The Ratchaburi Stadium (known for sponsorship purposes as Dragon Solar Park) is a
football
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-purpose
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Ratchaburi Province,
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
. It is located in the town of Huai Phai and it is currently used for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
matches and it is the home stadium of
Ratchaburi F.C.
Ratchaburi Football Club ( Thai: สโมสรฟุตบอลจังหวัดราชบุรี ) is a Thai professional football club based in Ratchaburi province that currently plays in Thai League 1. Ratchaburi has the nickname ...
The stadium firstly held 13,000 people in 2016. After the seat-installing in 2017, the capacity is reduced to 10,000 seats.
Name
The stadium was initially named after the club's previous title sponsor, a sugar manufactory,
Mitr Phol
Mitr Phol Group is Thailand's and Asia's biggest sugar and bio-energy producer.
Mitr Phol Sugar Corp is a privately owned group of companies, mainly owned by the Vongkusolkit family. As of 2014, Mitr Phol is ranked as the world's fifth largest s ...
.
Once Mitr Phol ended their sponsorship of Ratchaburi in 2022, the stadium was renamed to Dragon Solar Park after the solar panel manufacturing company Dragon Solar.
‘ราชบุรี เอฟซี’ เปลี่ยนชื่อสนามเป็น ‘ดราก้อน โซล่า ปาร์ค’ ต้อนรับสปอนเซอร์ใหม่
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References
Football venues in Thailand
Buildings and structures in Ratchaburi province
Sport in Ratchaburi province
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