Várkert Sportpálya, Football stadium in Kisvárda, Hungary.
Várkert Sportpálya is a football stadium in Kisvárda with a natural grass field and seating for about 2,850 spectators. The facility has a heating system for the pitch that keeps the playing surface in good condition throughout the year.
The stadium was built after Kisvárda FC won promotion to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in 2018. Its first Magyar Kupa match was a 1-1 draw against Ferencváros on 27 February 2018, and its first NB I match was also against Ferencváros, on the fourth matchday of the 2018–19 season. The original budget of 120 million HUF in 2014 grew to 2.5 billion HUF, including 473 million for a heating system linked to the nearby thermal water complex.
Kisvárda FC plays its home matches here, and the club's 2018 promotion to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I prompted the new stadium's construction. The old Várkerti Sportpálya pitch is still used by the club's second team. The record crowd, 3,150 spectators, watched a 0–0 draw against Ferencváros on 11 February 2023.
The stadium sits on an unnamed road that Google Maps labels as such, so navigate by the coordinates rather than a street name. Away fans are placed in the guest sectors, which hold 264 supporters. The pitch is heated and irrigated, and two matrix screens stand in diagonally opposite corners.
The stadium's construction began with a budget of HUF 120 million in 2014, but the final cost reached HUF 2.5 billion, roughly one million for each seat. A further HUF 473 million went on a heat pipe system drawing from the nearby thermal water complex. The record attendance is 3,150, set on 11 February 2023 at Kisvárda FC–Ferencvárosi TC (0–0).
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