Marijampolė Football Arena, also referred to as Hikvision Arena or Sūduva Stadium, is a

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home stadium of Sūduva. Between the 2011 and 2019 seasons the stadium was named ARVI Football Arena after the sponsoring rights were bought by ARVI Enterprises Group. The stadium was built using funds from the

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and opened on July 6, 2008. Its original capacity increased from 4,200 to 6,500 spectators after additional seats were installed in May–June 2009 before a match between Lithuania national team and

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. 11 December 2019 reports were published that ARVI Group will no longer support Sūduva club. There were notes and signboards bearing the name of a former sponsor. The ARVI Arena has been renamed the Marijampolė Football Arena. On 14 January 2020 FK Sūduva announced about new general sponsor

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and renaming the stadium into Hikvision arena. Sud-Cel-C

Also

Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena Marijampolė Football Indoor Arena is indoor arena in Marijampolė, Lithuania, mainly used for football. For sponsorship reasons from 2011 to December 2019 was called ARVI maniežas (Indoor Arena). Between the 2011 and 2019 seasons the stadium wa ...

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References

External links

Official website
(Sūduva Stadium)
alyga.lt official page

Stadiums in Lithuania
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