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The Madejski Stadium is a football stadium in Reading, England. It was opened on 22 August 1998 and is the home of Premiership-bound Reading Football Club. The rugby union club, London Irish, also play their home games there as tenants. It also provides the finish for the Reading Half Marathon.

The stadium is an all-seater bowl stadium with a capacity of 24,225 and is located close to the M4 motorway. It was built on the site of a former household waste dump and the stadium is surrounded by methane vents. The stadium cost more than £50m to build and the pitch incorporates a system of synthetic fibres interwoven with natural grass, installed at a cost of more than £250,000.

Madejski Stadium has also held various music concerts, including the Summer XS festival series. Performers at the Madejski Stadium have included Blue, Busted, Craig David, Elton John, Girls Aloud, Lulu, McFly and Rachel Stevens.

The stadium is named after Reading F.C.’s chairman John Madejski but it is owned by the football club.

[Source: Wikipedia]