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Letzigrund is a stadium in Zürich, Switzerland, and the home of the football club FC Zürich. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football is a Swiss sports stadium It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. The Stade de Suisse Wankdorf is a football stadium in Bern, Switzerland. Stade de Genève is a Stadium in the greater Geneva, Switzerland area (located in Lancy, south of the city is a multi-use Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Wacker Tirol Hypo-Arena (formerly known as) is a multi-use Stadium in Klagenfurt, Austria. A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered FC Zürich or FCZ (short for Fussballclub Zürich) is a football club from Zürich, Switzerland, founded 1896. It is also temporarily home to the football club Grasshopper-Club Zürich while their stadium (Stadion Zürich) is under construction. Grasshopper-Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss Multisports club based in Zürich Stadion Zürich is a planned multi-use Stadium in Zurich Switzerland that is not yet under construction The annual athletics meet Weltklasse Zürich—part of the IAAF Golden League—takes place at the Letzigrund, as well as frequent open air concerts. Weltklasse Zürich (World Class Zurich is an annual athletics meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland The ÅF Golden League (previously IAAF Golden League) is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations
It opened February 22, 1925 owned by the FC Zürich football club. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered During the Great Depression, ownership changed to the city of Zürich in 1937 which has operated it since. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It underwent extensive remodelling in 1947, 1958, 1973, and 1984. Lighting was added in 1973. The first open air concert was in 1996.
Of the 23,605 places, 11,605 have seats (9,167 covered) and 12,000 are covered standing area. The main pitch is 105 by 68 metres with athletics facilities. There are also three other playing fields: 2 lawns, 1 artificial turf and a small packed sand field. A bar and a restaurant are within the stadium.
In January 2005, UEFA approved plans to rebuild the stadium for use as a EURO 2008 venue. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football It is set to host 3 matches in the 2008 European Football Championship. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football
Tina Turner performed 2 sold-out performances at the stadium during her highly successful Twenty Four Seven Tour. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American The Twenty Four Seven Tour was a concert tour that Tina Turner did in the year 2000 for her 1999 Twenty Four Seven album
The new stadium was opened on August 30th 2007. The first sport event there was the annual Weltklasse Zürich on September 7th with 26500 spectators, the first football game was FC Zürich vs. Weltklasse Zürich (World Class Zurich is an annual athletics meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland FC Zürich or FCZ (short for Fussballclub Zürich) is a football club from Zürich, Switzerland, founded 1896. Grasshopper Club Zürich on September 23rd. Grasshopper-Club Zürich commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshopper is a Swiss Multisports club based in Zürich It will be host to three games during the 2008 European championships, with a capacity of up to 30,000.
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