Lahti stadium

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Lahti stadium
The Lahti Stadium
The Lahti Stadium
Data
place FinlandFinland Lahti , Finland
Coordinates 60 ° 58 '59 "  N , 25 ° 38' 3"  E Coordinates: 60 ° 58 '59 "  N , 25 ° 38' 3"  E
owner City of Lahti
opening 1981
Renovations 2003
surface Natural grass
capacity 14,465 seats
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Events

The Lahti Stadium ( Finnish Lahden Stadium ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Finnish city ​​of Lahti . It is mainly used as a venue for FC Lahti .

history

The stadium, built in 1981 and renovated in 2003, is part of the Lahti Sports Center ( Lahden Urheilukeskus ). The stadium has space for 14,465 spectators. 7,465 of these are seated and 7,000 are standing.

From July 28th to August 8th, 2009 the XVIII. Senior Athletics World Championships took place in which around 5,300 senior athletes took part. It was also one of the five venues for the 2009 European Women's Soccer Championship . Three preliminary round and one quarter-final match were played in the stadium.

In winter, the stadium regularly hosts world cups in cross-country skiing , biathlon and Nordic combined . In the years 1989 , 2001 and 2017 have been here Nordic World Ski Championships take place. In 1981 , 1991 and 2000 the Biathlon World Championships took place in the stadium . In addition, right next to the arena is the most famous Finnish ski jumping facility, the Salpausselkä ski jump , where ski jumping world cups take place every winter .

gallery

  • Lahti stadium main stand

  • View into the stadium

  • View from the ski jump to the Lahti stadium

  • The stadium during the Lahti Ski Games 2010

Web links

Commons : Stadion Lahti  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Lahden Stadion (English)