House of Football
| House of Football | |
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Будинок футболу | |
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| General information | |
| Address | Laboratornyi provulok, 7a |
| Town or city | Kiev |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°25′48″N 30°31′30″E / 50.43000°N 30.52500°E |
| Groundbreaking | April 15, 2004 |
| Inaugurated | November 30, 2006 |
| Owner | Football Federation of Ukraine |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
House of Football (Template:Lang-uk, Budynok futbolu) is a headquarters of the Football Federation of Ukraine located in Kiev, Ukraine, right next to the Olympiyskiy National Sports Complex.
The construction of the building started back on April 15, 2004. The construction was sponsored by the UEFA program "HatTrick". The opening ceremony of the House of Football on November 30, 2006 attended the former UEFA President Lennart Johansson, President of the Football Federation of Ukraine Hryhoriy Surkis as well as other important officials among which were Leonid Kuchma, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Leonid Kravchuk, Michel Platini. The building has five floors, four conference halls, restaurant, its own television studio and mini publishing, as well as the museum of the Football History of Ukraine.
Right across the street is located Bannikov Stadium, while in a close proximity there are the Light-Athletics Training Complex "Atlet", the Central Military Clinical Hospital of Ministry of Defense,[1] Kiev Fortress, the big factory "RADAR",[2] the Kiev city clinic hospital #17, the National University of Physical Education and Sports.[3]
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House of Football behind the Bannikov Stadium
References
External links
- Григорій СУРКІС: «Ми будуємо «Будинок футболу» (Hryhoriy Surkis, "We are building the House of Football"). www.day.kiev.ua. 08/23/2000. Accessed 09/26/2012
- ЮХАНССОН И СУРКИС ОТКРЫЛИ В КИЕВЕ ДОМ ФУТБОЛА (Johansson and Surkis opened in Kiev the House of Football). www.football.by. 11/30/2006. Accessed 09/26/2012
- У Києві відкривається Будинок футболу (In Kiev is opening the House of Football). ua.korrespondent.net. 11/29/2006. Accessed 09/26/2012
- wikimapia.org