Ibrox Stadium Glasgow : Information + Images

Rangers Football Club Building, Scotland, UK

Ibrox Stadium

ibrox building from west - image © adrian welch

Rangers Football Club - Background

This is the stadium in Govan, southwest Glasgow in the old dock area, of one of Britain's most famous football teams, Rangers FC. The team's biggest rivals are Celtic. Rangers play in blue and Celtic in green and white.

ibrox building from southwest - image © adrian welch

Stadium Description
The Ibrox building is domineering and massive, using red brick and generous amounts of glass blocks. Ibrox Stadium was originally built in 1899; it now has a capacity of around 50,000 seats. The images above are of a new section added over a decade ago.

Ibrox Options - News Jan 2008
Rangers assessing various proposals incl. new 70,000-seat stadium

Rennie Mackintosh

The Rangers Football Club plc - Ibrox Park: 0141 580 8500

Glasgow Rangers - Brief History
The record attendance was 118,567 - Rangers FC v Celtic - in 1939. Rangers FC started out in 1873. Glasgow Rangers Football Club are a founder member of the Scottish League and currently play in the Scottish Premiership. They have won the Scottish League Championship more times than any other football club. In 1972 they won the European Cup Winners Cup at the Nou Camp Stadium.

Ibrox News Update - Feb 06:
Expansion proposals include a supercasino - as per the Glasgow Harbour and the SECC schemes - with Glasgow competing against cities such as Blackpool, London and Manchester for the single UK supercasino permit currently agreed. The Ibrox Casino would be a joint venture between Rangers Football Club and Las Vegas Sands.

Recent building proposals for Ibrox are by Huchison Architects

Rangers Development

Govan Buildings:
Glasgow Science Centre
Science Centre Glasgow

photo : keith hunter
Pacific Quay

Football Stadiums

Ibrox Stadium Address: Edmiston Drive, Glasgow G51 2XD

Brit Oval Stadium + Manchester United Stadium, both major Sports Stadiums with stands / buildings by Glasgow-based architects

Glasgow Armadillo

photo © isabelle lomholt

Other Key Glasgow Buildings:
Homes for the Future
Glasgow Fort

River Clyde

Glasgow Architecture : homepage

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Rangers Football Stadium - building page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt

Rangers Football Club - Website: www.rangers.premiumtv.co.uk