De Montfort Park
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| Full name | De Montfort Park |
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| Former names | Marston's Stadium (2004-2008) Greene King Stadium (2009-2013) |
| Location | Leicester Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 3DR |
| Coordinates | 52°33′32.82″N 1°20′25.44″W / 52.5591167°N 1.3404000°W |
| Owner | Leicester Road Stadium Ltd |
| Operator | Leicester Road Stadium Ltd |
| Capacity | 4329 (630 seated) |
| Field size | 110 yards (100 m) x 72 yards (66 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 2002 |
| Built | 2003-2005 |
| Opened | 5 March 2005 |
| Construction cost | £4 Million |
| Architect | Savage Hayward |
| Main contractors | FE Downes LTD |
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Hinckley United - 2005-2013 Aston Villa Reserves - 2009-2012 Leicester City Reserves - 2006-2008 Leicester Road - Present Leicester Falcons - 2015– Present |
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De Montfort Park is a football stadium in Hinckley, Leicestershire. It was the home of Hinckley United, an English football club from the town, until it was dissolved in October 2013. It is now the home stadium for Leicester Road Football Club and the Leicester Falcons American Football team.
The stadium was renamed Leicester Road Stadium on 6th June 2013.
The stadium complex covers 22 acres (9 ha) and includes three full size pitches, two three-quarter size pitches, three half size pitches and a full size, all-weather floodlit 3G rubber crumb surface pitch. It is named in honour of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.
The flagship of the complex is the Leicester Road Stadium, a 4,329 capacity purpose-built football ground, comprising of a gymnasium, sports injury clinic and a social club. The Stadium opened in March 2005 when Stalybridge Celtic were the first team to play Hinckley United on the ground, in front of a crowd of over 2000.
When the Stadium opened in 2005 it was known as the Marston's Stadium, following a sponsorship deal between Hinckley United and Marston's Brewery. The Brewery paid what Regional Sales Manager Bob Leatherland called a 'substantial six figure sum' to secure the naming rights with the money paid out at £25,000 per year over a ten-year period. However, the brewery altered its sponsorship strategy, moving mainly into the cricket Twenty20 competition, and the deal ended early in a mutual agreement between the brewery and football club at the end of December 2008.
In January 2009 the club announced a stadium sponsorship deal with the Greene King Brewery and the stadium was renamed the Greene King Stadium. The sponsorship deal with Greene King Brewery ran out at the end of the 2012-2013 season, as confirmed by Chairman Mike Sutton. The Stadium name then reverted to the Leicester Road Stadium, due to its proximity to Leicester Road.
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