· Anniversary announcement 24 September 2024
A stadium anniversary, not the club’s founding date
Rangers announced its celebration of Ibrox Stadium’s 125th anniversary on 24 September 2024. The announcement traced the stadium to its opening in 1899 and identified 30 December as the anniversary date.
That distinction is important. This milestone concerned the stadium, not the founding of Rangers. It also did not mean every stand visible today was 125 years old: the building visitors see is the result of successive developments, explored in our stadium history and reconstruction guides.
Heritage carried into the matchday design
The club described an anniversary identity drawing on details from Ibrox and its heritage collection, including a stadium illustration from original official correspondence. It planned to introduce that design on the stadium screens and in the matchday programme at the following Hibernian match.
The September announcement also set out plans for themed museum and stadium tours, limited-edition products and member experiences. Adult MyGers welcome packs were to include a replica of the familiar ‘Welcome to Ibrox’ sign. Those details describe the club’s plans at the time, rather than products or experiences guaranteed to remain available today.
What remains worth exploring
For a visitor now, the enduring subject is the stadium itself: the Main Stand frontage, the changing seating bowl and the way older structures sit alongside later additions. Our dated documentary photographs make those changes easier to examine without presenting a recent image as evidence of an earlier building phase.
The anniversary celebrations belong to 2024. Anyone booking a museum visit or stadium tour today should use Rangers’ current listings, not assume that a themed anniversary event is still running. The Edmiston House and tour guides provide those official booking links.