Динамо, Sports stadium in Omsk, Russia

Dinamo Stadium in Omsk is the city's oldest stadium, located in the centre on the bank of the Irtysh. It has a single main stand with plastic seats, an artificial grass pitch with under-soil heating, a velodrome and a running track.

The site was an abandoned peasant market square until 1921, when it was handed to Vsevobuch training and a 500-seat stand and changing rooms went up. The stadium opened officially on 6 July 1929 as the VTsSPS stadium; in 1936 the wooden stand was enlarged to 4,000 seats and the ground renamed Central City Stadium. After the war it took the name Dynamo, and in 1959 the stand was rebuilt in reinforced concrete for 5,000 spectators.

The stadium's name comes from Dynamo, the Soviet sports society, after the war. In winter the ice rink hosted speed skating on what was described as the best ice track beyond the Urals, and Omsk residents came in the evenings for public skating sessions. The stadium also hosted city football competitions such as Kozhany Myach and Zolotaya Osen.

The stadium stands in the city centre on the bank of the Irtysh. The single main stand was rebuilt in 2004 with plastic seats replacing the old wooden benches, and the cycle track and running track were modernised at the same time. The central pitch has artificial turf with heating, so it can be used all year round.

The stadium's 2004 reconstruction cost about $1.9 million and was financed by Roman Abramovich. It installed Omsk's first artificial turf with heating, and the old wooden benches were replaced with plastic seats.