City Ground in Nottingham, home of Nottingham Forest.
Nottingham · Nottingham Forest

City Ground

Capacity30,445
Opened1898
SurfaceGrass
TenantNottingham Forest

The City Ground has been Nottingham Forest’s home since 1898. It sits beside the River Trent in West Bridgford, almost opposite Trent Bridge cricket ground, giving the area one of the densest sport-and-events footprints outside the biggest UK cities.

What happens here

  • Nottingham Forest Premier League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup home matches.
  • Selected Nottingham Forest Women and academy fixtures.
  • Corporate hospitality, conferences and private events on non-matchdays.

Who runs hospitality and catering

Forest and its venue partners recruit the matchday workforce across concourses, hospitality lounges, retail, stewarding and cleaning. Contracts can change as the club develops the ground, so current roles are best checked through Nottingham Forest careers and the major stadium-operator portals.

What’s it like to work here

The City Ground is compact by Premier League standards, but demand is intense: Forest’s return to top-flight football turned the ground back into a consistently sold-out venue. The Trent-side location also means staff can often combine football shifts with nearby event work around Trent Bridge and central Nottingham.

The club has long-term ambitions to expand and modernise the stadium, which would likely add more premium hospitality and event-day service roles over time.

Other operators

Event security, cleaning and traffic-management roles may be listed by specialist contractors around high-demand fixtures.