Veria Stadium

Dimotiko Stadio Verias
(Municipal Stadium of Veria)
Location Veria, Greece
Opened 1925 (renovated in 2005 and 2007)
Owner Municipality of Veria
Surface Grass
Capacity 5,900 (seated, after renovation)
Tenants
Veria FC

Veria Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Veria, Greece. It is used for football matches and is the home stadium of Veria FC. The stadium was built in 1925. Since then, many improvements have been made, including adding of more seats in the stadium. Today the stadium holds about 5,900. It is situated 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) off the city centre. It was built in 1925 by members of music and gymnastics association Megas Alexandros. Record attendance is 10,135 for a game between Veria FC and Doxa Dramas in 1970. However, during a game between Veria FC and PAOK FC there were about 12,000 fans, but most of the them entered the stadium without a ticket. The stadium formerly held track races too but after the renovations in 2005 and 2007 there is not enough space for track runners.

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