Tampere Stadium
| Ratina Stadium | |
 | |
| Full name | Tampere Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Ratina, Tampere, Finland |
| Coordinates | 61°29′33″N 023°45′51″E / 61.49250°N 23.76417°ECoordinates: 61°29′33″N 023°45′51″E / 61.49250°N 23.76417°E |
| Owner | City of Tampere |
| Operator | City of Tampere |
| Capacity | 16,800 (allseater) |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Renovated | 2004 |
| Architect | Timo Penttilä |
| Tenants | |
| FC Ilves, Finnish national team | |
Tampere Stadium[1] (Finnish: Tampereen stadion),[2] also known as Ratina Stadium (Finnish: Ratinan stadion), designed by architect Timo Penttilä and completed in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 16,800 people, and up to 32,000 people for concerts. The stadium is set to host the IAAF World Junior Championships in 2018.
Football
The stadium primarily hosts football matches. It served as Tampere United's home stadium and it will be the home stadium for Finnish national team between 2016 and 2018 due to the renovation of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The stadium was also formerly used by Ilves, which holds the record attendances for football matches in both European and domestic competitions: 24,873 against Juventus on 19 September 1984 in the European Cup and 15,000 against Kokkolan Palloveikot on 9 October 1983 in the Finnish League.
Music
Eppu Normaali performed at stadium on 14 August 2004 and on their 40-year anniversary performance on 6 August 2016.
Toto performed at stadium on 18 August 2007.
Iron Maiden performed at the stadium during their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour on 19 July 2008.
Bruce Springsteen performed at the stadium during his Working on a Dream Tour on 2 June 2009 in front of a sold out crowd of 31,402 people.
Bryan Adams performed at the stadium on 26 May 2010.
AC/DC performed at the stadium during their Black Ice World Tour on 1 June 2010.
Red Hot Chili Peppers performed at the stadium during their I'm With You World Tour on 1 August 2012.
Bon Jovi performed at the stadium during their Because We Can World Tour on 26 May 2013.
Nightwish performed at the stadium during their Endless Forms Most Beautiful tour on 31 July 2015.
Speedway
Tampere Stadium is also used as a venue for Motorcycle speedway. It was first used for international competition in 1974 as the host of the Nordic Final as part of the qualifying for the Speedway World Championship. The Nordic Final was also held in Tampere in 1977 and 1989. The stadium also hosted the Finland National Championship on occasions.
The stadium played host to the 1995 World Under-21 Championship Final won by Australia's Jason Crump, and in 2014 the stadium hosted the inaugural Speedway Grand Prix of Finland won by Slovenian rider Matej Zagar.
Tampere is set to host the Finnish Grand Prix as Round 2 of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix series. The speedway track is laid out over the stadiums 400 metres (440 yards) athletics track.
References
- ↑ "Tampere Stadium". Tampere: City of Tampere. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ "Tampereen stadion" [Tampere Stadium] (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
External links
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Media related to Tampere Stadium at Wikimedia Commons - City of Tampere – Tampere Stadium