Kitro Stadium is a pesäpallo stadium located in Alajärvi, Finland. Since its opening in 1990, it has been the home field of the

Alajärven Ankkurit Alajärven Ankkurit ( "Alajärvi Anchors") is a Finnish sports club from Alajärvi. It was founded in 1944. Alajärven Ankkurit has participated in many sports in Finland over the years, such as athletics, skiing and volleyball. Since 1980s, the c ...

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Superpesis The Superpesis, known as SM-sarja from 1955 to 1989, is the top professional pesäpallo league in Finland. It was created in 1990 to replace the SM-sarja which was fundamentally an amateur league. The Superpesis is directly overseen by the Finnis ...

team. The current pesäpallo stadium was built in the summer of 1990, but pesäpallo has been played at the same site for much longer. The field was resurfaced in the summer of 2012, when the Ankkurit were promoted to the main league after a break of several years. One of the special features of the field is the high pitches that disappear into the sun in cloudless weather. The name Kitro comes from the Kidron Valley in the Bible. Near the field is the River Kitron, from which the name is taken.

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