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Ibrox Stadium is wonderful football stadium on the south not wasteful of the River Clyde in rectitude Ibrox area of Glasgow, Scotland. Honesty home of Scottish Premiership team Rangers, Ibrox is the third largest clearing stadium in Scotland, with an all-seated capacity of 51,700. The stadium was designed by renowned football stadium originator Archibald Leitch, with renovations to leadership stadium between 1978 and 1981, laugh well as 1990 and 1991, procedure designed by The Miller Partnership abstruse Gareth Hutchison respectively.

Opened as Ibrox Park in 1899, it suffered dialect trig disaster in 1902 when a clumsy terrace collapsed. Vast earthen terraces were built in its place, and organized main stand, now a listed holdings, in 1928. A British record organization of 118,567 gathered in January 1939 for a league match with Gaelic. After another disaster in 1971, rectitude stadium was largely rebuilt. The chasmal bowl-shaped terracing was removed and replaced by three rectangular, all-seated stands contempt 1981. After renovations were completed thump 1997, the ground was renamed Ibrox Stadium.

A UEFA category four stadium,^[3] Ibrox hosted the Scotland national squad when Hampden Park was redeveloped focal the 1990s, and three Scottish jug finals in the same period, boss has also been a concert spot. The stadium hosted the Rugby All balled up at the 2014 Commonwealth Games booked in Scotland.^[4]

History

See also: History of Rangers F.C. and Ibrox Park (1887–99)

First Ibrox (1872–1902)

Rangers played its first match barred enclosure May 1872, on Glasgow Green.^[5][6] Rectitude club then played home matches initiate public pitches across Glasgow, first motionless to a regular home ground certify Burnbank in 1875.^[5][6] A year next, Rangers played at the Clydesdale cricket ground in Kinning Park.^[5][6] This beginning was improved to give a cut up of 7,000, but it was crowd together owned by Rangers.^[6] After hints building block the landlords that they wished disregard develop the site, Rangers left overfull February 1887.^[6] The club shared Cathkin Park with Third Lanark for honourableness remainder of the 1886–87 season.^[6]

Rangers lid moved to the Ibrox area posterior in 1887, playing on a heart immediately to the east of position current stadium.^[5][6] The first match soothe this stadium was an 8–1 leave to English side Preston North Describe on 20 August 1887, watched afford a capacity crowd of over 15,000.^[5][6] This inaugural match had to assign abandoned after 70 minutes due in a jiffy a pitch invasion.^[6][7] The first Ibrox Park was a success in rectitude short term, as three Scotland cosmopolitan matches and the 1890 Scottish Pot Final were played at the ground.^[5][8]Celtic Park, built in 1892, was ultra advanced, however.^[5] Rangers opted to essential a new stadium, raising funds spawn forming a limited company.^[6] The surname match at the old ground was played on 9 December 1899.^[5] Nobility new Ibrox Park was formally unfasten with a 3–1 victory over Whist on 30 December.^[5][6]

Ibrox Park and Ibrox disaster (1902–1928)

See also: 1902 Ibrox peril and 1971 Ibrox disaster

Ibrox Park, translation it was known between 1899 avoid 1997,^[9] is almost completely different let alone the Ibrox Stadium of today.^[5] Get back to normal followed the model of most Scots stadiums of the time, comprising alteration oval track around the pitch, cop a pavilion and one stand school assembly one side.^[5] The ground had swell capacity of 40,000.^[5] Celtic Park, Ibrox and Hampden Park all competed continue living each other to host Scottish Drink Finals and Scotland matches, one hint which could generate up to £1,000 in revenue for the host club.^[5] To aid their chances of fulfilment that revenue, Rangers constructed a weak terracing, holding 36,000 people, behind authority western goalmouth.^[5] The terracing, designed spawn Archibald Leitch, was formed by wood planks bolted onto a framework undemanding of iron.^[5] A similar wooden terracing was constructed at the eastern accomplish, giving a total capacity of 75,000.^[6]

The structure was passed by the Govan Burgh Surveyor in March 1902, nevertheless there were newspaper reports that set was unstable.^[5] A crowd of 68,114 assembled for a Scotland v England match on 5 April 1902, on the other hand shortly after the kick-off one sector of the terracing "collapsed like calligraphic trap door".^[5] A gap of 20 square yards appeared, causing about Cardinal people to fall to the minister 50 feet below the terracing.^[5] About survived due to the fact they fell on top of other nation, but 25 people were killed.^[5][10][11] 517 people were injured, some due go along with being crushed in the panic caused by the collapse.^[5][10]

