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Away supporters have their own bar called the Pitch Side located at the KCOM Stadium itself. Although not the most spacious of bars it does show live sports on a number of screens and also offers cold food and snacks, such as sandwiches. The entrance to the bar is located outside the stadium, next to the visiting fans turnstiles. However please note that the Pitch Side Bar stops serving alcohol 45 minutes before kick off. Tim Jones a visiting Aston Villa supporter informs me; 'The Park View pub virtually opposite the stadium car park entrance allows in away fans.

It has a good atmosphere and the Hull fans there were friendly. It also has a big screen showing Sky Sports and a burger van outside'. Whilst fellow Villa fan Neil Tate adds; 'There is also the nearby Walton Street Social Club that also admits away supporters.

Although it costs £1 to go in, it has good cheap beer, is of a good size and offers a separate area for sale of food such as burgers and chips etc.. There were plenty of fellow Villa fans in there during our recent visit. Turn right out of the main car park entrance and it is down the road on the left hand side.' Further down Walton Street, on the corner with Anlaby Road, is a pub called the Boot Room.

This pub also admits visiting supporters and has the benefit of showing live sports on five large screens. The "world's first stadium built for a professional women's sports team" will be home to K.C. NWSL, as club co-Owners Angie and Chris Longtoday will announce the construction of an 11,000-seat, $70M downtown venue. It will be "built along the Berkeley Park riverfront, designed by Primary Design of San Diego with construction partners" that include K.C.-based Generator Studio, JE Dunn and Monarch Build.

The platforms themselves have a great position in each of the stands. Each stand has two platforms, and there is easy access seating and space for a wheelchair at pitch side. The Kingston Communications Stadium has arguably the top facilities in the country for disabled supporters and provides 304 spaces for wheelchair users and their helpers. There are also a further 300 spaces for the ambulant disabled.

Admission is free for wheelchair users while the carer pays the admission price for the relevant area of the stadium. Wheelchairs can also be hired if required to assist from their car to the seating area. Proof of ID, car registration number, and a refundable £5 deposit are required. Half time refreshments can be pre-ordered and delivered to the disabled areas. We set off earlier than the Club Coaches in order to leave us enough time to park and enjoy the hostelries in the Hull area.

Who Owns The KC Chiefs Now We set our destination as the Linnet & Lark pub we'd visited briefly the previous season. To be honest, the stadium itself is pretty easy to find as it is adjacent to the main route into Hull from the West. The pub itself is located past the ground, towards the City Centre, leaving us about a 20 minute walk. We were able to park on the Pub car park for a £2 fee for the day, which we thought was reasonable. The 2 hours 15 minutes it took to get there from the West Midlands was more than acceptable.

First of all I was very surprised at how different the KC Stadium looked to other stadiums I had been to e.g. One side of the stadium is in amongst woodland which is very unusual as you'd normally expect an industrial estate plonked in front of these modern stadiums. The way they've incorporated the stadium in this park was something special, and I admire the creators for not just dumping the stadium on that car park I was saying about. They had two circular shaped structures on top of the East Stand that was the stadiums dominant aspect.

The Main Stand, named the 'West Stand' is a two tiered affair that curves over slightly to fit in with the rest of the three stands that are single tiered. The West Stand was the stadiums eye-catcher that impressed Saints fans. The other three stands are near enough identical and are slightly raised from the playing action. So if you get row A, don't be fooled, as you'll be a little above the playing surface. At either end there are two massive TV screens that are very interactional when the 90mins is not ticking by. Another thing to note is the P.A system; this is one of the clearest I've heard.

One thing that was funny was when the teams came out onto the pitch, the song 'Eye of the Tiger' is played full blast. It was a nice gesture to put permanent signs around saying 'thank you for visiting Hull' and 'Enjoy the game'. We hear that Hull City like to encourage supporters to walk to the Stadium and it certainly is easy to do just that. Access is gained over a series of footbridges and leads to the side of the stadium. I do like the look of the KC Stadium though, to my shame, I never visited Boothferry Park but the new stadium is pretty tidy and impressive for a new build. The surrounding area is park land but I must say that I didn't really notice that fact, I suppose being cold and dull isn't great for the aesthetics.

