Leigh Sports Village
Sport Village or LSV | |
Interior of the stadium, May 2008 | |
| Full name | Leigh Sports Village Stadium |
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| Address | United Kingdom |
| Location | Leigh, Greater Manchester, England WN7 4GX |
| Coordinates | 53°29′28″N 2°31′44″W / 53.491°N 2.529°W |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Leigh Sports Village Company Ltd |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Record attendance | 12,005 Widnes Vikings vs Castleford Tigers 10 August 2014 |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2007–2008 |
| Opened | 28 December 2008 |
| Construction cost | £17.5m |
| Main contractors | Hall Construction |
| Tenants | |
| Rugby League Leigh Leopards (2008–present) Football Leigh Genesis (2009–2010) Blackburn Rovers Reserves (2009–2015) Manchester United Reserves (2014–present) Manchester United Women (2018–present) | |
Leigh Sports Village is a multi-use sports, retail and housing development in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. The centrepiece of the development is a 12,000-capacity stadium which is home to professional rugby league team Leigh Leopards, the Manchester United Women's senior team, and Manchester United's men's Under-21 and Academy teams. The complex also plays host to amateur rugby league club Leigh East and amateur athletics club Leigh Harriers, who both occupy dedicated facilities on the site. Other facilities on site include the Leigh campus of Wigan and Leigh College, Leigh Sports Centre, which includes a gym, multi-use sports hall and swimming pool, a Holiday Inn Express hotel, a Morrisons supermarket and the Whistling Wren pub. During 2022, it hosted matches in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.