Ernest Pohl Stadium also Górnik Zabrze Stadium is a football stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Zabrze

Zabrze

Zabrze is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union is a metropolis with a population of around 2 million...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. It is the home ground of Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...

. The stadium holds 10,000 people and was built in 1934.

History

Build in 1934 as Adolf Hitler Kampfbahn Stadion (en: Adolf Hitler Stadium). In 2004, it was renamed and given the name of Ernest Pohl, a famous Polish footballer who played for Górnik Zabrze.

New stadium

A first stage of renovation was approved for 150 million złotys, and is to hold 24,000 spectators. Three stands will be opened by the end of April 2013. Completed stadium will have capacity of 32,000.

External links

New stadium website Visualizations