Beroe Stadium
Encyclopedia
Beroe Stadium (also nicknamed The Temple) is a multi-purpose stadium
in Stara Zagora
, Bulgaria
. It is located in the north-western part of the city, near the park
Ayazmoto. Currently, the venue is used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football club Beroe Stara Zagora. The stadium has a seating capacity of 17,800 spectators and it was officially inaugurated on April 4, 1959.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. It is located in the north-western part of the city, near the park
Park
A park is a protected area, in its natural or semi-natural state, or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of rocks, soil, water, flora and fauna and grass areas. Many parks are legally protected by...
Ayazmoto. Currently, the venue is used for football matches and is the home ground of the local football club Beroe Stara Zagora. The stadium has a seating capacity of 17,800 spectators and it was officially inaugurated on April 4, 1959.
- The stadium is a part of a big multifunctional complex, which includes three football training grounds, gymnastic, acrobatic and boxing halls, two tennis facilities, one table-tennis hall and one futsalFutsalFutsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
hall.
- Like the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in SlivenSlivenSliven is the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality. It is a relatively large town with 89,848 inhabitants, as of February 2011....
, the athletic lane of the stadium also meets all of the IAAF requirements to host international competitions. - In October 2011, a new floodlight system and a new scoreboard were introduced to the stadium.