England
Stadium of Light
The Stadium of Light is a football stadium in Sunderland. The 49 000-seater stadium is the home of Sunderland AFC. It is widely regarded as one of the best stadiums in the country. It has hosted two full England international games and currently hosts the graduation ceremonies of the University of Sunderland. Following the release of the Taylor Report in 1989, Sunderland were obliged to make plans to turn their Roker Park home into an all-seater stadium. Roker Park was a ground that mainly consisted of standing terraces, and if converted into all-seater it would have held far fewer spectators than before. Enclosed by residential streets on all sides, expansion was practically impossible. So, in the early 1990s, Sunderland began investigating the possibility of relocation. In 1997 the first game was played at the Stadium of Light.
