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\"Sostoi<\/p>\n

Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Videoton FC | Opening: 1967 | Closing: 2016 | Final capacity: 14,185 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Videoton\u00a0had already played intermittently at the site of Sostoi Stadion when they in 1963 decided to build a proper ground on the site. Previously they had been playing at a stadium at Berenyi Street.<\/p>\n

Construction of Sostoi Stadion started in 1963 and was completed four years later. The stadium officially opened on 30 September 1967 with a friendly versus East-German side Erfurt.<\/p>\n

The stadium back then was oval shaped, had an athletics track circling the pitch, and consisted mainly of open terraces, which\u00a0got further expanded in the mid 1970s.<\/p>\n

Sostoi Stadion underwent its next redevelopment in 2002 when the old main stand got demolished and replaced by a new one with corporate facilities, which opened in 2004.<\/p>\n

In the 2000s, the stadium was part of several bids of\u00a0Hungary to host the European Championships, which would have raised capacity to over 30,0000, but all\u00a0bids failed.<\/p>\n

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