Stadion Pasienky is a

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. The stadium holds 11,591 people. It is used mostly for

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matches and was the home ground of Slovan Bratislava from 2009 to 2018. At present, it is used by Slovan's reserve and from the summer of 2024, Inter Bratislava, which has played there for almost its entire existence, returned to the stadium. The intensity of the floodlighting is 1,400 lux.

History

Pasienky Stadium (Slovak for "Pasture Stadium") was built in 1962 as a

. It was the home ground of

FK Inter Bratislava FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Štadion Pasienky. History Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end of ...

for most of its history, until 2009. It was also used for

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Grand Prix of Slovakia (

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). Its current seating capacity is 11,500 people.

International tournaments

The stadium hosted four matches of the

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.
''Group B'' ''Third place play-off''

International matches

Štadión Pasienky has hosted 5 competitive and 4 friendly matches of the

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Concerts

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performed at the stadium four times: the first was on 11 June 2006, during their Touring the Angel. The second was on 22 June 2009, during their Tour of the Universe, in front of a crowd of 31,500 people. The third was on 25 May 2013, during their

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, in front of a sold out crowd of 29,112 people. The 2006 and 2009 shows were recorded for the group's live albums projects '' Recording the Angel'' and '' Recording the Universe'', respectively.

List of concerts

Transport

Stadium Pasienky is located in the

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district of

. The Stadium can be approached by

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and

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External links

Stadium Database ArticleFootball stadiums profile

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stadion Pasienky Pasienky Pasienky Sports venues in Bratislava Multi-purpose stadiums in Slovakia FK Inter Bratislava Sports venues completed in 1962