Tamme Stadium is a 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 Tartu

Tartu

Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the...

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

, located in the district of Tammelinn

Tammelinn

Tammelinn is a neighbourhood of Tartu, Estonia. It has a population of 8,037 and an area of .-References:...

. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches and hosts the matches of Maag Tartu

Merkuur Tartu

FC Merkuur was an Estonian football club from the city of Tartu. During the last year of its existence the club was known as JK Maag for sponsorship reasons. After finishing 5th in the Meistriliiga, the club merged with city rivals Tammeka, creating Maag Tammeka...

 and Tammeka Tartu. The stadium holds 2,000 people. Currently the stadium is being renovated. The new stadium is planned to be ready in 2011, with 1500 seats.

History

The original sports park was designed in 1928 by the architect Arnold Matteus. The work was completed in 1932 and in 1936, a grandstand was added. Since then the stadium has been used for games in the Estonian Football League. There have been numerous international athletic competitions held in the stadium, and also Estonian Song Festivals.

In the 1960s the stadium was extensively renovated and reopened in 1973. However, a major fire destroyed much of the stadium complex in 1997, which led to a new building by the architects Andres Siim

Andres Siim

Andres Siim is an Estonian architect.Andres Siim was born in Tallinn and studied in the National Art Institute of the Estonian SSR in the department of architecture...

 and Kristel Ausing. Extensive renovation took place in 2007/2008 costing about 14 million Kroons (900,000 euros).