Kirov Stadium

Kirov Stadium
The Kirov Stadium 2005
Data
place	Saint Petersburg , Russia
Coordinates	59 ° 58 '24 "  N , 30 ° 13' 15"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 58 '24 "  N , 30 ° 13' 15"  E
start of building	1932
opening	1950
Renovations	1980
demolition	2006
surface	Natural grass
architect	Alexander Nikolski
capacity	72,000 seats
playing area	105 × 68 m
Societies)
Zenit St. Petersburg (1950–1992) FK Dynamo Saint Petersburg
Events
Zenit St. Petersburg Games (1950–1992) FK Dynamo Saint Petersburg matches Olympic football tournament 1980 Goodwill Games 1994

The Kirov Stadium ( Russian Стадион имени Кирова ) was a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Russian city ​​of Saint Petersburg . The sports facility designed by Alexander Nikolski had 72,000 spectators before it was demolished.

history

The after Sergey Kirov named stadium on the island Krestowski (also known as Cross Island) was built between 1932 and 1950, which long construction period can be attributed to the Second World War with the 900-day siege traced. From 1950 to 1992 the stadium served as the home ground for Zenit St. Petersburg .

The stadium was renovated for the soccer tournament of the 1980 Summer Olympics and the quarter-final match between CSSR and Cuba (3-0) took place.

The venerable Kirov Stadium was in 1994 the scene of the Goodwill Games . It was later used by the second division team FK Dynamo Saint Petersburg as their home stadium. This made it the largest second division stadium in Europe. The demolition of the stadium began in 2006 in order to build the Gazprom Arena for the 2018 World Cup in its place .

gallery

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  The Kirov 2003

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  Snowy Kirov Stadium (2006)

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  The beginning of the dismantling of the stadium (2006)

Web links

Commons : Kirov Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• stadionwelt.de: picture gallery

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sptimes.ru: Zenit Plays First Match At Condemned Kirov Stadium ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article dated July 7, 2006