Partizan Stadium

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Partizan Stadium

Full name	Stadion Partizana
Nickname	Hram (The Temple)
Built	N/A
Opened	October 9, 1949
Capacity	32,710
Home of	FK Partizan
Pitch size	105 x 70 yards

Partizan Stadium (Serbian: Стадион Партизана / Stadion Partizana) is the football and athletic stadium in Belgrade owned by Partizan. It carried the name JNA stadium for a long time and was the site of Youth Day parade. It was officially opened on October 9, 1949, with the match between Yugoslavia and France. Partizan stadium had a 55,000 capacity before the new UEFA security regulations came in effect. It was renovated during 1998, and now has a capacity for 32,710 spectators. The playground has dimensions 105 x 70 m, platforms have 30 rows of seats, there are 30 entry and exit gates for spectators, highest spot of the stadium is at 21 m and the most distant spots of auditorium are 236 m by length (north - south) and 150 m by width (east - west). Illumination is 1.200 lux (Philips).

[edit] Reconstruction/Construction

Reconstruction of Partizan Stadium will start 2007. Swiss architectural giant "Marazzi General Contractors" will carry out the works of the reconstruction and construction of the stadium.

The project will start on the 1st of August 2007 and up to that date the old stadium wil be torn down. The value of the entire project is about 300m EUR and it is estimated that the construction will last for 2 years.

The new stadium will be erected on 12.5 hectars of space, it will be able to hold 36,000 spectators and will be encompassed with a 5-star hotel, huge business center beneath the surface of the ground, two-story parking, multiplex cinema, nine tennis courts and about 400 apartments.

In the meantime Partizan will be playing all domestic games at the court of a nearby "Military high school", and all international matches most probably on OFK Beograd or FK Smederevo stadium.