undersoil heating
Under-soil heating is a method used in various sports stadia (with a grass surface) which heats the underside of the pitch to avoid any elements from bad weather, such as snow and ice, from building up and ultimately helps the club avoid having to ...
). In addition to the turf replacement, a small temporary stand with a capacity of 500 was erected in March 2008 to bring the stadium's capacity up to the league requirement of 6,000 all seater.
At the beginning of season 2013–14, Hamilton returned to an artificial playing surface, this time produced by ''TigerTurf'' with an installation cost of £400,000. In June 2018, that surface was voted as the worst of 42
SPFL
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venues in a survey of the league's players. The following day, the club made public their intention to install a new ''Greenfields'' surface in time for the 2018–19 season, costing £750,000 and with the same specification as the SFA performance centre at
Oriam
Oriam is Scotland's national performance centre for sport, based at Heriot-Watt University's Riccarton campus in Edinburgh. The Scottish Rugby Union and the Scottish Football Association use it as a training facility, Heart of Midlothian F.C. r ...
.
In July 2016 it was announced that as part of a £750,000 sponsorship deal, New Douglas Park would be renamed the ''SuperSeal Stadium'' after a deal was agreed with Glasgow-based home improvements company SuperSeal. In July 2018 it became the ''Hope CBD Stadium'' following another sponsorship deal with a firm providing cannabidol products owned by the club's chief executive Colin McGowan. In July 2019 it changed again to the ''Fountain of Youth Stadium'' in another sponsorship deal worth £750,000.
During the 2013–14 season,
Albion Rovers
Albion Rovers Football Club is a semi-professional football team from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scotti ...
played
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Motherwell and Rangers at the stadium.
In April 2022,
Clyde F.C.
Clyde Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football club who play in Scottish League One. Formed in 1877 at the River Clyde in Glasgow, the club host their home matches at New Douglas Park, having played at Broadwood Stadium from 1994 ...
announced they would be leaving
Broadwood Stadium
Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Cumbernauld Colts and Open Goal Broomhill of the Scottish Lowland Football Lea ...
at the end of the 2021–22 season, ending their 28-year stay in
Cumbernauld
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. They will be ground-sharing at New Douglas Park from the start of the
2022–23
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season, with a view of relocating to a new home back in
Glasgow
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in the near future.
Records
The stadium's record attendance of 6,007 was set on 17 January 2015 when Hamilton played
Celtic
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**Celts (modern)
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Sports Fo ...
in a
Scottish Premiership
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