The away section has been moved slightly from last season and is more on one side but access is good and the queues moved quickly. The concourse seemed adequate and service was pretty quick but there were no TV's working inside our section on the day. The away section seems quite large, our allocation being 2,400 and the rest of the ground looks good when it fills up. The Stadium is a little like Bolton or Huddersfield with the curved roof but has its own style. Jo Johnson informs me; 'the stadium has its own massive car park right next to the stadium, with access from Walton Street. It is floodlit, with a covered surface and open to home and away supporters alike.

If you get there early and want to go into the City centre, there is a park and ride bus to and from the car park. It's easier to park at Hull than at any ground I know of – but there is one drawback, namely, getting away again at the end of the game. It can take up to half an hour or more, if you park a long way from the exits'.

Tony adds; 'There are two exits from the car park onto Walton Street after the game. As you turn right out the car park, this leads to Spring Bank West, where you have to turn left. Follow this road onto the next roundabout and turn left into Calvert Lane. Cross one set of traffic lights into North Road then at the next set of traffic lights turn right onto Boothferry road (you'll see the old Boothferry Park floodlights just off to your left). The club have their own car park on Walton Street, just across the road from the ground. It's only £5 to park your car there, though it does fill up reasonably quickly and takes a while to empty after the match.

There are numerous public car parks in the city centre, but be wary if you decide to opt for on-street parking - make sure you keep your eye out for the parking restrictions. In the early 1960s, owner of the Dallas Texans , Lamar Hunt, decided to move his team because the City of Dallas could not support two football teams. Hunt looked at several possible cities to move the Texans to such as Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans and Seattle. The Texans tried to move to New Orleans, but were denied by officials at Tulane Stadium. Officials did not want a professional football team to compete with its team.

Hunt was persuaded by Kansas City Mayor, H. Roe Bartle, to move the Texans to Kansas City after agreeing to expand Municipal Stadium to seat 49,000 fans. The Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City after the 1962 and were renamed the Chiefs. On October 6, 1963 the Kansas City Chiefs played their first game at Municipal Stadium against the Houston Oilers.

While playing at Municipal Stadium, the Chiefs shared the stadium with the A's and in 1969 with the Royals. By the mid 1960s, bonds were issued that allowed two new stadiums to be built for football and baseball. The Chiefs played their last game at Municipal Stadium on December 25, 1971 and moved into Arrowhead Stadium the following year. Municipal Stadium was demolished in 1976 and is now the site of a flower garden. With in-house AV services as well as Health and Safety managers, we can cater for large scale public events with ease and experience. With ample free car parking and exterior space, we make planning our events easy and getting to even easier.

KC Stadium will be upgraded with Philips ArenaVision LED floodlights. The flexible floodlighting, designed and optimized for TV coverage of football and other sports events, will transform the KC Stadium into a truly multipurpose entertainment venue. Being on an away supporters coach, I wasn't actually involved in terms of the finding of the ground or car parking as would have been suitably arranged beforehand. We did, however embark on a far more scenic route than had been anticipated owing to a collision on the motorway.

This meant our journey was even longer than the 4 hours or so that we had expected. However, this did not dampen the lively mood of the 40 or so supporters on the coach and we reached the stadium feeling as though time had passed rather quickly. We parked in the extremely large stadium car park located within seconds of the ground which would have meant no fans would have found any trouble with finding a spot to park. The stadium is owned by Hull City Council as well as KCOM, and the council spent a long time deciding on the best location for the venue to be built. They took into account such things as existing facilities within the city, its isolation from residential areas and the local transport options before deciding upon its current setting.

Although the football club went into receivership in 2001 not long after being granted the necessary planning permission, the stadium was completed within the allotted timeframe and within its £44 million budget. KC Stadium is an UK's most Famous multi-purpose Sports arena situated in Kingston upon Hull of England. It is also popular as the Kingston Communications Stadium which was opened in the year 2002. The Stadium is operated by Stadium Management Company Ltd, and owned by the Hull City Council. The Stadium has become a leading community Sports complex in the nation with providing of State-of-the-art Sports facilities. It is the main venue of the two major clubs including rugby league Football and association Football club, and it also conducts association Football and rugby league Football contests.

The address and contact number of Kc Stadium is also used for Kc Stadium parking, Kc Stadium Jobs, Kc Stadium Seating Plan and Kc Stadium West Stand. The contact information like email address, telephone number, website and postal cum official address of Kc Stadium is mentioned in below section. I went on the official supporters coach with most other fellow fans due to the fact the weather conditions were not great around the country at the time. The coaches park in a caged off area, at the KC Stadium, totally separated from the home supporters with great steel fences surrounding this area.

