Sighthill Stadium Explained

Sighthill Stadium was a proposed stadium to be located in the Sighthill district of Edinburgh, Scotland. It would have been a multi-use stadium hosting a number of sports, principally athletics and rugby.[1] Edinburgh Rugby were considered key potential tenants. In the published plans the new stadium was due to replace Meadowbank Stadium, which would have been sold off for housing.[1] The scheme ran into difficulties due to opposition to the sale of Meadowbank.[2] [3]

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  1. Web site: City sets sights on sports vision . BBC News . BBC . 26 January 2007 . 10 December 2013 . 8 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230708134856/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6302773.stm . live .
  2. Web site: New stadium 'dead in the water' . BBC News . BBC . 12 June 2007 . 10 December 2013 . 21 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080321065808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6745907.stm . live .
  3. Web site: 'Sighthill stadium dream is all but dead' . The Scotsman . Johnston Publishing . 11 June 2007 . 10 December 2013 . 13 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213130320/http://www.scotsman.com/news/sighthill-stadium-dream-is-all-but-dead-1-1320260 . live .

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