The club plays at Broadhall Way, previously home to Stevenage Town and Stevenage Athletic. Following the bankruptcy of the town's former club, the stadium was not used for three years.[1] The newly formed Stevenage Borough had planned on playing Hitchin Town Youth at Broadhall Way in November 1976 as a "curtain-raiser" for the new venture.[3] Volunteers prepared the pitch in anticipation, but their plans were scuppered when the ex-chairman of Stevenage Athletic — and stadium lease-holder — desecrated the playing surface at Broadhall Way by digging a trench across the full length of the pitch.[3] The club eventually moved into Broadhall Way in 1980 as a result of the council re-purchasing the stadium, and allowed the football club to become its tenant.[4][5][6] Following Stevenage's successful 1995–96 Conference campaign, the Hertfordshire side were denied promotion to the Football League because of insufficient ground capacity and facilities.[1] Consequently, in the early 2000s, the ground was upgraded, with a new £600,000 stand opening,[1] and work on a £5million training facility was announced for nearby Shephalbury Park — which subsequently opened in Autumn 2002.[6] In June 2011, the club secured a 40-acre former sports ground in Bragbury End[7] — with the intention of developing the site into a new training complex.[7] Work began on the development in the summer of 2011,[7] and the staff began to use the complex towards the latter stages of the 2012–13 season.
In January 2009, Stevenage announced that they had signed a seven-figure sponsorship deal with the Lamex Food Group, resulting in the renaming of Broadhall Way to the Lamex Stadium.[6] As a result of the club securing promotion as league champions during the club's 2009–10 campaign, Broadhall Way hosted League football for the first time during the 2010–11 season.[8] The stadium has a capacity of 6,722 people, including 3,142 seats.[9] The capacity was reduced from 7,100 following the club's promotion to the Football League.[10] Structure and facilities[edit] The ground's pitch includes four stands – the East Terrace, the North Stand, the West Stand, and South Stand.[6] The West Stand is all-seated and covered, and covers the length of the pitch, although it has open corners to either side of the stand. At the back of the stand there are a number of glass-fronted areas to various club offices and executive boxes.[1] The club shop is situated next to the West Stand, opposite to the club's official car-park.[11] Opposite to the West Stand is the East Terrace, which is a covered terrace for home supporters. The terrace has a gable with a clock sitting on its roof above the half-way line,[1] as well as holding a television gantry on its roof.[4] The North Terrace was situated behind the goal at the north end of the ground and was just seven steps deep.[1] Three-quarters of the terrace was covered, whilst one-quarter was open and without cover.[4] The stand held a capacity of 700 people,[12] and offered facilities for disabled fans.[1] In January 2013, the club announced they were due to present plans to replace the existing North Terrace with a new £1.2 million 1,700 seat stand,[13] although these did not materialise due to "numerous obstacles put in the way".[14] In July 2017, the club asked fans to contribute towards a mini-bond investment scheme, through sports investment platform Tifosy, in an attempt to fund the remaining £500,000 needed to go towards developing the new North Stand.[14] The club stated its desire to open the new stand for the start of the 2018–19 season if the bond scheme was successful.[15] Five weeks after the campaign started, the £500,000 target was met after investment from over 200 fans.[16] A further £100,000 was raised in the following days, meaning a total of £600,000 would be invested in the new North Stand development.[17] The North Terrace was demolished in January 2018.[18] Work on the new North Stand was halted in June 2018 when UK Power Networks refused the club permission to construct a stand around the existing substation.[19] Work restarted in February 2019 when the new substation was installed.[20] The 1,428 all-seater stand was officially opened in December 2019.[20][21] Opposite the North Stand is the South Stand, which is a single tiered, all-seated covered stand. The stand was built in 2001, costing £600,000.[4] The South Stand is reserved for away supporters and can hold a capacity of 1,400.[6] The stand also has an electronic scoreboard in the centre of the roof, which was installed in 2001, making it visible to home supporters.[1] The scoreboard was replaced in October 2011.[22] Behind the stand is the supporters' club.[6] A new set of floodlights were installed before the start of the club's 2007–08 campaign.[2]