Perak stadium
| Perak stadium | |
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| place |
 Ipoh , Kinta District , Perak , Malaysia
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| owner | Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh |
| operator | Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh |
| start of building | January 1964 |
| Renovations | 1975, 1993 |
| surface | Natural grass , tartan track |
| capacity | 42,500 |
| Capacity (internat.) | 30,000 seats |
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The Perak Stadium ( Malay Stadium Perak ) is a stadium in Ipoh , Kinta District , Perak , Malaysia . It is part of the DBI Sports Complex that is home to other sports fields used by athletes from Perak State such as the Velodrome Rakyat ( cycling ), Indera Mulia Stadium ( indoor arena ), and Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium ( hockey ).
history
Before the stadium was built, the land was used for a prison from 1949 to 1959, which was used as a camp for communists during the Malaysia crisis .
Construction of the stadium began in January 1964 and was completed in June 1965, with a maximum capacity of 10,000 seats. Two more renovations made the stadium bigger - in 1975 (18,000 seats) and 1993 (30,000 seats).
It was last modernized in 1997 to host the U-20 World Cup , which was held in other cities. In 1999 the renovations cost 1,949,000 RM , which the State of Perak paid for. Since then, the capacity has been 42,500. The stadium includes a soccer field and an IAAF -certified synthetic tartan track .
It is the home stadium of the Perak FA .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.prison.gov.my/portal/page/portal/hijau/berita?fac_next_page=htdocs/berita/ViewBerita.jsp?id=21
- ↑ World Stadiums entry on Stadium Perak ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2014 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.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2014 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.
