Lod Municipal Stadium

Lod Municipal Stadium
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LocationLod, Israel
OwnerMunicipality of Lod
Capacity3,000 (All-seater)
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Renovated2013
2015
Tenants
Hapoel Lod
Beitar Lod
Maccabi Lod
Hapoel Maxim Lod
Hapoel Bnei Lod
F.C. Kafr Qasim

Lod Municipal Stadium (Hebrew: אצטדיון עירוני לוד; Itztadion Ironi Lod) is a football stadium in Neot Itzhak neighborhood of Lod, Israel.[1] It is currently the home stadium of Hapoel Bnei Lod.[2]

The stadium was built in the 1960s to accommodate Lod's football clubs of Beitar, Maccabi and Hapoel, but fell into disuse and disrepair after the city's major club closed.[3] In 2010, the city was granted 10 million NIS by The Israeli Sports Betting Council, which was used, in part, to renovate the stadium.[3] The stadium was further renovated ahead of the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, in which the stadium hosted four matches.[4]

Adjacent to the stadium are three pitches, including a synthetic pitch, used by the city's minor teams, Hapoel Lod (which also host matches in the main stadium) and F.C. Tzeirei Lod.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lod Municipal Stadium" (in Hebrew). imms.co.il. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל". football.org.il. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  3. ^ a b 1984: A Sad Tour of Neglected Lod Nir Shu'ali, 10 January 2013, nrg.co.il (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ Lod Municipal Stadium Host Cities, UEFA Women's Under 19 Championship Israel 2015 (in Hebrew)

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