Władysław Król Municipal Stadium

Football stadium in Łódź, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Władysław Król Municipal Stadium (Polish: Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla),[1][2] also known as the ŁKS Municipal Stadium (Polish: Stadion Miejski ŁKS), is a football stadium in Łódź, Poland. The stadium has a capacity of 18,029 seats.

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Władysław Król Municipal Stadium
Stadion ŁKS
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LocationŁódź, Poland
OwnerŁódź City Council
Capacity18,029
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrass
Opened1924
2022
Tenants
ŁKS Łódź
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History

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The original ground

The ground has hosted football games since 1924. The original stadium, built for association football club ŁKS Łódź, had a combination of grandstands and standing areas, and hosted a maximum crowd of 45,000 on August 21, 1971, when ŁKS Łódź and Polonia Bytom played to a 0–0 draw. The stands were renovated at various times, and by 2001 the field had seating for 12,160 fans, in sections built in various time periods.[3]

A new stadium was planned on the same site.[4] In November 2013 a contract was finally signed to begin construction of the new stadium with Mirbud, with completion within 20 months. Initially only one stand with a capacity of 5,700 seats was built.[5]

The construction of the remaining three tribunes started in September 2019.[6] The completed stadium was opened in 2022.

On 24 May 2021, the President of the City of Łódź Hanna Zdanowska signed a bylaw granting the Stadion Miejski named after pre-war footballer and hockey player Władysław Król.[7]

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