The Stadium of Light is a football stadium in Sunderland, England. It is the current home stadium of Sunderland A.F.C. This stadium was officially inaugurated by the Prince Andrew, Duke of York, on the 30th July, in 1997, during a match between Sunderland A.F.C. and Ajax Amsterdam.
The Stadium of Light is a all seated stadium and mainly used for the league matches of Sunderland A.F.C. Beside this use there were some matches of national teams.
The Stadium is also used for concerts (for example Oasis, Take That and Pink). Also the graduation ceremony of the University of Sunderland is held in the stadium.
Visitors
Season
Average
Highest
1997-98
34,334
41,214
1998-99
38,724
41,634
1999-2000
41,375
42,192
2000-01
46,790
48,285
2001-02
44,108
47,989
2002-03
39,672
47,586
2003-04
27,119
36,278
2004-05
28,821
47,350
2005-06
33,904
44,003
2006-07
31,883
44,448
2007-08
43,344
47,802
2008-09
40,168
47,936
2009-10
40,355
47,641
The record of visitors was in a league match versus Liverpool with 48,353 set 13 April 2002.
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