The Stadium's highest attendance to date was 24,134 for the Premiership game with Manchester United on 19th January 2008.

The first game staged here was a 3-0 victory against Luton Town on 22nd August 1998, played in front of 18,108 supporters.

The Stadium houses 28 Executive Suites, all with excellent views overlooking the pitch.

Reading FC Chairman John Madejski earned his fortune by founding the hugely successful Auto Trader magazine, and was awarded the OBE in 2000.

The four-star deluxe Millennium Madejski Hotel is operated by the Millennium Copthorne group.

The metallic posts topped with cylindrical discs surrounding the stadium are methane gas vents, built to accommodate the underground build-up of gases - the stadium was built on the site of a household waste dump!

There are long-term plans to build a rail link from the town centre to nearby business centre Green Park.

The pitch incorporates a complicated system of synthetic fibres interwoven with the natural grass - the renowned 'Desso' system, installed at a substantial cost.

The Royal Berkshire Conference Centre boasts one room with a capacity of 700, and four accommodating 100.

The Stadium's East Stand houses the Jazz Café, a fashionable live music venue.

Radio station Reading 107 are also housed in the East Stand.