Stadion Eden (1953)
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Full name | Stadion Eden Dr.Václava Vacka Slavia Prague (1953-1989, 1990s-2000) |
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Stadion Eden, officially named Stadion Dr. Václava Vacka,
History
In the early 1950s, Slavia was forced to leave its
In the 1970s, it became apparent that the stadium did not provide sufficient comfort for the visitors and planning started to build a new stadium at the same site. However, under the communist regime, the planning went quite slowly. Several projects were made, and construction was finally due to start in 1990. In 1989, Slavia moved temporarily to nearby
In the early 1990s, the whole construction was cancelled and Slavia moved back to Eden. A temporary stand was built in the place of the former eastern stand, but it was clear that Eden was outdated and Slavia needed a new home ground. Several more projects were proposed, but Slavia was unable to raise sufficient funds and there were some legal problems, as the premises were owned by the government and it took a lot of effort to transfer them to Slavia. In 2000, the stadium was ineligible to host Czech league matches, so Slavia moved to the unpopular Strahov again.
New stadium
In December 2003, the old and abandoned Eden stadium was torn down. 2006 saw the beginning of construction of a new stadium, which opened in May 2008 as the