Major upgrade and expansion to Northern Ireland’s Windsor Park football stadium

For the first time, Northern Ireland’s national football team has a UEFA-standard stadium as its home. The National Football Stadium at Windsor Park in Belfast is home to both the national team and Linfield FC. With a history of football at the site dating back to 1904, facilities were recognised as being well short of UEFA standards by 2009. It was then that the Irish Football Association (IFA) announced its preferred option to remain at a redeveloped Windsor Park.

Arup’s Belfast team of building engineers and technical specialists were involved in the transformation of Windsor Park into the National Football Stadium from concept through detailed design, providing the IFA with multidisciplinary (SMEP) building engineering services as well as geotechnical and fire engineering services for the refurbishment of the North Stand and the replacement of the South, East and West Stands. This project represents one of the most significant investments in Northern Ireland’s sporting venues to date, providing state-of-the-art facilities.