New I-Mobile Stadium

I-Mobile Stadium
Buriram Stadium, Thunder Castle Stadium
Full name New I-Mobile Stadium
Location Buriram,
Buriram, Buriram, Thailand
Owner Newin Chidchob
Operator Buriram United F.C.
Capacity 24,000 seating initially
32,600 seating since 2014[1]
Surface Grass
Construction
Broke ground October 4, 2010
Opened June 4, 2011
Expanded Q4/2013
Construction cost USD12–17 million
Tenants
Buriram United

i-mobile Stadium is a 32,600 seat football stadium in Buriram, Thailand.[2] The stadium is the home of Thailand's 2011 and 2013 treble champions, Buriram United. The i-mobile Stadium is the largest club-owned football stadium in Thailand. Its nickname is "Thunder Castle", the fifth castle of Buriram Province.

History

The NEW I-Mobile Stadium is in the Mueang Buriram District. The 150-acre site has a capacity of 32,600 people with parking for 500 cars and 1,000 motorcycles. The pitch is floodlit; allowing for night matches.

The stadium houses locker rooms for home and visiting teams, provides modern medical facilities and live television and radio broadcasting infrastructure.

Football International Matches

Date Team #1 Score Team #2 Match
14 July 2011  Thailand 1 – 0  Myanmar Friendly
23 July 2011  Thailand 1 – 0  Palestine 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

References

  1. "buri-ram-scores-in-sports-tourism". ttrweekly. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. "ไอ-โมบาย สเตเดียม I-mobile Stadium" (in Thai). chillpainai. Retrieved 11 August 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 18 (help)

Coordinates: 14°57′57″N 103°05′40″E / 14.965952°N 103.094555°E / 14.965952; 103.094555


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