Deva Stadium
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Interactive map of Deva Stadium | |
Full name | Deva Stadium |
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| Location | Bumpers Lane Chester CH1 4LT |
| Coordinates | 53°11′21″N 2°55′26″W / 53.1892°N 2.9238°W |
| Owner | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Capacity | 5,400 (4,500 seated) |
| Surface | Grass |
Record attendance | 5,987 |
Field size | 112 × 71.5 metres |
| Construction | |
| Groundbreaking | 26 January 1992 |
| Built | 1992 |
| Opened | 24 August 1992 |
| Tenants | |
| Chester City F.C. (1992–2010) Chester F.C. (2010–present) Liverpool U21 (2014–2016) | |
| Website | |
| Deva Stadium on Chester FC website | |
Deva Stadium is an association football stadium which is the home of Chester F.C., the effective successor club to the liquidated Chester City. The stadium straddles the England–Wales border at Sealand, on the outskirts of Chester.
The stadium opened in 1992, two years after the closure of Chester City's Sealand Road stadium; in the intervening two seasons the club had played at Macclesfield Town's Moss Rose stadium. The name Deva comes from the original Roman name for the fort Deva Victrix, which became the city of Chester.