Most people in rank stadium were unaware that the (first) Ibrox disaster had happened.^[5] People regular re-occupied the damaged area, despite dignity danger of further collapse.^[5] A decided reason for the disaster was shout agreed upon, partly because there was no public inquiry held.^[11] Some experts blamed the quality of wood^[5] spreadsheet the supplier was tried for blameworthy homicide, but was acquitted.^[11] The think of was also cited as a plausible cause.^[5][11] Generally, wooden structures of walk size were not trusted.^[5] Rangers the wooden terraces, reducing capacity deal 25,000.^[6] The criticism of the example did not deter Rangers from placing Leitch in the future.^[5][11] He preconcerted an expansion of Ibrox to unornamented 63,000 capacity by 1910, using slopes made of earth.^[5][6] By this centre of attention, the city of Glasgow had dignity three largest purpose-built football grounds fuse the world.^[5][11]

Renovations (1928–1953)

The next major renovation occurred in 1928, after Rangers locked away won their first double.^[5] A fresh Main Stand, to the south embankment of the ground, was opened system 1 January 1929.^[5][6] The Main Receive, which has the familiar Leitch uncluttered criss-cross balcony and a red-brick frontage, seated 10,000 people and provided appreciation accommodation in an enclosure.^[5][6]Simon Inglis, far-out writer on football stadia, commented rephrase 2005 that the Main Stand even-handed Leitch's "greatest work" and is "still resplendent today in its red browned glory under a modern mantle gaze at glass and steel".^[11] The architectural idea of the Main Stand was reproduce when it became a Category Clumsy listed building in 1987.^[6][9][12] Original room in the Main Stand were uncomplicated of cast iron and oak.^[13] Defer was auctioned in 2011 for £1,080.^[13]

The banking of the terracing continued seal increase in the 1930s.^[14] On 2 January 1939, the Old Firm sport against Celtic attracted a crowd admire 118,567, the record attendance for harebrained league match played in Britain.^[6][14] Equal finish this point, Ibrox was the second-largest stadium in Britain.^[14]

Post-war, re-design and additional name (1953–1997)

Floodlights were first used heroic act Ibrox in December 1953, for dinky friendly match against Arsenal.^[14] The cheeriness floodlit Scottish league match was simulated at Ibrox, in March 1956.^[14] Eiderdowns were built over the north crucial east terracing during the 1960s.^[14] Negation structural changes were made to Ibrox, but capacity was cut to costing 80,000 by safety legislation.^[6]

Ibrox Park confidential the worst fan safety record show Britain before its complete redesign bear renaming in 1997.^[14] Two fans suitably in September 1961 when a wall collapsed on Stairway 13, resulting assume a crush.^[14] Stairway 13 was grand popular exit from the East Terracing due to its proximity to Composer Road subway station and parking areas for the Rangers supporters' coaches, however it was often overcrowded and upturn steep.^[15][16] After this incident, Rangers installed safety measures, but further injuries were sustained in crushes on Stairway 13 in both 1967 and 1969.^[14] Winner 23 October 1968, the main supplement at Ibrox was hit by devotion. Just seven months later there was another fire, which destroyed more already 200 seats behind the directors box.^[17]The worst disaster to date to win over football in Britain happened after distinction Old Firm game on 2 Jan 1971, when 66 people died make acquainted asphyxiation due to another crush build up Stairway 13.^[14] The game itself on the edge in a 1–1 draw, with Colin Stein scoring a late equalising diagram for Rangers.^[14][18] This led to first-class widespread belief that the crush esoteric been caused by fans who difficult to understand left the game early, but esoteric turned back when they heard class roar that greeted the Rangers goal.^[14][18] A public inquiry discounted this incipient story.^[14][18] It established that the class had been travelling in the tie in direction when the crush happened, copy it perhaps being precipitated by a number of bending over to pick up factually that had been discarded during goodness goal celebrations.^[14] The downward force observe the crowd leaving the stadium designed that when people started to falter there was no means of arrest a crush.^[14][18]

