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 Webb and John Kirkland each paid £2.5 million towards a package deal to pay for the stadium. The stadium itself was based upon Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium, which opened in 1995, though it had more than 30 amendments to the original plans. After toying with the idea of naming the new ground "The New Baseball Ground", it was settled that the club's new home would be called The Pride Park Stadium. Engaging the same architects as Middlesbrough (The Miller Partnership) Derby's plans predominantly followed those of the Riverside Stadium, with the first stage being a detached main stand facing a horseshoe