A new study reveals which stadiums in the Scottish Premiership have the highest ratings, with Celtic’s Celtic Park at the top.
Sports betting comparison site, Compare.bet, analysed the Google reviews of each stadium in the Scottish Premiership.
They collected each stadium’s average star rating, total number of reviews and percentage of reviews that contained a positive keyword, such as ‘amazing’, ‘fantastic’ and ‘superb’.
The ranking is based on the percentage of five-star reviews each stadium received out of the total number of reviews.
The best-rated stadiums in the Scottish Premiership
Rank | Stadium | Team | Google star rating | Percentage of five-star reviews |
1. | Celtic Park | Celtic | 4.7 | 88% |
2. | Ibrox Stadium | Rangers | 4.7 | 86% |
3. | Tynecastle Park | Heart of Midlothian | 4.4 | 74% |
4. | Easter Road | Hibernian | 4.3 | 70% |
5. | Pittodrie Stadium | Aberdeen | 4.2 | 63% |
6. | Tannadice Park | Dundee United | 4.1 | 62% |
7.(=) | Fir Park | Motherwell | 4.1 | 55% |
7.(=) | McDiarmid Park | St Johnstone | 4.2 | 55% |
8. | Dens Park | Dundee | 3.7 | 50% |
Home to Celtic, Celtic Park takes the crown as the best-rated stadium in the Scottish Premiership, with a Google star rating of 4.7 from 14,215 reviews in total.
An impressive 88% of the stadium’s reviews are five stars and 34% of reviews contain at least one positive keyword.
In second place is Rangers’ Ibrox Stadium, with a 4.7 star rating out of 12,938 reviews in total.
Of this, 86% of the reviews are five stars and 29% include at least one positive keyword.
Heart of Midlothian’s Tynecastle Park is the third best-rated stadium in the Scottish Premiership, with an average of 4.4 stars on Google and 2,178 reviews in total.
Of this, 74% of the reviews are five stars and 27% contain at least one complimentary keyword.
Hibernian’s Easter Road ranks fourth, with an average of 4.3 star rating out of 2,101 reviews in total, of which 70% are five star and 15% include positive descriptors.
Aberdeen’s Pittodrie Stadium is fifth on the list, which has a star rating of 4.2 on average and 1,122 reviews in total, with 63% of reviews awarding it five stars and 20% containing complimentary words.
Dundee United’s Tannadice Park is next, with 62% of their Google reviews being five stars.
The stadium has an average rating of 4.1 stars where 11% of its total of 170 reviews include positive keywords.
Motherwell’s Fir Park and St Johnstone’s McDiarmid Park are in joint seventh place, with 55% of each stadium’s reviews being five stars.
Fir Park is rated 4.1 stars on average where 13% of its total 180 reviews contain complimentary descriptors.
McDiarmid Park is rated 4.2 stars on average where 13% of its total 160 reviews express positivity for the stadium.
Completing the ranking is Dundee’s Dens Park, with 50% of the stadium’s reviews being five stars.
The stadium is rated 3.7 stars on average out of a total of 728 reviews, with 8% including positive keywords.
Steven McQuillan, the lead writer for Compare.bet, adds:
“The consistently high average ratings on Google across all Premiership stadiums demonstrate their popularity among dedicated fans and those visiting the venues for the first time.
“Analysing the contents of written reviews, as well as their star ratings, provides a unique insight into the experience, with fans making the effort to praise the stadium and recommend it to others”.