The National Rugby Stadium is multi-purpose stadium

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 Gdynia

Gdynia

Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. It is currently used mostly rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 matches (RC Arka Gdynia

RC Arka Gdynia

Arka Gdynia is a Polish rugby union club based in Gdynia, Poland.-Honours:* Rugby Ekstraliga** Champions: 2004, 2005, 2011** Runners-up: 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009-History:...

 and Poland team

Poland national rugby union team

The Poland national rugby union team represent Poland at the international level of rugby union. They are governed by Polski Związek Rugby and have been participating in international rugby since 1958. Poland have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup...

) and american football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 games (the Seahawks Gdynia

Seahawks Gdynia

The Seahawks Gdynia are an American football team based in Gdynia, Poland. They play in the Polish American Football League.- History :The team was founded in October 2005 as the Pomorze Seahawks...

). The stadium has a capacity of 2,425 people and was opened on February 14, 2010.

History

First sport event at the National Rugby Stadium was rugby union match between RC Arka Gdynia

RC Arka Gdynia

Arka Gdynia is a Polish rugby union club based in Gdynia, Poland.-Honours:* Rugby Ekstraliga** Champions: 2004, 2005, 2011** Runners-up: 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009-History:...

 and Poland national rugby union team

Poland national rugby union team

The Poland national rugby union team represent Poland at the international level of rugby union. They are governed by Polski Związek Rugby and have been participating in international rugby since 1958. Poland have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup...

, played on February 14, 2010. First Rugby Ekstraliga

Rugby Ekstraliga

Rugby Ekstraliga is the premier league for rugby union in Poland.The competition was founded in 1957 and currently it is divided into two divisions – first and second. First Division consists of eight teams, second – of six. For victory, a team gets four points, two points for a tie and zero for a...

 match at the stadium was Arka Gdynia' victory against AZS AWF Warszawa 19–9.

Since 2011 the stadium is used for american football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 games. The Seahawks Gdynia

Seahawks Gdynia

The Seahawks Gdynia are an American football team based in Gdynia, Poland. They play in the Polish American Football League.- History :The team was founded in October 2005 as the Pomorze Seahawks...

 won against the Silesia Miners

Silesia Miners

The Silesia Miners are an American football team in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. They play in the Polish American Football League.-History:The team was founded in April 2006. In 2009 they won the final of the Polish American Football League against The Crew Wrocław...

 34–23 in first football game at the stadium ever.

Rugby union

It is the home stadium for RC Arka Gdynia

RC Arka Gdynia

Arka Gdynia is a Polish rugby union club based in Gdynia, Poland.-Honours:* Rugby Ekstraliga** Champions: 2004, 2005, 2011** Runners-up: 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009-History:...

, rugby union team, played in the Rugby Ekstraliga

Rugby Ekstraliga

Rugby Ekstraliga is the premier league for rugby union in Poland.The competition was founded in 1957 and currently it is divided into two divisions – first and second. First Division consists of eight teams, second – of six. For victory, a team gets four points, two points for a tie and zero for a...

.

American football

Since 2011 PLFA season

2011 PLFA season

The 2011 season of the Polish American Football League was the 6th season played by the major american football league in Poland. First time the PLFA I was consist of ten teams. Regular season was took place between April 2 to June 19, 2011. The Polish champion was determined in the play-off final...

, the Pomorze Seahawks back to Gdynia from Gdańsk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

, renamed to Seahawks Gdynia

Seahawks Gdynia

The Seahawks Gdynia are an American football team based in Gdynia, Poland. They play in the Polish American Football League.- History :The team was founded in October 2005 as the Pomorze Seahawks...

 and played home games at the Rugby Stadium. The Seahawks is one of four founders of the Polish American Football League

Polish American Football League

The Polish American Football League or shortly PLFA is a structured system for the american football competitions in Poland founded in 2006 by Polish federation PZFA. Since 2008 season, PLFA is divided into two leagues between which there is promotion and relegation...

 in 2006

2006 PLFA season

The 2006 season of the Polish American Football League was the 1st season played by the major american football league in Poland. Regular season play was held from October 8 to November 5, 2006...

.

Association football

The stadium was used by Arka Gdynia

Arka Gdynia

Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish 1 Liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. Its activities were interrupted between 1939–1945 due to the German occupation of Poland...

 and Bałtyk Gdynia, football (soccer) clubs, when Stadion GOSiR

Stadion GOSiR

Stadion GOSiR is a football stadium in Gdynia, Poland. It is the home ground of Arka and Bałtyk Gdynia. The stadium holds 15,139 people....

was under construction.