Pierre Cornelisstadion, Football stadium in Aalst, Belgium
Pierre Cornelisstadion is a football ground on Bredestraat in Aalst, next to the Heilig Hartkerk. It was Eendracht Aalst's home from 1928 to 2024 and held 7,500 places at its largest, 4,000 standing and 3,500 seated, later reduced to 4,500. Since 2024 it has hosted Koninklijke Eendracht Aalst Lede.
Eendracht Aalst played at the "Puiteput" on the present Sinte-Annalaan before moving to the Bredestraat in 1928. The ground was renamed in 1945, after Pierre Cornelis died following fifteen years as club president. He was shot at home by three masked men in the night of 15 to 16 May during the postwar repression, and the murderers were later convicted.
The stadium is next to the Heilig Hartkerk and was Eendracht Aalst's home from 1928 to 2024. In the 1980s and 1990s it sometimes sold out, with a peak of 12,000 supporters. Since 2024 it has hosted Koninklijke Eendracht Aalst Lede.
The ground sits on the Bredestraat, beside the Heilig Hartkerk. Capacity was cut from 7,500 places (4,000 standing, 3,500 seated) to 4,500, so standing places dominate. Since 2024 Koninklijke Eendracht Aalst Lede plays here, after Eendracht Aalst was removed by the city council.
Pierre Cornelis was shot dead at home by three masked men in the night of 15 to 16 May 1945, at the instigation of the resistance movement Onafhankelijkheidsfront; no serious charges against him could later be substantiated, and the killers were convicted. A year after his death the Boudewijnkaai was renamed Pierre Corneliskaai.
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