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Full name | Bartercard Odsal Stadium |
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Location | Rooley Lane, Odsal, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
Coordinates | 53°45′54″N 1°45′25″W / 53.76500°N 1.75694°W |
Public transit | ![]() |
Owner | Bradford Bulls |
Operator | Bradford Bulls |
Capacity | 26,019[1] |
Record attendance | All Time 102,569 (Warrington vs Halifax, 5 May 1954) Super League 24,020 (Bradford Bulls vs Leeds, 3 September 1999) Stock Cars 38,000 Wednesday 26 May 1954 |
Field size | 67.79 m × 111.74 m (222.4 ft × 366.6 ft) |
Surface | Grass, Shale Racing Track |
Scoreboard | Manual |
Construction | |
Opened | 1933 |
Renovated | 1964, 1985, 2001–02 |
Tenants | |
Rugby League Bradford Bulls (1934–2000; 2003–2019; 30 May 2021 – present) Stock Cars YorStox F1 & F2 Stock Cars (2021 to present) Football Bradford City (1985–1986) Speedway Bradford Dukes (1945–1997) |
Odsal Stadium (known as Bartercard Odsal Stadium for sponsorship reasons) is a multipurpose stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The stadium is currently the home of Bradford Bulls rugby league football club and Yorstox Stock Cars who host regular monthly meetings of BriSCA F1 Stock Cars, and BriSCA F2 Stock Cars.[2] The stadium, originally owned by Bradford City Council, had the lease hold purchased by the Rugby Football League in 2012 due to financial problems with in the council.[3] In 2025, the stadium was bought by their long term tenants.[4]
Previously, the stadium has also been used by the Bradford Dukes speedway team, hosting the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain and the football team Bradford City for a temporary groundshare following the Valley Parade fire while their ground was rebuilt. Odsal Stadium has also historically hosted baseball, women's football, American football, basketball, kabaddi, show jumping, tennis, live music concerts, and international rugby league matches over the years.
The stadium's highest attendance was 102,569 in 1954 for the Warrington-Halifax Challenge Cup Final replay,[5][6] and for a domestic, non-final, rugby league match, 69,429 at the third round Challenge Cup tie between Bradford Northern and Huddersfield in 1953.[7]