| HaMoshava Stadium | |
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| Petah Tikva Stadium | |
| Location | Petah Tikva, Israel |
| Broke ground | 2010 |
| Opened | 6 December 2011 |
| Owner | City of Petah Tikva |
| Operator | City of Petah Tikva |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | US$ 60 million |
| Architect | GAB Architects |
| Capacity | 11,500 (first stage) 20,000 (final) |
| Tenants | |
| Hapoel Petah Tikva (2011–present) Maccabi Petah Tikva (2011–present) |
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HaMoshava Stadium (Hebrew: אצטדיון המושבה, Itztadion HaMoshava), also known as Petah Tikva Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Petah Tikva, Israel. It was completed in 2011, and it is mostly used for football matches and be home to both Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Petah Tikva.[1]
The stadium have an all-seated capacity of 11,500 with an option capacity of 20,000 seats. As part of a larger sports park in the new industrial area of the city, the complex was also boast a 3,000 seat multi-purpose arena, and artificial turf training fields. The budget for the stadium was US$25 million dollars.[1][2]
The designers of the new stadium were GAB (Goldshmidt Arditty Ben Nayim) Architects, one of Israel's leading sport architecture firms that also designed the new Netanya Stadium.
The stadium was inaugurated on 6 December 2011, after almost two years of construction.[3]
The Stadium naming contains a controversy in the City as some residence asked to name it 'Rosh Hazahav', after local city Club Hapoel Petach-Tikva F.C. and Israel National team scorer Nahum Stelmach.
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