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Tynecastle Stadium is a football stadium situated in Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium currently plays host to the home matches of Scottish Premier League team Heart of Midlothian. The all-seater stadium is affectionately nicknamed Tynie by Hearts fans and is derided as The Pink Bus Shelter by fans of Edinburgh rivals Hibs.

Tynecastle currently has a seating capacity of 17,420, which makes it the eighth largest in Scotland behind Murrayfield, Celtic Park, Ibrox, Hampden, Pittodrie, Rugby Park and Easter Road.

Hearts submitted a planning application in February 2008 to replace the ageing main stand, which was designed by Archibald Leitch. The proposals include a 10,000 seat stand and a hotel, office space, restaurants and bars. The capacity of the stadium would be increased to 23,000, which would make it the fifth largest stadium in Scotland.

Hearts moved to the then peripheral Gorgie area from central Edinburgh in 1881, to a ground named Tynecastle Park. This pitch stood on the site of the present-day Wardlaw Street and Wardlaw Terrace. Five years later, with the city continuing to expand, tenements replaced the old ground and Hearts moved to a ‘New Tynecastle’, the present

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