Donbas Arena
Football stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Donbas Arena (Ukrainian: Донбас Арена [donˈbɑs ɐˈrɛnɐ]) is a stadium with a natural grass pitch in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, that opened on 29 August 2009. The facility is located in the center of the city, in the Lenin Comsomol park. With a capacity of 52,187 spectators, the stadium used to host Shakhtar Donetsk matches and also hosted some matches of Euro 2012. The final cost of construction for Donbas Arena was $400M.[2][3] The stadium has been unused and closed to the public since May 2014, due to the war in Donbas.
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Location | Donetsk, Ukraine |
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Coordinates | 48°1′15″N 37°48′35″E |
Owner | Shakhtar Donetsk |
Operator | Donbas Arena |
Capacity | 52,187 |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | June 27, 2006 |
Opened | 29 August 2009; 14 years ago (2009-08-29) |
Closed | 2014 (due to war in Donbas) |
Construction cost | ₴ 545 million |
Architect | Arup Sports[1] |
General contractor | ENKA |
Tenants | |
Shakhtar Donetsk (2009–2014) |
The name of the stadium represents the simplified and shortened name of the Donets Basin—huge industrial region of Donbas, hence—Donbas (Ukrainian: Донецький басейн or Донбас).