The Municipal Stadium ( ro, Stadionul Municipal) is a

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, and is the home ground of

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. It holds 20,154 people. The stadium was opened on August 21, 1974 and was built on the ground of the old ''Vasile Roaită Stadium'', a small stadium that had only one stand. Over time the stadium was renovated, the most recent were made in the summer of 2008, ending up with the mounting of 8,000 seats on the 1st and 2nd stand, decreasing its capacity from 25,000 to 20,000 also in 2012 the seats from Main Stand were changed in the club colors white and blue. It holds

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events like the Speedway European ChampionshipOfficial Site
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Construction

The old stadium Vasile Roiata was demolished between December 1970 and February 1971, also

moves his home ground to Progresul Stadium during the construction. Construction of the new stadium were held for 4 years and on 21 August 1974 was inaugurated.

Facilities

The venue holds 20,154 people and from this capacity only 6,814 are seats. Also only 1,038 seats are covered at Main Stand. 200

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seats are available, with another 20 seats allotted for the press; the stadium has 21 entries and 50 parking spaces.

Usage

Municipal Stadium holds

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competition like

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and

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and

events like the Speedway European Championship (qualifying round 3).

Notable high audience matches

The highest audience for a football game was achieved at the match between

and

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, hosted on 1 December 2004, which brought 30,000 people to the stadium.Dacia Unirea Braila - Dinamo Bucuresti
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match hosted on 15 March 1992. The game between local team,

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, brought 25,000 people to the stadium.Dacia Unirea Braila - Steaua Bucuresti
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Transport

The stadium is served by public transport with bus and trams. Stadium is located to the south-west of Brăila.

Photo gallery

File:Peluzabr.JPG, Stadion Municipal Braila File:Tribunabr.JPG, Stadion Municipal Braila File:Plan_Stadion_Municipal_Braila.png, Stadium plan

References

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