BJK İnönü Stadium

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Beşiktaş İnönü Stadium

Full name	Beşiktaş İnönü Stadium
Nickname	İnönü
Built	1947
Opened	May 19, 1947
Capacity	32,145
Home of	Beşiktaş JK
Pitch size	105 x 68 m

Besiktas Inonu Stadium (Turkish: Beşiktaş İnönü Stadyumu) is the home stadium of the football club Besiktas JK in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in Dolmabahçe, close to Beşiktaş, in the European part of Istanbul. The stadium has a capacity of 32,145.

According to the great footballer Pelé, Beşiktaş's stadium has the most beautiful view of any stadium in the world.^{[citation needed]} While watching a match in this stadium, one can see Bosphorus, Dolmabahçe Palace, the Historical Clock Tower of Dolmabahçe Palace and Kiz Kulesi. The stadium is named after the Turkish statesman İsmet İnönü.

Besiktas Inonu Stadium is the only stadium in the world from which one can view two continents, Europe and Asia, over the Bosphorus.