Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı
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Yeni Rize Şehir Stadı is a multi-use stadium
in Rize
, Turkey
. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Çaykur Rizespor
. The stadium has a capacity of 15,197 spectators and it opened in 2009. It replaced Rize Atatürk Stadium as the home of Çaykur Rizespor.
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 Rize
Rize
Rize is the capital of Rize Province, in northeast Turkey, on the Black Sea coast.-Etymology:The name comes from Greek or Ριζαίον , meaning "mountain slopes". In modern times, its name in Greek was usually Ριζούντα . Its Latin forms are Rhizus and Rhizaeum...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Çaykur Rizespor
Çaykur Rizespor
Çaykur Rizespor is a Turkish sports club based in Rize. Çaykur Rizespor is currently playing in the TFF First League. The club was founded in 1953 in green-yellow colours and had professionalship status in 1968 as Rizespor and changed its colours to blue-green...
. The stadium has a capacity of 15,197 spectators and it opened in 2009. It replaced Rize Atatürk Stadium as the home of Çaykur Rizespor.