Bescot Stadium
Bescot Stadium is a multi purpose in Bescot, United Kingdom that opened in 1990. Its recorded capacity is 11,300.
Key facts
Bescot Stadium is a multi purpose in Bescot, United Kingdom that opened in 1990. Its recorded capacity is 11,300. It is owned by Walsall F.C. and Walsall F.C.. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Banks's Stadium. Current tenants are Walsall F.C., Aston Villa W.F.C., Walsall F.C..
- Location
- Bescot, United Kingdom
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 11,300
- Opened
- 1990
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Walsall F.C., Walsall F.C.
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Bescot Stadium is at latitude 52.565433, longitude -1.990706, in Bescot, United Kingdom. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 52.565433 |
| Longitude | -1.990706 |
| City | Bescot |
| Region | Bescot |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Bescot Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Banks's Stadium (no sponsor) ran 2007 to 2022. The average tenure of a name here is 15 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks's Stadium | None | 2007 to 2022 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Walsall F.C. | 1990 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Walsall F.C. | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Aston Villa W.F.C. | Not mapped | 1990 to present | Current | Source |
| Walsall F.C. | Not mapped | 1990 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
16 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 951 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Aston Villa Women | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33070 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33070 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33069 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33068 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1620 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1619 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372067985 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Bescot_Stadium | Bescot Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Banks's Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5180 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5179 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5178 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: