December 22nd, 2009 by tom
Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv is also known as Oblasny SportKomplex (OSK) Metalist. The first construction of this arena started in 1925 and the first name chosen for new building was… Traktor Stadium, sponsored by the local tractor production company. During World War II the stadium was renamed to Dzerzhinets Stadium after the name of Felix Dzerzhinsky – first head of Cheka. Last change of name did happen in 1967 and the stadium achieved current name and capacity of 10.000 seats.
The stadium was renovated multiple times. The first one in mid-1960s, second in 1970 and last four years. After the second re-build stadium capacity reached 30.000 seats. At this time also the first roof and drainage system appeared. The third renovation started in 1979 and after demolition of a part of the stadium was hold until 1998 when the whole enterprise was resurrected. It appears that the third renovation lasted 20 years. The fourth set of renovations was ordered as a part of Ukraine’s Euro 2012 preparations. the whole capacity of stadium was increased to 41.411 seats. There is new roof and some general renovation elements and aesthetics quality increase.
The fully renovated stadium was opened on december 5 2009 and now Metalist Stadium is finished and fully prepared for the upcoming Euro 2012 event.
Take a look of some of the pictures of the completed arena:
Metalist Stadium. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Metalist Stadium. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Metalist Stadium. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Metalist Stadium. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Metalist Stadium. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
December 22nd, 2009 by tom
PGE Arena is one of the Polish side stadiums prepared for Euro 2012 football tournament. First (and also better) name chosen for this building was Baltic Arena, but since the name have been sold to a sponsor we will have now there something pretty less sophisticated. The stadium will be 227 meters long, 194 meter wide and 45 meters high. It will contain 41.582 seats during Euro and 43.608 during other games.
PGE Arena final look. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
PGE Arena final look. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
The stadium will have very sophisticated look because of the special polycarbonates used to build the elevation. Te facade will appear with the amber color – which is very symbolic to close Baltic Sea. Amber is precious stone that appears almost only on Baltic shore and Poland is the main source of this mineral. This will be surely one of the most impressive stadium during the tournament and the most beautiful. The project greatly refer to the characteristic of Euro organizers.
PGE Arena late 2009. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
PGE Arena late 2009. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
PGE Arena late 2009. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
At the end of 2009 there were some changes added to the main project that included roof montage technique, screens and sound systems. Luckily the main roof project has not been changed. There is no doubt that any change to that would be provided with huge loss to the whole building concept.
December 18th, 2009 by tom
Donetsk Donbass Arena is one of few already finished Euro 2012 stadiums. It was opened august 29 of 2009. It estimated value is approximately 400 million dollars. The height of the object from pitch to roof peak is 54 meters, and the whole capacity of stadium is 52,641 seats. There are 45 corporate boxes (containing 830 seats), 170 seats for people with disabilities with companions.
Donetsk Donbass Arena. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Interesting thing about Donetsk stadium is a fact that this building looks poor from outside, but the inside look is just outstanding:
Donetsk Donbass Arena. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Donetsk Donbass Arena. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.