New Newport Stadium

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New Newport stadium
Location	Rodney Parade, Maindee, Newport
Opened
Owner
Tenants	Newport RFC, Newport Gwent Dragons
Capacity	15,000+

The New Newport stadium is a proposed stadium to be built for the city of Newport in the United Kingdom.

On September 4, 2007 it was announced that the existing Rodney Parade stadium on the east bank of the River Usk in the city centre is due to be redeveloped into a 15,000-capacity ground by the beginning of the 2010 rugby union season. The new stadium is backed by Newport City Council, Newport Unlimited, Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons. A previous rival proposal to build an entirely new out-of-town stadium appears to have been shelved.^[1]

As of September 2007 no name has been put forward for the stadium.

[edit] References

1. ^ Newport RFC press release

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