Rams Stadium, Derby County Football Club, Pride Park, Derby, DERBYSHIRE, UK, United Kingdom

Pride Park Stadium
Photographs taken 18 July 1997

Pride Park Stadium

Panoramic view of pitch
Following the official opening, the crowds of people have gone and peace settles.
A view of the finished stadium and very elegant it looks too!.

I was unable to get permission to be inside the stadium for the official opening of Pride Park Stadium, so all I can provide you with are some photographs from outside.

H.R.H. The Queen

HRH The Queen
Her Majesty The Queen on her visit to Derby 18 July 1997.

On Friday 18 July 1997, The Queen spent the day in Derby. She visited The Royal School for the Deaf, the new Children's Hospital and ofcourse Pride Park. Following these visits she went to Hardwick Hall for a meal.
She is pictured (left) in her Rolls Royce arriving at The Royal School for the Deaf on Ashbourne Road. On the left is her chauffeur and right, her bodyguard.
Approaching the stadium

The Queen's Rolls Royce approaching Pride Park Stadium.

The Queen arrives for the official opening of Pride Park Stadium
Queen arriving at Pride Park Stadium

The royal car nearing Pride Park Stadium.
Lead by four police riding high powered motorcycles, and a policecar, the royal car sweeps down Pride Parkway towards the stadium. Inside await a capacity crowd of season ticket holders, parties of school children, local dignatories and other specially invited guests. The Queen spent around fifteen minutes at the stadium before travelling on to her next appointment at the Royal School for the Deaf on Ashbourne Road.

Rams Superstore

Now open for business.
The new Rams Superstore has around four times the space it had previously, so shoppers have a much wider choice of products and much more room to browse.

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