How do the British name their football stadiums?

[DerekS]

Is it like a location based thing? Like in the US,where we name arena's usually by a sponsor with a stadium or arena or field attachment,sometimes in baseball using the team name and park...but when i watch Premier League futbol,i just can't tell how they name it?

 

[ronaldinhollew]

Each stadium's named in different ways.

Some are named simply after their addresses (White Hart Lane, Loftus Road, Brisbane Road, Grestie Road etc)

Some are named after sponsors (Emirates Stadium, Liberty Stadium, Ricoh Arena, AmEx stadium etc)

There's one that's named after the club's owner (the Madejski Stadium in Reading)

Old Trafford, Anfield and others are named after the areas of the city where the stadium's located.

Then you have the Stadium of Light, which was voted for by fans.

 

[AlexandersMummy]

Mainly it's about the location, Wembley Stadium is in Wembley, Old Trafford is in Old Trafford, Brisbane Road is the name of the road that Leyton Orients stadium is in etc.

 

[creasicle]

They were traditionally named after their location, so for example Anfield is on Anfield Road and Old Trafford is in Old Trafford which is a district of Manchester.

In the modern game the stadiums have to be named after a sponsor as it costs hundreds of millions of pounds to build one but Arsenal's stadium is only known as "Emirates Stadium" temporarily, in 2019 they will be able to sell the naming rights to another company.

 

[mASOT600m]

Sponsor - rare
Location - common
Nickname/history - rare