Darlington Football Club decided to relocate from their old home at Feethams by constructing a bespoke new all seater stadium on the outskirts of the town just off the A66.

Hall Construction Services Limited won the contract for the design and construction of a 25,000 seater single tier bowl stadium with restaurants, health club, computer study centre, corporate boxes, penthouse suite, associated car parking and alterations to the local infrastructure road network. The project also included the construction of a new pitch which has provision for undersoil heating.

The contract included the diversion of one 1,200mm diameter and one 900mm diameter high pressure mains supplying water to the whole industrial area nearby Teesside.