- New Newport Stadium
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stadium_name = New Newport stadium
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location =Rodney Parade ,Maindee ,Newport
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tenants =Newport RFC ,Newport Gwent Dragons
seating_capacity = 15,000+|The New Newport stadium is a proposed
stadium to be built for the City ofNewport in theUnited Kingdom .On
September 4 2007 it was announced that the existingRodney Parade stadium on the east bank of theRiver Usk in the city centre is due to be redeveloped into a 15,000-capacity ground by the beginning of the 2010 rugby union season. The new stadium is backed byNewport City Council ,Newport Unlimited ,Newport RFC and theNewport Gwent Dragons . A previous rival proposal to build an entirely new out-of-town stadium appears to have been shelved. [ [http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/NewsArticle.aspx?n=8d5ad74d-98cd-45e7-97d6-252185bf65fc Newport RFC press release] ]As of September 2007 no name has been put forward for the stadium.
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