Ďolíček Stadium is a

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district

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

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and

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. The stadium was opened on 27 March 1932 for a match against

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. The reconstruction of 2003 changed the capacity to 13,388 (3,028 seated). After reconstruction in summer 2007, its capacity was reduced to 9,000 (3,800 seated). Bohemians 1905 were not allowed to keep the stand sector, they changed it into seats, which reduced the capacity further, to 7,500 (all seated). In the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, Bohemians played its home matches at

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, and Ďolíček was only used for the Bohemians 1905 "B" team. In 2011, councillors of the city district of

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approved a proposal to purchase the stadium.

Transport

The stadium is served by trams, the local stop immediately south of Ďolíček was renamed ''Bohemians'' in September 2012. Services 7 and 24 serve the stop. Another stop, ''Vršovické náměstí'', north of the site, is served by tram services 4 and 22. The

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is around ten minutes' walk from the stadium.

References

External links

Information at Bohemians 1905 website

English-language history of the venue
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