Crown Flatt

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Crown Flatt, currently known as the Autex Acoustics Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a rugby league stadium on Owl Lane in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. It is the home ground of Super League club Huddersfield Giants and the Dewsbury Rams, who play in the Championship, the second tier of Rugby League in England. The ground occupies the site of the former Shaw Cross Colliery, which closed in August 1968. Crown Flatt was also the name of Dewsbury's former stadium at a different site a mile or so away in the town which was Dewsbury's home ground from 1876 until 1991. It was severely damaged by an act of arson in 1988, and was demolished in 1991 to be replaced by a residential estate with the new stadium opening 3 years later in 1994. In 2026, The Giants purchased the site and began a £10m+ regeneration and expansion programme to enable the ground to host Super League matches, The Rams will also share the facilities as non-paying tenants, the refurbished stadium will be multi-branded...

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