Butts Park Arena is a multi-use sports stadium in

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, England. Its main use is as a

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stadium (both union and

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). It is the home ground for Coventry R.F.C. (since its opening) and was the home of

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(who moved there for the start of the 2004–05 season as Coventry Bears). It was also formerly the home ground of the

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, an

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team. From the 2017–18 season, the stadium is also the home of Coventry United, a non league football club and their Ladies team who play in the second tier

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. The stadium has also hosted the local varsity day matches between

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and the

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The stadium

The stadium was built in 2004 and currently has one stand, known for sponsorship reasons as the XL Motors stand, which has a capacity of 3,000 and includes a number of conference and banqueting facilities. The West Stand which was a temporary structure holding 1,000 was removed at the end of the 2005–06 season on grounds of health and safety. There is also standing space for up to 1,000 supporters around the pitch. It is on the site of the Butts cycling track In June 2019 the pitch was replaced with an artificial playing surface.

Records

The record attendance for a match at the Butts Park Arena was 3,758 between Coventry R.F.C. and

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, on 28 April 2018. This also became the record attendance for any match in National League 1.

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