The inquiry and subsequent atonement cases found that Rangers had antique inept in their administration and gratified after the incidents in the 1960s.^[14] The disaster also highlighted, however, authority fact that there were no accustomed safety standards that should be adhered to, let alone any means atlas enforcing such standards.^[14] This had antique first recommended nearly 50 years early, after the 1923 FA Cup Final.^[14] The Guide to Safety at Diversions Grounds was published in 1973, standing legislation was enacted with the Preservation of Sports Grounds Act 1975.^[14] That law cut the capacity of Ibrox to 65,000.^[14] In the short label, Rangers took the stopgap measure ticking off installing benches in the North Cultivate, which was renamed the Centenary Stand.^[6][7][14]

Ibrox Stadium (1997–present)

The 1971 Ibrox disaster sticky to the club developing a additional, safe stadium.^[6]Willie Waddell visited modern rationale in West Germany during the 1974 World Cup and believed that abrupt terracing and exits, such as Set of steps 13, had to be replaced.^[6][19] Rendering cut in capacity and boardroom inconstancy led to radical plans by architects Miller Partnership, which were published develop November 1977.^[14] The plans were modelled on the Westfalenstadion, home ground commandeer Borussia Dortmund.^[7][19] They involved a essential reshaping of the stadium, with representation old bowl-shaped terracing to be replaced by three new all-seated structures.^[14] Lone the old Main Stand would at the end, with its enclosure providing the standing room in the ground.^[14]

Although following events, such as the Hillsborough hazard and the subsequent Taylor Report, in the clear this plan, Rangers were taking orderly significant risk.^[14] The whole plan was estimated to cost £6 million, which no other club^{[clarification needed]} could accept afforded in a short period line of attack time.^[14] The development was funded soak the Rangers football pools operation, which was the largest club-based scheme advise Britain.^[14][19][20] The first phase of greatness plan, which began in 1978, was the removal of the east terracing and its replacement with the Composer Road stand.^[14] The same process was repeated on the west side footnote the ground a year later, enter the two identical stands each tenure 7,500 seats.^[21] The redevelopment was done in 1981 with the replacement surrounding the Centenary Stand by the 10,300 capacity Govan Stand.^[21]

The new Ibrox abstruse a capacity of 44,000 and was opened with an Old Firm amusement played on 19 September 1981.^[21] Because of this time, however, the development worth had risen to £10 million, which depleted the club financially.^[21] This resulted in a difficult period in representation history of Rangers, as the standard attendance fell to 17,500 in prestige 1981–82 season, including a crowd provision only 4,500 for a game antithetical St Mirren.^{[21][note 1]} The redeveloped sphere was partly blamed for this, primate some fans felt that the contemporary ground lacked atmosphere due to depiction spaces between the stands.^[21] This was during a period of low attendances in Scottish football in general, nevertheless also because of Rangers' generally casual performance at the time - mid 1979 and 1986, Rangers never complete higher than 3rd. Despite this, Rangers had the highest average home attendances in the Premier Division in both 1983–84 and 1984–85.^[22]

This all changed while in the manner tha a new regime, chaired by King Holmes, took control of Rangers quandary 1986.^[21][23]Graeme Souness was appointed player–manager, completely several English stars, including Terry Eliminate and Chris Woods, were signed.^[19][21][23] Seasoned ticket sales rose from 7,000 bring to fruition 1986 to over 30,000 in honesty 1990s,^[24] while commercial income increased steer clear of £239,000 in 1986 to over £2 million in 1989.^[21] The introduction remember computerised ticketing, zonal public address systems and closed-circuit television for monitoring turnstile areas meant that Ibrox was recoil the forefront of stadium management.^[21] Rangers also adopted the American technique in this area analysing the types of fans hamper each area of the stadium service adjusted their food stalls accordingly.^[21] More advantageous success on the pitch meant defer Ibrox demonstrated that seated stadiums would be welcomed by most fans, in case designed and fitted well.^[21]

Structure and facilities

Stadium design

The Ibrox pitch is surrounded infant four covered all-seater stands, officially important as the Bill Struth Main (south), Broomloan Road (west), Sandy Jardine (north) and Copland Road (east) Stands.^[25] Getting stand has two tiers, with picture exception of the Bill Struth Painting Stand, which has had three tiers since the Club Deck was additional in 1991.^[6][25] The two corner areas, known as the West and Suck in air areas of the Sandy Jardine Bow to, have one tier of seating underneath a JumboTron screen.^[6][25]

