Kisstadion
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| Location | Budapest, Hungary |
| Coordinates | 47°30′17.09″N 19°5′40.43″E / 47.5047472°N 19.0945639°ECoordinates: 47°30′17.09″N 19°5′40.43″E / 47.5047472°N 19.0945639°E |
| Broke ground | 1959 |
| Opened | 1961 |
| Renovated | 1988 |
| Construction cost | 22 million HUF[1] |
| Capacity | 14,000 (ice hockey)[2] 16,800 (concerts)[2] |
Kisstadion is an outdoor stadium in Budapest, Hungary, which is primarily used for ice hockey, but thanks to its field dimensions, it is usable for any other sports except for association football.[3]
[edit] History
The arena was opened in 1961 and was home of a number of national and international sport events, such as the 1963 European Figure Skating Championships, which was the last outdoor championship, the 1964 Women's European Basketball Championship, but also hosted Davis Cup matches and other shows and concerts.[1][2]
Next to the stadium stand the office buildings, in which resided the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation, the Hungarian Bandy Federation and the Hungarian Field Hockey Federation.[1][2]
In 1988 new floodlights were set up, thus making the arena available for TV coverage. In the stadium are also seven TV- and radio reporter rooms and journalist boxes.[1][2]
One of the biggest shortcomings of the stadium is that it is not covered, therefore its season is limited from October to March and it is also more exposed to weather effects. During the years, there have been many plans to solve this problem, but it failed again and again, mostly for financial reasons. In addition, unlike other arenas, the Kisstadion has a particularly wide span (90 metres), which makes to find the statically appropriate solution more complicated and more expensive.[1][2]
In 2009 it was planned, that the arena would be demolished and a brand new ice rink would be set up, but the ice hockey federation could not realize this goal.[2] Most recently in November 2010, Attila Czene, head of Ministry of Resources have announced that a complete reconstruction is imminent and the stadium will get finally a roof.[4]
[edit] Selected events
- 1962 World Weightlifting Championships
- 1963 European Figure Skating Championships
- 1964 Women's European Basketball Championship
- Holiday on Ice show
- Harlem Globetrotters show
- Iron Maiden concert
- Sting concert
- Joan Baez concert
- Deep Purple concert
- Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert
- Black Sabbath concert
- Joe Cocker concert
- Hungarian Ice Hockey Winter Classics
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Kisstadion" (in Hungarian). kulturinfo.hu. http://www.kulturinfo.hu/helyszin.gcw?id=3999. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "A Kisstadion és a Millenáris sportpálya története" (in Hungarian). hockey-monkey.com. http://hockeymonkey.hu/hirek/archivum/168-kisstadion-millenaris-sportpalya-tortenete.html. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Kisstadion" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sportszövetség. http://www.mnsk.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=54. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Fedelet kap a Kisstadion" (in Hungarian). Heti Világgazdaság. 5 November 2010. http://hvg.hu/sport/20101105_kisstadion_rekonstrukcio. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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