Amur Stadium, Multi-purpose stadium in Blagoveshchensk, Russia

Amur Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium at 160 Lenina Street in the western part of Blagoveshchensk. Its concrete stands hold about 13,500 spectators after plastic seats replaced the earlier benches, and an athletics track surrounds the field, which lets the venue host top-level track-and-field competitions.

Amur Stadium was built in 1974, not 1960, and hosted home matches of the Blagoveshchensk clubs Amur and Amur-2010. A reconstruction finished in 2009, after which the venue could stage top-level athletics competitions and also hosts Russian Higher League ice speedway events. Installing plastic seats cut capacity from 18,000 to 13,500.

The venue serves as a gathering place where locals come to watch football matches and track events that matter to their community. People here express their connection to sports through cheering for regional teams.

The stadium stands at ulitsa Lenina 160, in the western part of Blagoveshchensk. The athletics track installed in the 2009 reconstruction lets the venue host top-level track and field competitions, and ice speedway meetings are also held here. Plastic seating now provides 13,500 places.

After the 2009 reconstruction the stadium can host top-level athletics competitions, and it also stages Russian Higher League ice speedway meetings. Plastic seating installed during that work cut capacity from 18,000 to 13,500.