Kolding Stadion, known as Autocentral Park for sponsorship purposes, is a multi-purpose stadium in

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, Denmark. It consists of an old wooden stand (west), a 700-seater,"Kolding får tiltrængt stadionbygning". (2006). Kolding FC Avisen, p. 10. a larger more modern east stand, with room for a sitting crowd of 1,517 (after the 2006 rebuild), plus a round southern stand. There are four athletics running lanes (six for sprint distances up until 110 metres), and facilities for

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ing.

History

In 1898, Kolding Fodsports Klub (literally: Kolding Footsports' Club, later

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) left Staldgården, near

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because of a new arena being built there. In 1913 they took over the area Olympia in Kolding and the pitch there. The poor conditions of the playing field, though, made the city council of Kolding finance a new stadium there, which was opened in 1931."Kolding Idræts Forening"
. Retrieved Apr. 11, 2006. In 1972 the old building and main stand was demolished, to make room for a new one. The American singer

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performed a concert at the stadium on August 15,1993 during The Bodyguard World Tour. The ground has been used for three matches for the

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, and several matches for various Danish national youth teams, latest matches for the Danish under-17 men's side and the women's under-19 team in 2007. More recently, on July 6, 2007, the ground was used for a

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concert.

2006 rebuild

A slight rebuild was made in 2006, in order to make a new VIP-section on the east stand. The section has room for 140 dining guests, and a separate seating section with 40 seats. A direct entrance to the stadium from the cafeteria was also built, and the entrances (in the southwest corner and to the north) were renovated to Superliga-standards.

References

External links and references

Kolding Stadion
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stadions.dk

Photos
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Kolding FC Kolding FC was a Danish football club based in Kolding, a merger of two older football clubs. On 11 November 2006, the club received permission from the Danish FA to sign contracts. Before that, the club was the highest ranked amateur club in De ...

's fanclub-homepage
Kolding Idræts Forening
in the ''Kolding Leksikon'' at Kolding Municipality's homepage {{Danish 1st Division stadiumlist Athletics (track and field) venues in Denmark Football venues in Denmark Kolding Kolding IF