This penned off area is to prevent the home supporters coming near, this area really did have a sense of security about it. Where the coaches do park, you are right next to the stadium which is very handy. Behind the away end is a massive car park covering acres of land. Here, home and away supporters were parking here for a fair fee of £5. Be warned though, as the car park has an un-even surface and didn't look all too great prior to kick off. Robert Walker adds; 'If you are walking to the stadium from the City Centre there are several pubs on Spring Bank, including the Editorial.

Or there is the Admiral of the Humber on Anlaby Road near Hull Paragon Railway Station'. Right next door to the Wetherspoons is an upstairs bar called the 'New King Edward' that also admits visiting fans. It is situated in the town centre next to the Princes Quay shopping centre, so not far from the train station. On the edge of the city centre on Albion Street is the Hop & Vine. This small basement bar specialises in real ale and cider and also serves bar snacks.

MKM Stadium is the home ground for Hull City FC football team and Hull FC rugby league team. This means that there are regular sporting events taking place. The stadium is also used as a popular venue for conferences, gatherings for special occasions, and music concerts. Alternatively there is a Park & Ride facility signposted off the A63 . Many fans opt to park in one of the many town centre car parks and then walk out to the stadium. Chris Bax adds; 'It is perhaps easiest is to park at the Infirmary where parking is only £5 for 4 hours.

Away fans are located in the North East corner of the stadium, where up to 2,510 supporters can be housed. This away section extends around the North East Corner into the first couple of blocks of the North Stand. The away turnstiles are numbered and entrance to the ground is gained via electronic turnstiles where you have to put your ticket into a barcode reader. The facilities available are good, plus you enjoy an unobstructed view of the playing action, although fans are a little set back from the pitch.

I found the atmosphere to be also generally good within the stadium. On the concourse alcohol is available, plus burgers, Hollands pies (£3.20) etc..The Club also allow fans to have at half time a cigarette outside the ground, if they so wish. The MKM Stadium is surrounded by green in the form of parks and sports facilities, which in turn are bordered by mostly residential areas. While one can find the odd pub near the stadium, eating and drinking options are scarce and can therefore better be done in the city centre or on your way from the centre to the stadium, for example on Spring Bank. The stadium has 1,000 free car parking spaces, a dedicated conference reception and is furnished to the highest specifications in order to provide a setting to match the prestige and importance of your event. The home supporters were friendly enough and it all seemed relaxed.

The away concourse bar was fairly standard, although it felt a bit more spacious than some and at least had one sports TV. A similarly standard choice of food and drink, with efficient service. Unlike the norm away from home, Ipswich actually started really well. Just six minutes into the game, McGoldrick scored his 8th of the season to put us 1-0 up.

We should have really capitalised and scored more as Hull were very poor, however defensive errors either side of the break saw Hull take a 2-1 lead courtesy of Bowen and Dicko which was very frustrating. With ten minutes to go, we had a great chance to equalise, as Waghorn was brought down in the box. Up stepped McGoldrick, whose tame effort was parried away by McGregor And it remaining 2-1 to the hosts. However, with two minutes left, a Chambers cross was headed back across goal by Webster, and Jordan Spence got a faint toe poke to send the ball pea-rolling over the line off the post.

That's how it finished, as we claimed our first draw of the season. The atmosphere wasn't great from either set of fans, but there was the occasional good spell. Stewards and facilities were fine, however, Pies were out of stock by half time – typical. In summary, the stadium itself would probably have been enough to make the trip worthwhile. The accessibility of the stadium and the fact that it was well sign posted, in addition to the large car parking availability meant that the arrival was easy in a practical sense.

The good prices and friendly locals just added to what made a great all round away experience. We left Portsmouth at about 10am and it was straight up the M1 then the M18 & M62 from there the ground was signposted which was very easy to find, we were at Hull for around ten past two. Parking was no problem either, there is parking right outside the away end but we parked in car park opposite the stadium which cost £5. Paul Robinson informs me; 'The disabled facilities are state of the art.

Every stand in the stadium has a purpose built Disabled user platform, easily accessible from the wide concourse that circumnavigates the inside of the whole stadium. Stewards patrol every Disabled access area on the outside of the stadium, and if assistance is required it's there on hand. Once through the entrance and up the lifts, the concourse awaits with its bars, food kiosks and betting shops.