Ravenhill Stadium
Ravenhill Stadium is a stadium in Belfast, United Kingdom that opened in 1923. Its recorded capacity is 18,196.
Key facts
Ravenhill Stadium is a stadium in Belfast, United Kingdom that opened in 1923. Its recorded capacity is 18,196. It is owned by Irish Rugby Football Union and Irish Rugby Football Union. It is operated by Ulster Rugby. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Kingspan Stadium. Current tenants are Ulster Rugby, Wolfhounds (rugby union), Ulster Rugby, 1999 Rugby World Cup, 1991 Rugby World Cup, 2015 Pro12 Grand Final.
- Location
- Belfast, United Kingdom
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 18,196
- Opened
- 1923
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Irish Rugby Football Union, Irish Rugby Football Union
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf, Natural grass
Ravenhill Stadium is at latitude 54.576389, longitude -5.904444, in Belfast, 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 | 54.576389 |
| Longitude | -5.904444 |
| City | Belfast |
| Region | Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikidata statement | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Ravenhill Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Kingspan Stadium (no sponsor) ran Unknown.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingspan Stadium | None | Unknown | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia, with citation | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Irish Rugby Football Union | 1922 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Irish Rugby Football Union | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Ulster Rugby | 1922 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Rugby | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Wolfhounds (rugby union) | Not mapped | 1922 to present | Current | Source |
| Ulster Rugby | Not mapped | 1922 to present | Current | Source |
| 1999 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1922 to present | Current | Source |
| 1991 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1922 to present | Current | Source |
| 2015 Pro12 Grand Final | Not mapped | 1922 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 | 960 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 959 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1922 | 1923 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 18000 | 18196 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375206357 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Ravenhill_Stadium | Ravenhill Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Kingspan Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18312 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 18311 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5213 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5212 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5211 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5210 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5209 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5208 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 5207 | 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: