Almaty Central Stadium

Almaty Central Stadium

Location	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Coordinates	43°14′17.99″N 76°55′27.66″E / 43.2383306°N 76.9243500°ECoordinates: 43°14′17.99″N 76°55′27.66″E / 43.2383306°N 76.9243500°E
Owner	Municipality of Almaty
Capacity	23,804
Field size	105x68
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1958
Opened	1958
Renovated	1997, 2004, 2011
Tenants
FC Kairat (1957-present) Kazakhstan national football team Kazakhstan national rugby union team 2017 Winter Universiade

Canada national bandy team at the reserve field in 2012

The Almaty Central Stadium (Kazakh: "Алматы орталық стадионы" or "Орталық стадион"; Ortalik Stadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is shared by FC Kairat Almaty. It also serves as the home stadium for the Kazakhstan national football team.

Overview

Almaty Central Stadium was built in 1958. It is a structure, oval in plan, divided into 4 inserts passages podium: the northern, western, southern and eastern. The total capacity of the stands is 23,804 seats. All places of individual seats, mounted on metal parts, provide convenience and form the shape viewer. The minimum height of the back - 38 cm Central stadium's lighting systems equipped (lights) to the possibility of holding events in the evening. Light level of 1400 lux.^[1]

The playing field is natural grass, smooth and even, in good condition. Games on the field can be carried out throughout the national season. The field size is 105 m by 68 m

For vehicles in the stadium there are two entrances - from the street. Satpayev and Abay. For the passage of the audience and engaged - 4 inputs with Abay, streets K. Satpaev, A. Baitursynov.

Since it opened it has been the home stadium of Kairat who first played there on 10 April 1960 Playing against Leningrad "Admiralty", a game which finished 0-0.

Almaty was the host of the 2012 Bandy World Championship. The Reserve rink of Central Stadium^[2] was built for the tournament. The matches in Group B and C was played there, except for the match for 13th place, which was played at the main Medeu arena.^[3][4]

References

1. "AОрталық стадион" (in Kazakh). arzhan.kz. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
2. Стадион «Центральный (запасное поле)», Алма-Ата
3. "Arena Medeo" (in Russian). bandy2012.kz. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
4. "ОРТАЛЫҚ СТАДИОНДА АЗИЯ ЧЕМПИОНАТЫ ӨТУІ МҮМКІН" (in Kazakh). alaman.kz. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

External links

Media related to Almaty Central Stadium at Wikimedia Commons

• Information about the stadium