Kostanay Central Stadium is a

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Kostanay Kostanay ( kz, Қостанай, Qostanai ) is a city located on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan. It was known as Nikolayevsk (russian: Николаевск) until 1895 and then as Kustanay (russian: Кустанай) until 1997. Kostanay ...

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. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. The ...

History

The soccer arena has been in operation since 1964. The first match was played on May 11, 1967. In 2002

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technology was applied to renew the surface of the soccer field and an automatic

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system was installed. For electric lighting, the main arena was equipped with four special poles. In order to meet

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standards, the stadium was equipped with special lighting in 2008. Now the lamps have 1200

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, instead of 200 lux. In 2017, the stadium was completely renovated. The capacity of the seats was increased from 8,320 to 9,500 and the east stand was completely rebuilt.

Features

The central stadium holds 9,500 people. The size of the playing field is 105x68 meters and is illuminated with 1200 lux. There are two grandstands; the west grandstand and the east grandstand. The ticket price for the 1st level East and West grandstands is 300

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, while the price for the 2nd level West grandstand is 500 KZT.

References

External links

* 3D view i
FC Tobol websiteQTVR fullscreen panorama
of the Kostanay Central Stadium Football venues in Kazakhstan Multi-purpose stadiums in Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-sports-venue-stub