Ramat Gan Stadium

Ramat Gan Stadium
Former names	The National Stadium (1954-2014)
Location	Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Public transit	at Ben-Gurion; Yarkon Railway Line at Bnei Brak
Owner	Israel Football Association
Capacity	13,370 (permitted seats)
Field size	105 × 68 m (115 × 74 yd)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1950
Opened	1950
Renovated	1984, 1993
Expanded	1982
Construction cost	IL400,000
Architect	Ivor Shaw Friba
Tenants
	Israel national football team (1956–2013) ; Maccabi Tel Aviv (1985-1986, 1987-1995, 1996-2000) ; Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim (2015-present) Major sporting events hosted; 1964 AFC Asian Cup;

Ramat Gan Stadium (

national stadium

of Israel until 2014.

Overview

Completed in 1951 and serving as Israel's largest stadium ever since, the all-seated Ramat Gan Stadium contains 41,583 seats, 13,370 of which are located in the Western Tribune, completed during a major refurbishment in 1982.^[1]

The Ramat Gan Stadium is mixed-use, fit for athletic competitions alongside its more regular usage as a football stadium. It hosts Israeli international football matches, and has hosted the home UEFA Champions League matches of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa in the 2004–05 and 2009–10 seasons, respectively. The pitch dimensions are 105 m × 68 m (115 × 74 yd), with a 10,500 m² (2.6 acres) lawn. The stadium's plot area is 36,000 m² (8.9 acres).

The Ramat Gan Stadium contains six dressing rooms, meeting halls, a conference center, press rooms, a referees' room and medical and drug-test clinics. It is sided by two training fields, large athletes clinic, a café-restaurant, and a 3,900 space open-air

car park. It also houses the headquarters of the Israel Football Association

.

The world-class artificial lighting in the Ramat Gan Stadium provides up to 1,550

2010 Champions League games at the Bloomfield Stadium. Until 2013, the stadium was also the location for opening ceremonies of the Maccabiah Games; since 2013, opening ceremonies have taken place in Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem. With the more modern Sammy Ofer Stadium and Teddy Stadium

replacing the Ramat Gan Stadium as alternative home venues for the Israel National Football Team, as of 2018 the stadium remains largely abandoned as a venue for football games.

According to IFA former president Avi Luzon, there are plans to tear down the Ramat Gan Stadium and rebuild a larger one with expected capacity of 55,000 people. But by the end of 2016 it was not established.

Entertainment

The stadium has hosted musical acts such as

MDNA Tour

at the stadium, playing in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 33,000 people.

Gallery

References

^ "IFA website".

External links

Media related to Ramat Gan Stadium at Wikimedia Commons

Stadium pictures at Stadiumguide.com

Preceded by Dongdaemun Stadium Seoul	AFC Asian Cup Host Venue 1964	Succeeded by Amjadieh Stadium Tehran

32°6′1″N 34°49′27″E / 32.10028°N 34.82417°E / 32.10028; 34.82417

[1] "IFA website".

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