Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)

Dinamo stadium
The converted stadium in August 2018
Earlier names
Minsk Stadium ( Belarusian Менскі стадыён , Menskyi Stadyen ; 1934–1954)
Data
place	ul.Kirova 8/2 Minsk , Belarus
Coordinates	53 ° 53 '42 .3 "  N , 27 ° 33' 35.3"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 53 '42  .3 " N , 27 ° 33' 35.3"  E
opening	1934
Renovations	1939, 1947-1954, 1978-1980, 2012-2018
demolition	December 2012
surface	Natural grass
capacity	22,000 seats
playing area	108 × 70 m
Societies)
FK Dinamo Minsk
Events
1980 Summer Olympics (football) Games of FK Dinamo Minsk Games of the Belarusian national football team European Games 2019

The Dinamo Stadium ( Belarusian Стадыён Дынама Stadyjon Dynama ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Belarusian capital Minsk . After a renovation between 2012 and 2018, the stadium can accommodate over 22,000 spectators.

history

The Dinamo Stadium was built in 1934, then under the name Minsk Stadium ( Belarusian Менскі стадыён ). After being destroyed in the war, it was rebuilt until 1954. The stadium was renovated and expanded for the soccer tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Most recently, the stadium was mainly used by the capital club FK Dinamo Minsk and the Belarusian national football team . In addition, due to the high capacity of the stadium , the team from BATE Baryssau played their home games in the UEFA Champions League at the Dinamo stadium.

Partial demolition and reconstruction

The stadium has been demolished since December 2012. It is to be replaced by a new stadium with around 40,000 seats for 150 million euros. So far, however, neither the appearance nor the financing are clear. The construction was originally supposed to take two years, but the start of construction has not yet been determined. At the end of January 2013, the three winners of the design competition for the new stadium were presented. In addition, the new building is to be equipped with 500 VIP seats and 200 press seats as well as a press room. An underground car park with 300 to 500 car and three to four bus parking spaces is to be built under a grandstand. The equipment should continue to include cafes, restaurants, bars, shops and a fan shop.

In September 2014, apart from a small remainder, the seats in the stadium and the sports facilities were expanded. Furthermore, the additional grandstand on the west side of the stadium has already been demolished. The dismantling of the third of the originally four floodlight masts is almost complete. The stadium building with the scoreboard and Olympic torch is only slightly changed, as are the auxiliary buildings and facilities, some of which are still used by a fitness club, for example. Although it is closed and declared a construction site, the stadium can be entered because there are no barriers between the auxiliary buildings that are still in use and the actual stadium, and the diversion for a closed public footpath leads across the stadium grounds.

In 2017 the renovation is in full swing. The stadium itself will be preserved, will be refurbished and expanded with structures similar to office complexes. A kind of wave on the roof of the stadium makes the height differences flowing. In 2018 the sports facility was reopened. In August 2018, President Aljaksandr Lukashenka announced the construction of a second national stadium in the capital with 40,000 seats. The venue is to be a pure football stadium.

gallery

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  View of the Dinamo Stadium in March 2007

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  Scoreboard

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  Floodlight system

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  inner space

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  entrance

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  New structures on the old Dinamo stadium in September 2017

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  New structures on the old Dinamo stadium in September 2017

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  Same perspective at the end of April 2019

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  In September 2017, the "wave construction" that connects the old and new buildings can already be seen

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  Same perspective at the end of April 2019

Web links

Commons : Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)  - Collection of images

• The internet presence of the main user Dinamo Minsk
• stadiumdb.com: Stadium Dinama (English)
• Photos on football fans , football venue , Soccerway , Stadionwelt and World stage
• Data at FootballFans , Football Temple ( Memento from October 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Soccerway and World Stadiums

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Design of the new national stadium still unclear ; Article on stadionwelt.de from January 29, 2013
2. ↑ Dinamo stadium redesign contest winners chosen . ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. news.belta.by, article from January 30, 2013 (English)  
3. ↑ Belarus: 40,000-seater announced for Minsk. In: stadiumdb.com. sputnik.by / BelTA , August 13, 2018, accessed on January 16, 2019 .