Stoke Gifford Stadium

Stoke Gifford Stadium is an association football stadium based in Filton, in South Gloucestershire, England.^[1] Until August 2020 it was the home of FA Women's Super League team Bristol City W.F.C. and the Bristol Aztecs american football team. ^[2] It is part of the South Gloucestershire and Stroud College and was opened in 2011 under the name of Kip Keino Athletic Stadium as it has an athletics track around it.^[3]

The cost of the development was £875,000 with £450,000 coming from Bristol City Council. Bristol City moved into the stadium in 2011 at the same time as the Aztecs and the Kenyan athletics team used it as a training venue for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4] The stadium has a capacity of 1,500, the main stand seating 300. The nearest railway stations are Bristol Parkway and Filton Abbey Wood.^[5]

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[1] History of Bristol City WFC

[2] The Aztecs on The Bristol Academy of Sport website

[3] Mention of the original name in a Stoke Gifford Journal article on the stadium

[4] Stoke Gifford Journal article on the Kenyans

[5] The Stadium on Google Maps

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