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History Of Ibrox......................Ibrox Stadium at present has a capacity of 50,411. Rangers have played on the present site of Ibrox since 1899. Ibrox, as we know it today, amazingly started to take shape way back in 1929 when the Main Stand was built. It was the most presigeous in the world for its time. The remaining area around Ibrox was terraced, with a semi-circular arrangement at either end. 1971 saw one of Britain's worst football disasters occur at Ibrox, where 66 Rangers fans were suffocated on stairway 13, after some fans leaving attempted to make their way back into the Stadium after a late equaliser by Rangers (Vs. Celtic). This event caused an immediate rethink into the design of Ibrox, and forced the eventual reconstruction between 1978 and 1981. During this time, the old terracing was destroyed and the Govan, Copland and Broomloan stands were constructed. These new, all seater stands turned Ibrox into one of the best sporting arenas in Europe, and more importantly, improved safety at the ground. Despite the first tier of the Main stand being terracing, it remained in place. However Rangers were granted permission in 1990 to build a third tier, "the club deck" on top of the old main stand, provided the main part of the stand (the red brick building) was not altered, as it is a listed building. The club deck cost a total of £20 million to build, and seated 7000. Also, in 1994, the first tier, containing 2 terraced enclosures, was ripped out and seated, giving Ibrox a capacity of 46,900 all seated: a measure required by law to be in place by 1994 after the Hillsborugh Disaster in 1989. However, Rangers were not finished. Shortly after the main stand was seated, all three "newer" stands were re-seated in the one, blue colour, giving Ibrox a more Majestic look. After this facelift, the three stands were adapted so that the corners formed at either end of the Govan stand could be filled. This was done in 1996, when the bottom half of the corners (level with the first tiers of the "newer" stands) was seated and the top half (level with the second tiers) was built to house 2 "jumbotrons" - that is, 2 giant screens. These improvements gave Ibrox its 50,411 capacity, as well as world class hospitality and media facilities. There are currently plans being drawn up to add a third tier, similar to the club deck, to the Govan stand. This would boost the Capacity of Ibrox to around 58,000.

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