Community Partners

KC is proud to announce (August 2010) that we’ve extended our partnership with the KC Stadium for another 15 years. The new partnership extends our support of the Stadium and gives us naming rights until 2025. 

The development of the KC Stadium marked an important turning point in the regeneration of the city and it holds a special place in the hearts of local people. We’ve been proud to be associated with the Stadium since it opened in 2002, and our commitment to this fantastic community facility and to the club remains as strong as ever. 

The Stadium partnership, coupled with the two community-led sporting partnerships with Hull FC and Hull Kingston Rovers, further cements our commitment to the regeneration of the region and the important role that sport plays within this. What to know how big the playing surface is or how manycubic metres the stadium covers, then read on: 

Design / Construction / Capacity

• Designed by the Miller Partnership, adopting initial concept proposals by Arup Associates, the stadium comprises a state-of-the-art all-seater spectator arena with a capacity of 25,586.
• It is designed as a single tier, asymmetrical bowl of approximately 20,000 seats with a second upper tier to the West Stand of over 5,000 seats.
• Future expansion of the stadium will be possible to raise the capacity to 30,000.
• North Stand: 4,000 capacity.
• East Stand: 6,000 capacity.
• South Stand: 4,000 capacity.
• West Stand Lower: 6,000 capacity.
• West Stand Upper: 5,000 capacity.
• Also incorporated in the Stadium complex is a 1,500 seat Sports Arena, two multi-use all weather pitches, and a community learning zone (run by Hull College), complete with classrooms, health & fitness suite, cyber café and library. The Council’s Sports Development department is also located at the Stadium.
• The total project cost was approximately £44 million.
• Construction of the Stadium took 14 months to complete.
• Approximately 3225 tonnes of steel was used in the construction of the Stadium Complex.
• It took approximately 6469 cubic metres of concrete to build the Stadium.  

Playing surface

• The grass surface measures 114m x 74m providing a FIFA standard-sized football pitch of 105m x 68m and a full-length rugby league pitch of 100m x 68m with in goal areas 6m deep.
• The grass is 100% natural, comprised of 90% sand and 10% loam. It also has 3% additive of man-made fibre. The fibre is woven into the roots of the grass and goes down 200mm. If threaded together, these fibres would circle the globe!
• The pitch has an automatic irrigation system as well as under pitch heating.
• When the temperature drops to below 4°c under soil heating provides enough heat to raise the temperature to a minimum of 9°c.
• On construction, water porosity of the pitch at source was 25-30mm per hour.
• There are 22 miles of under soil heating pipes.

Corporate Facilities

• The Stadium includes 2,000 square feet of conference and exhibition space, which caters for private or corporate functions.
• This corporate accommodation includes 28 executive boxes, a restaurant overlooking the pitch, 4 banqueting/hospitality suites and a Sports Bar.
• The Stadium regularly hosts functions, and has hosted wedding fayres, wedding parties and a wide range of exhibitions.
• Over 140 ‘off field’ events are held every month.
• The Stadium caters for over 2,000 corporate guests on match days