After 16 months of playing behind closed doors and in front of limited capacity crowds, on Wednesday night we will welcome home a full ground of spectators when we host Wigan Warriors in front of our largest crowd since March 2020.

Here is a look back at the top five Super League attendances at The Halliwell Jones Stadium over the years.

#1 Warrington 28-10 Widnes, March 25^th2016. Attendance 15,008.

Good Friday 2016 saw Warrington welcome local rivals Widnes Vikings as part of the traditional Easter fixtures. A sell-out 15,008 spectators packed into the HJ making it the highest attendance seen at the stadium.

Both sides had started the opening six rounds well with the winner taking the outright lead in the Super League standings.

The visitors got off to a strong start with Tom Gilmore and Rhys Hanbury both crossing to put the Vikings into a 10-0 lead after the opening quarter.

Chris Sandow and an acrobatic score from Tom Lineham levelled the scores at the interval.

Wire were too strong in the second half as Kurt Gidley, Ryan Atkins and Ben Currie all crossed in the 28-10 victory to put Tony Smith’s side top of the league and stretch the unbeaten start to seven matches.

Halliwell Jones Stadium: Top 5 attendances