Dean Court

Dean Court
Full name	Fitness First Stadium at Dean Court
Location	Kings Park; Bournemouth; Dorset; England;
Opened	1910
Renovated	2001
Owner	Structadene
Capacity	9,600 seated
Field dimensions	105 x 78 m
Tenants
	A.F.C. Bournemouth (League Two)

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This article is about the football stadium in Bournemouth. For the community near Oxford, see Dean Court, Oxfordshire.

Dean Court, also known as the Fitness First Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a stadium in Bournemouth, England. Primarily used for football, it is the home of League Two team A.F.C. Bournemouth.

[edit] History

Dean Court is named after the Cooper-Dean family of Bournemouth, who granted the land to the football club in 1910. One of the stands had previously been used in the Wembley Exhibition of 1924.^{[citation needed]} The ground's attendance record of 28,799 was set at an FA Cup match against Manchester United in 1957.^[1]

The ground was completely rebuilt in 2001, with the pitch rotated ninety degrees from its original position. The stadium was also moved away from adjacent housing. Although it was rebuilt as a three sided stadium, seats were placed on the undeveloped south end in the autumn of 2005. The club sold the stadium in December 2005 in a sale-and-leaseback deal with London property company Structadene.^[2]

The stadium has also been used for music concerts, hosting Elton John in 2006.