Sunderland AFC's 49,000-capacity stadium at Monkwearmouth, which also stages large outdoor concerts for up to 60,000.
The Stadium of Light is Sunderland AFC's home ground, opened in 1997 on the site of the former Wearmouth Colliery at Monkwearmouth. It seats around 49,000 for football, making it one of the largest club grounds in England.
In a concert configuration with the pitch in use it holds up to 60,000, and it has hosted stadium shows by Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, Elton John, P!nk and others. The site also takes in the Beacon of Light and conference & hospitality suites.
Stadium
49,000 football and 60,000 concert per Wikipedia; the 60,000 figure matches the Ed Sheeran attendance record of 3 June 2022. The source's own words are "football" and "concert": the football figure is an all-seated ground capacity and is recorded as seated, while the concert figure covers a mixed pitch-and-stands configuration with no valid equivalent and is recorded as other.
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