Haarlem Stadion
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Haarlem Stadion (ˈɦaːrlɛm ˌstaːdiˌjɔn) is a stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Haarlem
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, and the home stadium of the Dutch amateur football team Haarlem Kennemerland
Haarlem Kennemerland
Haarlem Kennemerland is a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 2010 as the result of a fusion between the old HFC Haarlem and amateur Tweede Klasse club HFC Kennemerland, after the former club was excluded in January 2010 due to bankruptcy...

. It is located in the North of Haarlem. It was built in 1907, with renovations in 1947 and during the eighties, including the replacement of the south stand, which is an all-seater stand.

Today, the stadium consists of two all-seater stands, with the east and west stands now unused since they no longer conform to the modern safety standards of today's football. The total capacity is 3,442 with 600 seats allocated to the visiting team. HFC Haarlem have plans for a new stadium
Stadion Oostpoort
Stadion Oostpoort is a planned multi-use stadium in Haarlem, Netherlands. When finished, it will host the home matches of HFC Haarlem, with a capacity of 8,000 people. It will replace the Haarlem Stadion....

to be built on the edge of the city borders.

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