11 Things Newcastle Fans Need To Know About Sacramento Republic

3. The Match Is Being Played At Bonney Field Stadium In California... Which Now Holds A Capacity Of 11,442

Newcastle will run out at the Bonney Field Stadium on Saturday night (in the USA)/Sunday morning (in the UK) for the first time in their history. The now 11,442-capacity stadium is located on Exposition Boulevard in Sacramento, California, and was built just last year. Sacramento have played all bar one of their USL matches at the stadium to date, with Bonney Field also hosting two US rugby matches in the past year. The club have sold more than 9,500 season tickets for the 2015 campaign and are looking to expanded the stadium by 2,000-3,000 seats this season after selling out 16 of 17 matches in the 2014 campaign.