How much did the first phase of Kirklees Stadium cost?
The Kirklees Stadium, known as the John Smith's Stadium, is the stadium in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, shared by Huddersfield Town football club and the Huddersfield Giants rugby league club, opened in the summer of 1994 and given the 1995 Building of the Year award by the Royal Institute of British Architects, whose North Stand was added from 1996 to 1998 to bring the capacity to about 24,500. The Yorkshire local-interest magazine ON says the 15 million pound project was financed by 5 million from the sale of the Leeds Road site, 3.75 million of private investment, 4.25 million of grants and 2 million from the local council.
Reported project cost
拢15 million
Approximately $22.96 million
Cost basis: 1994
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Project record
Opened or launched
ON Magazine Yorkshire1994