[4] Seaview was opened in 1921 as the home venue of Crusaders Football Club and is located on the Shore Road, approximately one mile north of Belfast city centre.

[5] In addition to hosting Crusaders, the ground is the traditional venue for the Christmas Day final of the Steel & Sons Cup, an intermediate competition organised by the County Antrim & District F.A.

The main entrance to the ground floor is on St Vincent Street and leads directly into the club members' bar, which has a big-screen TV and fruit machines.

The first floor is largely made up of the main club function room, which has two bars, a dance-floor and big-screen TV and also serves meals on matchdays.

[7] The main stand is situated on the opposite side of the ground from the club offices and is a single-tier structure, covering half the length of the field, straddling the halfway line.

This looked like the beginning of a plan to lay the entire stand out in the same style spelling out the word "Crues", but financial problems stalled the redevelopment with the completed section restyled as a family enclosure.

The small uncovered terrace was laid to steps in the early 1950s but The need for development was highlighted in the mid-2000s when the perimeter exterior wall partially collapsed in a storm.