Lahti Stadium ( fi, Lahden stadion) is a multi-use

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 ...

Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...

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. In Winter the stadium is used in

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and

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

. In summer it is currently used mostly 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 is the home stadium of

FC Lahti FC Lahti is a Finnish football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League (''Veikkausliiga'') after placing first in the Finnish First Division (''Ykkönen'') during season 2011. The homeground of FC Lah ...

. The stadium holds 14,500 spectators and was built in 1981. Lahti Stadium is a well-known venue for

and

. Along with neighboring ski jumping hills, it has hosted three

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(

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and

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) and numerous Cross-Country World Cup events, the first being held on 6 March 1982. In biathlon, the stadium has been the venue for three

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(1981, 1991 and 2000) and also the

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for many years.

Gallery

File:Lahti view 5.jpg, Aerial view File:Lahti sports center.jpg, Football pitch File:Lahden stadion 2010-03-06.JPG, Stadium in March during the Salpausselkä Games File:Lahden stadion.JPG, main stand

External links

* Football venues in Finland Sport in Lahti Buildings and structures in Päijät-Häme Sports venues completed in 1981 {{Finland-sports-venue-stub