Stadium of Light
Stadium of Light is a multi purpose in Sunderland, United Kingdom that opened in 1997. Its recorded capacity is 49,000.
Key facts
Stadium of Light is a multi purpose in Sunderland, United Kingdom that opened in 1997. Its recorded capacity is 49,000. It is owned by Sunderland A.F.C. and Sunderland 100%. It is operated by Sunderland A.F.C.. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Sunderland A.F.C..
- Location
- Sunderland, United Kingdom
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 49,000
- Opened
- 1997
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland 100%
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Stadium of Light is at latitude 54.914429, longitude -1.388173, in Sunderland, 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 | 54.914429 |
| Longitude | -1.388173 |
| City | Sunderland |
| Region | Sunderland |
| 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
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Sunderland A.F.C. | Present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Sunderland 100% | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Sunderland A.F.C. | Present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland A.F.C. | Premier League | Present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
13 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 | 3180 | 2026-10 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | confidence | wikidata | wikipedia_infobox | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | source_url | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_of_Light | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | source_id | 1 | 3 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42526 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37923 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37922 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37921 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | not set | 1997 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 48339 | 49000 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372235958 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Stadium_of_Light | Stadium of Light | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_competitions | (created) | not set | 558 | 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: