Pride Park Stadium Park Stadium has also hosted events away from sport. It first hosted singer Rod Stewart on 26 June 2005 while touring his "" album. This was followed by Red Hot Chili Peppers, who played at the ground as part of the tour for their "Stadium Arcadium" album on 5 June 2006. Monster Jam came to Pride Park Stadium on 28 & 29 May 2011. Pride Park Stadium Pride Park Stadium, commonly known as Pride Park, is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, that is the home ground of English Football League club Derby County. With a capacity of 33,597,
Pride Park Stadium with the stadium, raising the final initial costs of completing the stadium to £22 million. Work was still in progress on the remaining corner on the opening day, leaving Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to jokingly ask Taylor Woodrow contract manager Ross Walters, "Haven't you been paid yet?" An overture to the opening ceremony came two weeks later, on 4 August 1997, with the first ever game at Pride Park Stadium being played against Italian side Sampdoria, the match ending in a 1–0 defeat with Vincenzo Montella scoring the only goal of the game. The attendance of 29,041 was the