Structure and Facilities
Gigg Lane's current capacity is 11,840. The South Stand is the largest stand and it was renamed the "Les Hart Stand" in the summer of 2010. The stand contains a pattern of blue and white seats that spell out "SHAKERS"
After the Taylor Report forced all Football League clubs to switch to all-seater stadiums, Gigg Lane began converting all four sides of the ground in 1993, with the Cemetery End being the final terraced section to be demolished in 1999.
The Manchester Road End was home to the club's electronic scoreboard (obtained from Leicester City's Filbert Street ground after it closed in 2002) until 2011. A new scoreboard was placed in the south-east corner of the ground a few months later.
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