Thunderdome Stadium
Introduction The '''Thunderdome Stadium''' is a football stadium located in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi, Thailand. It is the home of Thai League 1 side Muangthong United. The stadium was the first operate football stadium in Thailand.
History Inside the stadiumThunderdome Stadium has been the home venue of Muangthong United since 2007.Owned by Sports Authority of Thailand, rented by Muangthong United, the stadium originally known as '''Thunderdome Sports Complex''', it opened in 1998 and had only one main stand before the Thai League 1 promotion in 2009.After the promotion to the top division of Muangthong United, the club started to develop the stadium, construct other temporary stands to hold the demands of the supporter. In 2010, after the club clinched its first ever top division, Thunderdome Stadium was developed into the 4 stands stadium with full installed seats. The capacity rose to 15,000.West stand
Name The name of the ground changed twice due to sponsorship agreements, the first time it was changed from the original name, '''Thunderdome Stadium''', to '''Yamaha Stadium''' following the sponsorship in 2010.In 2012, The stadium was changed its alias to '''SCG Stadium''' following the club title sponsor of SCG. However, the stadium is still referred as its official name of Thunderdome Stadium in AFC competitions. In 2020, SCG decided not to renew the contract with the club as the last contract was due to expire in November 2020, ended 8 years as a main sponsor for the club. In 2021–22 season, the club decided to change the stadium back to '''Thunderdome Stadium''' once again for the first time since 2010.
Capacity The stadium used to be able to hold as much as 20,000 spectators but the number reduce after renovation by filling in chairs to make the stadium all seated with the capacity of 15,000 people.Supporter stand
Other events On 25 November 2012, K-pop artists under S.M. Entertainment featuring Kangta, BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, SHINee, f(x) and EXO, performed the world tour SMTown Live World Tour III in Bangkok in the stadium.The stadium hosted Korean Pop Sensation Psy on 28 November 2012.Clash played their final concert here on 30 April 2014, followed by their disbandment.Guns N' Roses played here on 28 February 2017 as part of their Not in This Lifetime... Tour.Fall Out Boy performed in this stadium on 6 December 2023 as part of So Much For (Tour) Dust.
International matches DateTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Competition 8 November 2009    1–1    Friendly 11 August 2010     1–0     Friendly 4 September 2010     1–0    Friendly 7 November 2012     2–0    Friendly 8 October 2017     1–0    Friendly
Attendances The follows are the average and highest attendances of Muangthong United in their domestic league competitions at SCG Stadium. Year Average Highest Competition 2011 10,742 21,370 2011 Thai Premier League 2012 13,427 21,155 2012 Thai Premier League 2013 10,888 14,114	 2013 Thai Premier League 2014 9,522 14,950	 2014 Thai Premier League 2015 9,168 14,980 2015 Thai Premier League 2016 9,777 12,579	 2016 Thai League T1
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External links * Stadium information