 The club moved away from Filbert Street in 2002 to a new 32,500 all-seater stadium. The stadium was originally named Walkers Stadium in a deal with food manufacturers Walkers, whose brand logo used to be found at various points around the outside of the stadium. The first match the Walkers hosted was a friendly against Athletic Bilbao, the game was drawn 1 – 1 with Tiko of Bilbao being the first scorer at the stadium and Jordan Stewart being the first City player to score, and the first competitive match was a 2 – 0 victory against Watford. The stadium has since hosted an England international against Serbia and Montenegro which finished 2 – 1 to England, as well as internationals between Brazil and Jamaica, and Jamaica and Ghana. More recently the stadium has been used to host the Heineken Cup European Rugby semi finals for the Leicester Tigers rugby club, itself based within a mile of the Walkers Stadium (now King Power Stadium).
