Władysław Król Municipal Stadium
Football stadium in Łódź, Poland
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The Władysław Król Municipal Stadium (Polish: Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla),[1][2] also known as the Stadion Miejski ŁKS Łódź[3] (English: ŁKS Łódź Municipal Stadium), is a football stadium in Łódź, Poland. The stadium has a capacity of 18,029 seats.
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| Location | Łódź, Poland |
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| Owner | Łódź City Council |
| Capacity | 18,029 |
| Surface | Grass |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1924 2022 |
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| ŁKS Łódź | |
History
The ground has hosted football games since 1924. The original stadium, built for association football club ŁKS Łódź, had a combination of grandstands and standing areas, and hosted a maximum crowd of 45,000 on August 21, 1971, when ŁKS Łódź and Polonia Bytom played to a 0–0 draw. The stands were renovated at various times, and by 2001 the field had seating for 12,160 fans, in sections built in various time periods.[4]
A new stadium was planned on the same site.[5] In November 2013 a contract was finally signed to begin construction of the new stadium with Mirbud, with completion within 20 months. Initially only one stand with a capacity of 5,700 seats was built.[6]
The construction of the remaining three tribunes started in September 2019.[7] The completed stadium was opened in 2022.
On 24 May 2021, the President of the City of Łódź Hanna Zdanowska signed a bylaw granting the Municipal Stadium named after pre-war footballer and hockey player Władysław Król.[8]