The Bazaly stadium is a

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. It lays in

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, the Silesian part of the city, next to the

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. The first match was played there on 19 April 1959, it functioned as the home stadium of

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until the end of the

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season. The stadium was reconstructed in 2003 (added new seats, new V.I.P. rooms, cloak-rooms and press center). The cost was about 30 mil. CZK, cca. 1mil. EUR), and the pitch was replaced in 2004. In June 2014 a new capacity of 10,039 was announced for the forthcoming season. The stadium was closed in 2015, and Baník Ostrava went on to play at Městský stadion instead. Heavy metal band

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played at the stadium for a 38,000 capacity crowd on 6 June 2007. It was the biggest rock concert in Ostrava.

International matches

Bazaly has hosted two competitive and three friendly matches of the

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References

External links

Photo gallery and data at Erlebnis-stadion.de
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Profile of the stadium
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