Stadionul Republicii, Sports stadium in Bucharest, Romania.
Stadionul Republicii was a multi-use stadium on Spirii Hill in Bucharest, inaugurated on 9 May 1926 as Stadionul ONEF. Architect Horia Creangă modified it between 1933 and 1939, giving it Romania's first pitch with a drainage system. Rebuilt after a wartime fire, it reopened on 3 September 1948 with a capacity of over 40,000. It was demolished in the 1980s; the Palace of the Parliament garage now occupies the site.
Stadionul Republicii opened on 9 May 1926 as Stadionul ONEF with a rugby match between Romania and the French army, which the visitors won 35-3. Architect Horia Creangă remodelled it between 1933 and 1939, giving Romania its first stadium with a drained grass pitch. After a wartime fire it reopened on 3 September 1948 under its new name. It was demolished in the 1980s to clear Spirii Hill for the Palace of the Parliament.
The stadium's name changed with the regime: opened in 1926 as Stadionul ONEF, after the fire it reopened on 3 September 1948 as Stadionul Republicii. It also hosted non-sporting gatherings, including the first communist rally convened by the Romanian Communist Party in September 1944, when thousands demanded the resignation of General Sănătescu's government.
The stadium no longer exists: it stood on Spirii Hill, where the Palace of the Parliament now rises, and its site is occupied by the Chamber of Deputies' underground garage. Nothing of the stands or pitch remains to visit, so the location is reached as part of a walk around the palace esplanade.
The stadium was demolished in the 1980s because it stood too close to the Casa Poporului; Ceaușescu planned a heliport on the site. The heliport was never finished, and the underground garage of the Chamber of Deputies now occupies the spot.
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