Ratina Stadium

Ratina Stadium
Main stand of the Ratina Stadium
Data
place	Tampere , Finland
Coordinates	61 ° 29 '33 "  N , 23 ° 45' 51"  E Coordinates: 61 ° 29 '33 "  N , 23 ° 45' 51"  E
owner	City of Tampere
opening	1965
Renovations	2004
surface	Natural grass
capacity	17,000 seats
Societies)
Tampere United ( Kakkonen )
Events
European Women's Football Championship 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships 2013 Concerts

The Ratina Stadium ( Finnish Ratinan Stadium ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Finnish city ​​of Tampere . It is the home ground of the Tampere United football club . Since the renovation, the capacity is 17,000 seats, all of which are seats.

history

The arena was built in 1965 for the Finnish athletics championship and was last renovated in 2004. The highest number of spectators was reached in 1984 when 24,000 spectators saw the European Cup match between Ilves Tampere and Juventus Turin .

The Ratina Stadium was one of the five venues for the 2009 European Women's Football Championship . Four preliminary round, a quarter-final and a semi-final were played here.

In addition to football, the stadium is used for concerts . In 2007 the band Toto played in the stadium, in 2008 Iron Maiden and in 2009 Bruce Springsteen . In 2019 the stadium was sold out at two concerts by the band Rammstein .

Web links

Commons : Tampere Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• tampere.fi: Profile on the homepage of the City of Tampere (Finnish)
• stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
• groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2009