the at and t stadium was built in 2009.
when was the at and t stadium built?
2009
the municipal stadium in wrocław, poland, is the highest fourth category football (soccer) stadium built for the 2012 uefa european football championship. the stadium is located on aleja śląska in the western part of the city (pilczyce district). it is the home stadium of the śląsk wrocław football team playing in the polish t-mobile ekstraklasa. the stadium has a capacity of 42,771 spectators, all seated and all covered. the municipal stadium in wroclaw is the largest arena in ekstraklasa and the third largest in the country (after national stadium and silesia stadium). stadium construction began in april 2009 and was completed in september 2011. stadium opening took place at 10 september 2011 with boxing fight between tomasz adamek and vitali klitschko for wbc heavyweight title. first football match between śląsk wrocław and lechia gdańsk was played on 10 october 2011. śląsk won this match 1–0 and johan voskamp was first goalscorer on the new stadium.
śląsk wrocław
the provision of athletics stadiums in england is very poor compared to most other developed countries. the main reason for this is that it is not considered acceptable to ask football or rugby fans to sit behind an athletics track. this means that athletics stadiums have to be separately financed and this can only be done with public funds, which have not been forthcoming on a large scale. the largest athletics stadium built in the uk between the second world war and the 2010s, the 38,000-capacity city of manchester stadium built for the 2002 commonwealth games, was reconfigured for football-only use after that event. the largest existing stadium then became the 25,000-seat don valley stadium in sheffield. prior to the 2012 summer olympics, london's largest athletics venue was crystal palace, which has just 15,500 permanent seats. it has since been superseded by the olympic stadium, now known as london stadium, which was initially built as an 80,000-seater for the 2012 olympics. the venue was reduced to 60,000 seats following the games after the london organising committee accepted west ham united's bid to take over the stadium. as part of the downsizing, movable seating was added to allow optimal configurations for both athletics and football. there are two athletic stadiums in birmingham, the alexander stadium (12,700 capacity) which is home to uk athletics, and the national indoor arena (14,150) which is also used for other events.
sport in england