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The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England.

The perimeter walls of the stadium incorporates a "Wall of Fame" feature, where names can be engraved into the bricks of the walls. The interior of the stadium holds a banqueting suite, which can seat from 460 to 600 people. The stadium also contains several conferencing suites, that can be hired for events.As well as holding Sunderland games, the stadium has also hosted England matches.

With an original capacity of 42,000, it was expanded in 2002 to seat 49,000, and its simple design is expected to allow for redevelopments up to an eventual capacity of 64,000.

In 1992, Nissan launched an official objection, ultimately forcing Sunderland to abandon the idea. In 1995, Sunderland put forward a plan to build a stadium on the former site of Wearmouth Colliery. The area, on the north bank of the River Wear in the Sheepfolds district of Sunderland, was only a few hundred yards from Roker Park, and close to the centre of the city.

On 13 November 1995, the Sunderland Chairman Bob Murray announced that the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation had approved plans for Sunderland to build a 34,000-seater stadium on the site.Days, p301Ballast Wiltshier plc, a contracting company that had built the Amsterdam Arena, was contracted to build the stadium at an initial cost of £15 million. In June 1996, as the planned capacity rose to 40,000, construction work began. The capacity was revised again in early 1997, and the stadium was completed on time, with a capacity of 42,000. In 2003 the club announced plans to increase the groud capacity to 49,000, however relegation that year put such plans on hold.Should the club attain consistent top half finishes the stadium was designed for expansion by addition of an upper tier, up to a maximum capacity of 64,000.During construction, the stadium had not adopted an official name, and had been known colloquially as the "Wearside Stadium" and "New Roker Park".Days, p302 The name was eventually revealed as the Stadium of Light, a reference to a miner's lamp (the stadium is built on the site of the old Wearmouth Colliery, and many Sunderland fans have worked in the region's mines). This was an unpopular choice at the time, as there was already a famous "Stadium of Light" in Portugal, which was the home of Benfica.

To celebrate the opening of the stadium, Sunderland played a friendly against Ajax, which was drawn 0-0. The first competitive game was against Manchester City which Sunderland won 3-1.

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