Giuleşti Stadium
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The Giuleşti stadium is a Football (soccer) stadium in Bucharest, Romania, being the home stadium of Rapid Bucureşti.
Construction started in the year 1936 and the stadium was inaugurated on 10 June 1939. At the time, it was the most modern stadium in Romania, a smaller replica of Arsenal's Highbury Stadium with a capacity of 12160 seats. Among the guests at the opening ceremony King Carol II of Romania, Prince Mihai of Romania and Prince Paul of Greece.
The construction of the north stand was ended in the mid 90's, the capacity being increased to 19100 seats. The ground was changed in 2003, being considered the best in Romania. The stadium got the name of "Valentin Stănescu" in 2001, in respect to the coach who won the first champion title for Rapid.
It is still commonly known as "The Giuleşti Stadium", by the name of the neighborhood it is located in. Landmarks near the stadium: Podul Grant, Giuleşti Theatre, Gara de Nord and Griviţa Railway Yards .
Currently, the stadium is in the middle of a repair process, that determines two stands to be completely shut - hence reducing its capacity to 10000 seats. The repairs are due to be finished in Spring 2007.
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