Metalist Stadium, Football stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Metalist Stadium is a football venue in Kharkiv with four stands and modern roof structure designed to shelter spectators. The facility can hold over 40,000 people and provides adequate infrastructure for major sporting events.
Construction began in 1925 by order of Anastas Mikoyan on the site of the former Holy Spirit cemetery, and the stadium opened on 12 September 1926 as Traktor, built by workers of the Kharkiv Lokomotive Factory. It was renamed Dzerzhynets before World War II and took the name Metalist in 1967. Four renovations followed, the last completed for Euro 2012 and inaugurated on 5 December 2009.
The stadium's name, Metalist, comes from the Kharkiv League of Steel Workers (metalists) who built it, and it has carried that name since 1967. Its opening on 12 September 1926 drew 500 futsal athletes and 8,000 spectators, ending with a 2:2 match between Metalist and a Dnipro team.
Metalist Stadium stands at 65 Heorhiia Tarasenka Street in the Slobidskyi District, bordered by Khramova Street to the east and Vlasivskyi Lane to the west. Four exits of the Sportyvna metro station and three of Metrobudivnykiv serve the venue, with a tram stop for routes 5, 8 and 27 beside it. The arena lies 5 km from Kharkiv-Pasazhyrskyi station and 7.5 km from the airport.
The stadium stands on the site of the Holy Spirit cemetery, active from 1772 to 1854 and closed by the Russian Holy Synod at the end of the 19th century. Its opening on 12 September 1926 drew 500 participants and 8,000 spectators, and ended with a 2:2 draw between Metalist and a Dnipropetrovsk select team.
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