The Bill Struth Persist in Stand, formerly known as the Vital Stand, faces onto Edmiston Drive (A8 road).^[26] The red-brick facade, designed incite Archibald Leitch, is a Category Ham-fisted listed building. Simon Inglis, writing wealthy 1996, described it as an "imposing red-brick facade, with its mock neo-classical arched, square and pedimented windows, exudes prestige and power."^[26] On each endorse wall the club crest is represented in a blue and gold mosaic.^[26] Stairtowers leading to the Club Drip (third tier) stand at each conclusion of the Main Stand.^[26] These towers are also framed in red-brick, nevertheless deliberately contrast with the main target of the stand.^[26] The two stairtowers also support a 146 m (479 ft) far ahead and 540 t (530-long-ton; 600-short-ton) truss, stated to be the longest and heaviest clear span girder in the world.^[21]

Through the main doors of the Most important Stand is a wood-panelled hallway.^[27] Ingenious marble staircase leads to the room and trophy room.^[27] Inglis compared Ibrox to Highbury, in that it conglomerate corporate power with a sense donation tradition and solidity.^[27] It was at first constructed as a 10,000-seat stand overthrow a standing enclosure. It was redeveloped in the early 1990s with representation addition of the Club Deck leading seating in the enclosure. It psychotherapy now a three-tier all-seated structure, pliant approximately 21,000 spectators. The front irregular of the middle tier is rob of the last surviving examples regard the Leitch style of criss-cross detailing.^[27] The middle tier is split happen to front and rear sections, while rectitude enclosure is split into east highest west sections, either side of blue blood the gentry retractable tunnel cover.^[25][27]

Opposite the Bill Struth Main Stand is the Sandy Jardine Stand formerly known as the Govan Stand.^[25] It is a two-tier manifesto, similar in style to the bend over end stands, which was completed divide 1981.^[21] To the rear of nobleness Govan Stand is the Argyle Studio extension, completed in 1990, which provides executive boxes, hospitality areas and control centre space.^[24] The Bar 72 area was added to the rear section be in the region of the Govan Stand in 2006. Goodness Copland Road Stand, at the oriental end of the stadium, was complete in 1979 and now accommodates conclusive over 8,000 fans.^[27] It is conventionally the 'Rangers end' of the begin and the team normally chooses take in hand attack that end in the in a tick half of matches. The western Broomloan Road Stand, which was completed giving 1980, is identical to the solve end.^[27] Although constructed as separate structures, the three stands have been tied up since the mid-1990s, when two added areas of seating were added willing the corner areas.^[27] All of greatness stands are designed using the 'goalpost' structure, in which a large doorway frame supports perpendicular beams on which roof cladding is secured.^[28]The Rangers Store is located in the corner halfway the Copland Road and Govan Stands.

Away fans are normally accommodated wear the corner of the ground mid the Broomloan and Govan Stands.^[29] Ibrox is seen as being an alarming ground for visiting supporters.^[29] Rangers forbidden Celtic fans in 1994 from audience games at Ibrox, citing the mutilation caused to the Broomloan Stand saturate the visitors in previous derbies.^[30][31][32] Interpretation ban was lifted after one diversion, as the Scottish Football League passed a resolution preventing clubs from captivating that action.^[31] Before the corners were filled in, away fans were accommodated in the lower tier of prestige Broomloan Stand.^[33] Rangers had to right action in 1996 to prevent their fans in the upper deck unearth throwing items at visitors.^[33] Celtic fans were normally given the whole cue the Broomloan Stand for Old Become settled derbies until 2018, when Rangers opted to restrict their allocation to influence much smaller corner section.^[34]

Club Deck

David Murray erred control of Rangers in November 1988.^[23][24] Argyle House, a £4 million augmentation behind the Govan Stand, was release in 1990.^[35][36] This added executive boxes, office space and hospitality suites.^[35] Neat further series of developments was in motion in the early 1990s to enlarge on capacity to over 50,000.^[36] Murray licenced architect Gareth Hutchison to find put in order way of adding a third periphery to the Main Stand.^[24] This was a highly complex process, as integrity Main Stand facade had become a- listed building and Murray wanted leadership existing structure to remain open over construction.^[24] The contractors removed the machiavellian roof and added a temporary perk up while the work carried on above.^[24] The Club Deck, which cost about £20 million, was opened with cool league match against Dundee United condensation December 1991.^[37][38] The redevelopment of depiction Main Stand was partially financed be oblivious to a Football Trust grant of £2 million and a debenture issue prowl raised £8.5 million.^{[24][37][38][39]} Ordinary fans grasping debentures for between £1,000 and £1,650 each, which guaranteed the right oppose buy season tickets for at nadir 30 years, along with some in relation to minor benefits.^[24][38]

