Gürsel Aksel Stadium
Full name | Gürsel Aksel Spor ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Merkezi |
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Location | Konak, Izmir, Turkey |
Coordinates | 38°23′49″N 27°04′33″E / 38.396821°N 27.075950°E |
Executive suites | 41[6][7] |
Capacity | 20,040 (all-seater)[10][11] |
Record attendance | 17,855[12] (Göztepe–Beşiktaş, 26 January 2020) |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 9 September 2017[2] |
Built | 2017–2019[1] |
Opened | 26 January 2020[3][4] |
Construction cost | 218,900,000.00 ₺[5] |
Architect | DBArchitects[8] |
General contractor | TOKI[9] |
Main contractors | Rönesans Holding[7] |
Tenants | |
Göztepe S.K. |
Gürsel Aksel Sports and Healthy Life Center (Template:Lang-tr), colloquially known as Gürsel Aksel Stadium[1] is an football stadium, located in Üçkuyular, Göztepe neighbourhood of Konak district of Izmir, Turkey. The stadium is the home ground of Izmir-based sports club Göztepe S.K..
The stadium is commemorated after Gürsel Aksel who served entirely to club during his professional career, officially dubbed as "the great captain" by the club.[13]
History
Göztepe S.K. announced their agreement with TOKI, governmental housing agency of Turkey, for constraction of stadium on 22 February 2017.[14] Groundbreaking of stadium was 9 September 2017.[2] Stadium is planned to be built total of 12 thousand m2.[15] Initial projected capacity of stadium was announced as 20,035. In July 2019, projected capacity was increased up to 25,035.[16][17] In 2020, the construction cost of the stadium was reported by Anadolu Agency as 218,900,000.00 ₺.[9]
The first ever season tickets of the stadium were released on 8 November 2019, covering second halve of 2019–20 Süper Lig season.[18]
The stadium was opened on 26 January 2020, Monday, at 16:00 local time, at the week 19 game of 2019–20 Süper Lig season, between Göztepe and Beşiktaş J.K..[3][4] The game ended 2–1 in favour of Göztepe S.K.[19] On 25th minute of the game, Halil Akbunar scored the first goal ever scored in Gürsel Aksel Stadium.[19][20] 17,855 spectators attended the opening game.[12]
Facilities
Final layout of Gürsel Aksel Stadium lies on 34.651 m2 of building area with a total construction presence of 94.541 m2.[1] There is the official sports museum of Göztepe S.K., exhibition halls, food courts and a parking garage located inside and underground of the stadium.[1][7] On the roof of stadium, there is a 650 metres long walking track built.[7]
Transportation
As of 2020 information, stadium is accessible via ESHOT bus services with related connections of bus numbers 5, 6, 7, 24, 25 and 480 from Balçova, Narlıdere districts and Kavacık and Oyunlar Köyü neighbourhoods, bus number 486 from Oyak Sitesi neighbourhood, bus numbers 17, 650, 671, 690 and 873 from surrounding high ways, bus number 510 from Gaziemir district, bus number 202 from Adnan Menderes Airport.[21]
References
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(help) - ^ a b "Türkiye'de ilk! Göztepe'nin yeni stadı..." (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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(help) - ^ Ali Korkmaz (26 January 2020). "Göztepe Evine Döndü" (in Turkish). Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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(help) - ^ http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/tur/gursel_aksel_stadyumu
- ^ a b c d Engin Garip. "Çatısında 650 metre yürüyüş parkuru bulunan Göztepe stadyumu açıldı" (in Turkish). Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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- ^ "Gürsel Aksel Stadyumu" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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(help) - ^ a b "Seyirci Sayıları" (in Turkish). stadyumlar.net. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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(help) - ^ "Koca Kaptan Gürsel Aksel'i Özlemle Anıyoruz" (in Turkish). Göztepe S.K. 12 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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(help) - ^ "Gürsel Aksel Spor ve Sağlıklı Yaşam Merkezi Hakkında" (in Turkish). Göztepe S.K. 22 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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(help) - ^ "Göztepe yeni stadına kavuşuyor: '95 yıldır bekliyorduk'" (in Turkish). Sözcü. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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(help) - ^ "Göztepe Stadı'nın kapasitesi artıyor" (in Turkish). aspor.com.tr. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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(help) - ^ "Göztepe'de yeni stadın kombineleri satışta" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Demirören News Agency. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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(help) - ^ Artagan, Rasim (1 July 2020). "Halil Akbunar: "O golü nasıl atacağımızı konuşmuştuk"" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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(help) - ^ "Göztepe-Beşiktaş maçı nedeniyle ESHOT seferlerine geçici düzenleme" (in Turkish). ESHOT. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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