City Stadium (George Town)
City Stadium is a stadium in George Town, Malaysia that opened in 1956. Its recorded capacity is 20,000.
Key facts
City Stadium is a stadium in George Town, Malaysia that opened in 1956. Its recorded capacity is 20,000. It is owned by Penang. It is operated by Penang Island City Council and Penang Island City Council. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Penang F.C., Penang F.C..
- Location
- George Town, Malaysia
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 20,000
- Opened
- 1956
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Penang
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
City Stadium is at latitude 5.411698, longitude 100.314505, in George Town, Malaysia. 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 | 5.411698 |
| Longitude | 100.314505 |
| City | George Town |
| Region | George Town |
| Country | Malaysia |
| 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
City Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. (1 October 1945–8 August 2003) (no sponsor) ran Present. Penang Island National Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Penang | 1956 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Penang Island City Council | 1956 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Penang Island City Council | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penang F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Penang F.C. | Not mapped | 1956 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
18 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 | 1706 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Penang State Government | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33966 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33966 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2265 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 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 | 1372076030 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | City_Stadium,_Penang | City Stadium, Penang | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Penang Island National Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | (1 October 1945–8 August 2003) | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20100 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20099 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 8963 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 8962 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 8961 | 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: