Meadowbank Stadium facts for kids

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Meadowbank Stadium is a big sports place in Edinburgh, Scotland. It's also known as Meadowbank Sports Centre. This stadium was first built to host a huge sports event called the Commonwealth Games in 1970. It was so good that it hosted the Games again in 1986! This made it the first place ever to host the Commonwealth Games twice.

Meadowbank Stadium has been home to different sports teams over the years. A football team called Meadowbank Thistle used to play their games here. Another team, Leith Athletic, plays on an artificial pitch right next to the main stadium. For a couple of years, from 2002 to 2004, the stadium was also used for rugby union by the Edinburgh Rugby team.

In 2017, the stadium started to be rebuilt to make it even better and more modern for sports and other events.

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Meadowbank Stadium prior to performance by Radiohead at the 2006 T on the Fringe, taken from the main seating area
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