SCG Stadium

The Thunderdome Stadium, currently known for sponsorship purposes as SCG Stadium is a football stadium located in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand, and is the home of Thai League 1's side, Muangthong United. SCG Stadium was the first operate football stadium in Thailand.

SCG Stadium
Former namesThunderdome Stadium
LocationBang Phut, Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Coordinates13°55′05″N 100°32′51″E
Public transit MRL  Si Rat (from 2022)
OwnerSports Authority of Thailand (SAT)
OperatorMuangthong United
Capacity15,000[1]
SurfaceGrass
Opened1998
Tenants
Muangthong United

History
inside the stadium

SCG Stadium has been the home venue of Muangthong United since 2007. Owned by Sports Authority of Thailand, rented by Muangthong United, the stadium originally known as Thunderdome Sports Complex, it opened in 1998 and had only one main stand before the Thai League 1 promotion in 2009. After the promotion to the top division of Muangthong United, the club started to develop the stadium, construct other temporary stands to hold the demands of the supporter. In 2010, after the club clinched its first ever top division, SCG stadium was developed into the 4 stands stadium with full installed seats. The capacity rose to 15,000.

West stand

Name

The name of the ground changed twice due to sponsorship agreements, the first time it was changed from the original name, Thunderdome Stadium, to Yamaha Stadium following the sponsorship in 2010. In 2012, The stadium was changed its alias to SCG Stadium following the club title sponsor of SCG. However, the stadium is still referred as its official name of Thunderdome Stadium in AFC competitions.

Capacity

The stadium used to be able to hold as much as 20,000 spectators but the number reduce after renovation by filling in chairs to make the stadium all seated with the capacity of 15,000 people.[2]

Supporter Stand

Other events

On November 25, 2012, K-pop artists under S.M. Entertainment featuring Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, SHINee, f(x) and EXO, performed the world tour SMTown Live World Tour III in Bangkok in the stadium.[3]

The stadium hosted Korean Pop Sensation Psy on 28 November 2012.

Clash played their final concert here on April 30, 2014, followed by their disbandment.

Guns N' Roses played here on February 28, 2017 as part of their Not in This Lifetime... Tour.

International matches
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition
8 November 2009 Thailand1–1 SyriaFriendly
11 August 2010 Thailand1–0 SingaporeFriendly
4 September 2010 Thailand1–0 IndiaFriendly
7 November 2012 Thailand2–0 MalaysiaFriendly
8 October 2017 Thailand1–0 KenyaFriendly

Attendances

The follows are the average and highest attendances of Muangthong United in their domestic league competitions at SCG Stadium.

Year Average Highest Competition
2011 10,742 21,370 2011 Thai Premier League
2012 13,427 21,155 2012 Thai Premier League
2013 10,888 14,114 2013 Thai Premier League
2014 9,522 14,950 2014 Thai Premier League
2015 9,168 14,980 2015 Thai Premier League
2016 9,777 12,579 2016 Thai League T1
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/venue/details.php?vid=10156&la=en
  3. https://processic418.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/review-scg-stadium/


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