Castle Leazes
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Castle Leazes is a piece of common land in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is situated in an area which separates Leazes Park and Spital Tongues.
This area of land has been considered as a possible site for a replacement stadium by Newcastle United football club, particularly in the mid-1990s.[1] It would have replaced the nearby St James' Park, but instead the club decided to expand St James' Park to over 50,000 seats.
[edit] Castle Leazes Halls
As of 2008 the Castle Leazes Halls are Newcastle University's largest Catered Halls of Residence, with 1,050 student study bedrooms.[2] They were fictionalised as Sleaze Castle in the comic book of the same name.
[edit] References
- ^ "Newcastle Utd scraps super stadium plans". The Independent. 1997-11-20. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/newcastle-utd-scraps-super-stadium-plans-1295146.html. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ^ "Castle Leazes". Newcastle University. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20080212085821/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/accommodation/about/List_of_Accommodation/castleazes.php. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
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