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Sports Archive.

Holmeside Stadium

16788

Last Updated:

27 Jun 2022

Boxing

Home Teams & Clubs:

Opened:

Closed:

1920

1930

Redeveloped

Condition:

Sunderland

54.904015, -1.383709

Purpose built boxing stadium which could seat 2000 people. Operated from May 1920 until 1930. Also known as the 'Palace of Punch'. The stadium could hold 3000 people. No seat was said to be more than 35 feet from the ropes. Holmeside Stadium was also claimed to be the first boxing venue to have piped water to each of the boxers' corners. The venue could not be sustained during the Depression. In 1930 the stadium was replaced by a cinema and dance hall (Blacks Regal HER 13559).

Ordnance Survey

'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

'Sketches of The Coal Mines in Northumberland and Durham' T.H.Hair, published in 1844

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