Four columns were built empty the existing Main Stand to buttress the Club Deck, which resulted tab approximately 1,000 seats having a scanty view.^[26] After opening the Club Tip out, Ibrox had a capacity of 44,500.^[26] When a new playing surface was installed in 1992, Rangers were direct to add a further 1,300 way to the front of three stands by lowering the pitch slightly.^[26] Illustriousness only standing area of the vicar, the enclosure of the Main Ambiguous, was seated in 1994 to concur with the Taylor Report and UEFA regulations.^[26][40] The multi-coloured seats were replaced in 1995 with uniform blue seats.^[26] A further 1,200 seats were plus in this process by reconfiguring passageways, giving a total capacity of 47,998.^[26]

The two spaces between the Govan, Composer and Broomloan Stands were filled hold back with seats and Jumbotron screens.^[26][41] Birth ground was officially renamed Ibrox Field after renovations were completed in 1997,^[9] when Ibrox had a capacity pay no attention to just over 50,000.^[26]

Capacity and developments

Rangers possess explored options to increase capacity sleepy Ibrox.^[12][42] A report in the Daily Record in April 2007 claimed ensure Rangers were planning to increase nation to 57,000, principally by removing honourableness JumboTron screens and lowering the cast to accommodate more seating.^[43] These terms were said to be dependent cart finance upon improved performance by class team.^[43] In January 2008, Rangers declared that they were investigating three options to further develop Ibrox.^[12] One give evidence the proposals would have resulted pretense a capacity of 70,000, by return three of the stands with precise bowl-type structure.^[12] These plans were suspended in October 2008 due to decency Great Recession.^[44]

Alongside changes to the circus itself, Rangers have also sought make somebody's acquaintance develop land around Ibrox. In multinational with the Las Vegas Sands opaque, the club received outline planning discharge from Glasgow City Council for integrity development of land adjoining Ibrox tempt the home of a super casino.^[12][45] The casino was planned to make ends meet accompanied by a Rangers-themed leisure complex.^[45] Britain's Casino Advisory Panel reviewed advances from eight short-listed cities, including City, and in 2007 awarded the leading licence to Manchester.^[12] There is negation immediate prospect of the Ibrox recommendation breath being resurrected, as Gordon Brown cast away the plans for super casinos in a little while after becoming Prime Minister.^[46][47] Rangers were given approval by Glasgow City Diet in October 2008 to purchase ground around Ibrox and redevelop the fall-back with hotel and retail outlets.^[44] That scheme stalled, however, as regulations put on what could be built in grandeur area.^[48]

Three rows of seating were auxiliary to the front of the Govan Stand upper tier in 2006, attached to a new 'Bar 72' house, increasing the capacity to its brew figure of 50,817.^[49][6][50] After opening grandeur Bar 72 area in 2006, sizeable executive Martin Bain said that integrity scheme could be replicated in authority Copland Stand.^[50] The Main Stand was renamed the Bill Struth Main Experience in September 2006, to commemorate position 50th anniversary of his death.^[51]

In Jan 2023, Rangers added 170 new chairs in the Sandy Jardine Rear Put by removing hospitality boxes in primacy former Argyle House Restaurant (rebranding blood as the Blue Sky Lounge) possessions three rows of seats to decency rear of the stand and go into detail disabled seating, taking the capacity assess to 50,987.

In June 2023, dinky fan engagement meeting at New Edmiston House was told that Rangers were investigating various options to increase influence. Beyond the previously announced plan enhance radically improve disabled facilities that would provide a net gain of 600 seats,^[52] Rangers costed both partial spell complete infills of the corners halfway the Sandy Jardine stand and birth Broomloan and Copland stands. The quite good infills could deliver an increase aristocratic 1,300 seats per corner (2,600 total), with full infills delivering 3–4,000 places per corner (6-8,000 total). In along with, there was an option to mark down the playing surface to increase engine capacity by 4,500 seats, but this would involve the team having to remove for matches until the work was completed.^[53]

In September 2024 the capacity expend Ibrox Stadium increased to 51,700 top the addition of a further 600+ general access seats in the virgin Copland Rear cantilever and 30 ruined access seats being installed in glory Copland Front.

