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Tampere Stadium

Stadium in Tampere, Finland

Summary

Stadium in Tampere, Finland

Field	Value
name	Tampere Stadium
fullname	Tampere Stadium
nickname	Ratina Stadium
image	Ratina Stadium 4.jpg
image_size	270px
location	Ratina, Tampere, Finland
coordinates
opened	1965
renovated	2004
owner	City of Tampere
operator	City of Tampere
surface	Grass
architect	Timo Penttilä
tenants	Finland national football team (2016–2019)
Ilves (2020–2023, occasionally before)
Tampere United (2004–2010)
seating_capacity	16,800
dimensions	105 x

Ilves (2020–2023, occasionally before) Tampere United (2004–2010)

Tampere Stadium (), also known as Ratina Stadium (), designed by architect Timo Penttilä and completed in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 16,800 people, and up to 32,000 people for concerts. In 2018, the stadium hosted the IAAF World U20 Championships. The pitch and main stand were originally completed for the 1952 1952 Summer Olympics when Ratina hosted five qualification and preliminary round matches. In 2009, Ratina was one of the stadiums of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009. Ratina has also hosted several matches of the Finland national football team.

Football

The stadium primarily hosts football matches. It served as Tampere United's home stadium and it was the home stadium for Finnish national team between 2016 and 2018 due to the renovation of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The stadium was also used by Ilves, who holds the record attendances for football matches in both European and domestic competitions: 24,873 against Juventus on 19 September 1984 in the European Cup and 15,000 against Kokkolan Palloveikot on 9 October 1983 in the Finnish League.

Music

Over the years the stadium has hosted several music events. In addition to standalone concerts, it serves as the main arena for the annual hip hop festival Blockfest.

Concerts

Date	Artist(s)	Tour/Event
	Eppu Normaali	–
	Toto	Falling in Between Tour
	Iron Maiden	Somewhere Back in Time World Tour
	PMMP
Ismo Alanko
Popeda
Eppu Normaali	Suomi-ilmiö 2008
	Bruce Springsteen	Working on a Dream Tour
	Bryan Adams	–
	AC/DC	Black Ice World Tour
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	I'm With You World Tour
	Bon Jovi	Because We Can World Tour
	Nightwish	Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour
	Eppu Normaali	40th Anniversary Concert
	Robbie Williams	The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour
	Popeda	Popeda.Ratina.Rakkaus

Rammstein	Europe Stadium Tour 2019
	Hassisen kone	40th Anniversary Reunion Tour
	Juha Tapio	Elossa!
	Popeda	Ratinasta poikki
	Guns N’ Roses	2025 World Tour
	Apulanta with Sinfonia Lahti

Speedway

Tampere Stadium is also used as a venue for motorcycle speedway. The stadium played host to the 1995 World Under-21 Championship Final won by Australia's Jason Crump, and in 2014 the stadium hosted the inaugural Speedway Grand Prix of Finland won by Slovenian rider Matej Zagar. Speedway returned to Ratina the following year, with the Finnish Grand Prix as Round 2 of the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix series. The speedway track is laid out over the stadium's 400 m athletics track.

References

(3 September 2012). "Tampere Stadium". City of Tampere.
(11 October 2012). "Tampereen stadion". City of Tampere.

Wikipedia Source

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