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Stadium:mk (also known locally as “Denbigh Stadium”) is a football ground in the Denbigh district of Milton Keynes, England. Designed by HOK SVE, it has completed phase one construction by civil engineering company Buckingham Group Contracting. It will be used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Milton Keynes Dons FC.

The stadium was officially opened on 29 November 2007 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

The initial configuration of the stadium uses only the lower tier to hold 22,000, but using the upper tier there is provision to increase the capacity to 32,000 “12 to 18 months” later. When complete the design will comply with UEFA’s Elite Stadium specifications and includes a Desso GrassMaster playing surface.

The complex includes the Arena:MK, an indoor arena that will be the home of the Marshall Milton Keynes Lions professional basketball team from 2008.

The stadium was first proposed in May 2002, when Wimbledon FC were given permission to relocate to Milton Keynes from their original home some 60 miles away in South London. It was originally hoped that the new stadium would be ready for the 2004-05 season, but it was to be another three years after this date before the stadium was opened. In the meantime, Wimbledon had played at the National Hockey Stadium and had since changed their name to Milton Keynes Dons.

Location

The ground is in Denbigh in south Milton Keynes, next to the A421 spur junction with the A5 and not far from Bletchley railway station. The postcode is MK1 1ST, but it is a new allocation that few if any mapping systems recognise yet. The nearest alternative is MK1 1BS.

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