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Address: Grenoble Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
Capacity: 12,000
Opened: 2001
Main use: Football
Tenants: Oxford United FC (football)
The Kassam Stadium is a modern football venue located in Oxford, England, serving as the home ground of Oxford United Football Club since its opening in 2001. The stadium marked a significant milestone in the club’s history, providing Oxford United with a permanent home after several years of ground-sharing and uncertainty.
Construction of the Kassam Stadium was completed at a reported cost of approximately £15 million. The venue was officially opened in 2001 with a football match between Oxford United and Crystal Palace, symbolising the club’s return to stability after leaving their former home, the Manor Ground.
The stadium was named after businessman Firoz Kassam, who played a key role in financing and developing the project.
The Kassam Stadium features a three-sided bowl design, with one open end, giving it a distinctive architectural profile among English football grounds. Key characteristics include:
Seating capacity of around 12,000 spectators
All-seater stands compliant with modern safety regulations
Hospitality suites, conference rooms, and commercial facilities
Pitch dimensions meeting English Football League standards
The stadium complex also includes leisure and retail facilities, making it a multi-use destination beyond matchdays.
Oxford United FC was founded in 1893 under a different name and has a long-standing presence in English professional football. The club achieved its most notable success in the 1980s, including:
Winning the League Cup in 1986
Competing in the top tier of English football during that decade
Since moving to the Kassam Stadium, Oxford United have used the venue for:
English Football League matches
FA Cup and EFL Cup fixtures
Promotion campaigns and play-off matches
The stadium has become closely associated with the club’s modern era.
Beyond its opening fixture against Crystal Palace, the Kassam Stadium has hosted numerous high-profile games, including:
FA Cup ties against higher-division opponents
Promotion-deciding league matches
International youth and representative fixtures
The venue has also been used for community events, conferences, and non-football activities, reinforcing its role within the wider Oxford area.
Situated on Grenoble Road, the stadium benefits from proximity to Oxford’s ring road and key transport links. Dedicated parking areas and public transport connections make it accessible for both home and away supporters.
The Kassam Stadium represents a period of regeneration and consolidation for Oxford United. While discussions about future stadium development continue, the Kassam Stadium remains a central part of the club’s identity and Oxford’s sporting landscape.
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With the growing popularity of nighttime sports events, professional competitions demand higher lighting quality. The glare from traditional fixtures can no longer meet athletes’ expectations for sensory experience. Leveraging breakthroughs in MECREE’s sports lighting technology, our precise light control and anti-glare designs enable athletes to perform at their peak and enjoy an exceptional sports experience.
Issues caused by unnecessary nighttime lighting, such as light pollution and light trespass, are increasingly concerning and have led to rising public complaints. Amid growing environmental awareness, lighting designers must prioritize controlling “Light Pollution” and “Light Trespass.” We are committed to addressing this challenge through innovative optical technologies.
Currently common traditional stadium lights model for some international stadiums as below:
MVF406/1800W, HNF003, MVF401, MVF403, MVF024, EF-2000, YOA56305, YOAX56400, 2kW: HQI-TS 2000WDS, 2kW: HQI-TS 1000WDS, MHN-SA 2KW 400V/956, MHN-SB/HO 2KW 400V/956, LPW2000M/D, LPW1000MB/L, LPP2000MHN-SA, LPP2000MHN-SB.
There is big problem that traditional lamps can not cannot meet the needs of 4K and 8K high-definition broadcast and huge energy consumption.
With the strengthening of environmental lighting awareness and the pursuit of high-quality lighting, there is a trend to replace traditional lamps by high quality of LED Stadium Lights.
MECREE has launched the following series of LED Sport Stadium Lighting:
MECREE’s specially engineered precision lighting control is designed to meet the needs of such users. The polarized light range of 65-73° is defined as the P73-L and A65 series products, which deliver an unparalleled visual experience while offering access to thousands of IES profiles.
Our precisely engineered optics of polarized light aim light directly onto the field of play, to shine uniformly and to minimize glare. Outdoor venues benefit from spill light control, no more skyglow and no more complaints from the neighbors.
1. Such light shield is useless,just misleading customers.
2. As tested it will cause 30% reduction of light output
3. While 70% still have high overflow
4. Unbearable strong glare
5. Waste energy,outdated reflective technology
The power supply and lamp body can be mounted separately, reducing the withstand weight of the lamp pole and facilitating maintenance.
Customized crossarms are available to meet all your existing old poles without replacing the main rod, crossarms bolt directly to light pole, easy and accurate installation saves time, ensures performance, safety and reliability,also lower the budget.
In current sports lighting projects, high-altitude light calibration is recognized as a major efficiency bottleneck. The process carries high safety risks, is prone to aiming deviations, and involves cumbersome installation and removal procedures, making it difficult to achieve the required uniformity.
MECREE’s innovative laser aiming mount was designed precisely to address these issues. It revolutionizes the workflow through three key advantages:
Easy Installation: With a simple design, it allows rapid mounting and dismounting, significantly lowering the operational threshold.
Precise Aiming: Ensures accurate laser alignment, fundamentally guaranteeing uniform illumination and compliance with lighting standards.
Efficient Operation: Reduces labor and time costs by up to 80%. Calibrating 200 fixtures at height previously took 20 days; now the same workload can be completed in just 4 days.
Choosing MECREE means choosing a safer, more precise, and highly efficient sports lighting solution.
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