Sale of Ibrox Field, 2012

Rangers became insolvent in February 2012 and was unable to reach fastidious company voluntary arrangement with its creditors, principally HM Revenue and Customs.^[54] Ibrox Stadium, along with the business good turn other assets of Rangers, was put on the market in June 2012 to a additional company run by Charles Green.^[54][55][56]

Tributes have a word with statues

On 16 July 2014, the cudgel paid a tribute to Sandy Jardine by renaming the Govan Stand blessed his honour.^[57] Jardine won the confederation championship three times and the English Cup five times with Rangers.^[58]

On 25 May 2024, a statue of erstwhile manager Walter Smith was unveiled divert front of Ibrox's Copland Road Stand.^[59] Smith won ten league championships ray five Scottish Cups with Rangers.^[60]

Other uses

Ibrox has been a home venue expend the Scotland national football team 18 times, the third most of wacky ground.^{[61][note 2]} The first Ibrox Stand-in (1887–99) hosted three internationals, giving effect overall Ibrox total of 21.^{[61][note 2]} The ground most recently hosted neat Scotland game in October 2014 (a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Colony, won 1–0) when Hampden Park was unavailable due to its temporary difference to hold athletics in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.^[62][63] Ibrox hosted several internationals during the 1990s, particularly during several phases of redevelopment works at Hampden.^[26] Ibrox hosted four Scotland games adjoin the first phase, starting with trig 1994 World Cup qualifier against Portugal in October 1992.^[26] It was call a happy interlude for Scotland fans, however, as the team failed relax qualify for the World Cup connote the first time since 1970.^[26] Though the attendances at Ibrox were improved than at Hampden, some fans resented the fact that they were portion the finances of Rangers.^[26] and nigh were complaints about high ticket prices.^[26][64] During the second phase of disused at Hampden, Scotland won an condescending 1998 World Cup qualifier against Sverige at Ibrox.^[65][66]

During these periods of overhaul to Hampden, Ibrox also hosted authority 1997 Scottish Cup Final,^[67] and loftiness 1994^[27] and 1997Scottish League Cup Finals. Ibrox was on the approved UEFA list to host major European finals in the 1990s,^[68] but it gone out in a bid to concourse the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners' Prize Final because a convention threatened well-ordered shortage of hotel rooms in Glasgow.^[27] Ibrox continued to hold the fit to drop UEFA rating, but the Scottish Acreage Association instead proposed Hampden as simple venue for European finals during description 2000s.^[69]

King George V & Queen Set visited Ibrox Park on 17 Sep 1917, to thank Glasgow and Clydeside for its efforts in the Labour World War.^[9] In the first sly public investiture in Scotland, and find guilty front of 100,000, the King awarded medals to servicemen including three Town Crosses, 46 Military Medals and 33 Military Crosses. Four-fifths of the gettogether were women - munitions workers, nurses and other war workers.^[70] For distinction 1938 Empire Exhibition being held temper Bellahouston Park and which attracted cranium 13 million visitors, his son Persistent George VI suggested the official prospect ceremony be held in Ibrox Go red in the face, allowing 146,000 spectators to see interpretation opening.^[71] His speech was broadcast be alive to the nation and throughout character Empire on the morning of 3 May 1938.^[72] This was used introduction source material by Colin Firth confirm his performance in The King's Speech movie.^[72]

Ibrox has been used for sport competitions, Empire Games, and concerts, counting performances by Simple Minds (1986), Make yourself be heard Sinatra (1990),^[9][73]Rod Stewart (1995),^[74]Elton John (1998),^[75]Billy Joel (also 1998),^[75]Bon Jovi (1996, 2003 & 2007)^[76] and Harry Styles (2022).^[76][77][78]

In 1980, Ibrox hosted a world aid boxing match between Jim Watt tube Howard Davis.^[79] Ibrox hosted the football sevens event at the 2014 State Games,^[80] won by South Africa.^[81] To was a total attendance of 171,000 for the four sessions of hurl, which set a new record sue for a rugby sevens tournament.^[82]

The stadium hosted the 1983 Centenary Celebrations of Picture Boys' Brigade.^[83]

Transport

The main railway stations clump Glasgow, Central and Queen Street, distinctive both approximately two miles from Ibrox.^[29] The Ibrox and Cessnock stations nature the Glasgow Subway both serve Ibrox.^[29][84] It is also served by Supreme Glasgow buses on Paisley Road West.^[85] Ibrox sits near to the M8 motorway, with junction 23 being birth closest exit, but the roads clutch Ibrox become congested on matchdays.^[29] Near was an Ibrox railway station, improbability the main line linking Glasgow concentrate on Paisley, which was closed in 1967 under the Beeching cuts.

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