Central Dynamo Stadium was a stadium in
Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1928 and held 36,540 people. It was the home ground for
Dynamo Moscow. It was central venue of the All-Soviet
Dynamo sports society and carried special name of Central to denote its importance. Until the construction of the
Central Lenin Stadium in 1956, the Central Dynamo Stadium was the central sports facility in Moscow. The stadium was one of the venues of the
football tournament of the
1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
A new stadium was built on the same spot and is named
VTB Arena.
History
Dynamo Stadium, designed by the architects
Arkadiy Langman [
ru] and
Lazar Cherikover [
ru], dates from 1928. In 1938 the
Dinamo station of the
Moscow Metro opened nearby. An athletics track circles the football field, but is no longer in use. A monument to
Lev Yashin (1929-1990) stands at the stadium's north entrance and VIP boxes are positioned above the entrances to the north and south stands. In 2008 the stadium celebrated its 80-year anniversary.
Dynamo Stadium closed for demolition in 2008, with the farewell match played on 22 November 2008. The stadium's main tenant,
FC Dynamo Moscow, moved to
Arena Khimki, a stadium in the Moscow suburb of
Khimki.
Highlights
Size of field: 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Capacity – 36,540
Field surface – natural grass
Dimensions board: 28 m × 8.5 m (92 ft × 28 ft)
Lighting: 1400 lux (4 lighting towers)
Scoreboard – one on the western platform, electronic