{"id":4152,"date":"2012-03-07T03:10:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T03:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/?p=4152"},"modified":"2018-05-14T20:11:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:11:43","slug":"miejski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/miejski\/","title":{"rendered":"INEA Stadion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Club: Lech Poznan & Warta Poznan | Opening: 1980 | Capacity: 43,269 seats<\/p>\n
INEA Stadion, previously known as Stadion Miejski, opened in 1980 after a construction period of 12 years. It officially opened on 23 August 1980 with a match between Lech and Motor Lublin (1-1).<\/p>\n
Three years later, Stadion Miejski recorded its highest attendance when 45,000 people attended a match between Lech and Widez Lodz. As the official capacity of the stands was\u00a0much smaller than this, this meant that a large number of people were watching the game from the edge of the pitch.<\/p>\n
Stadion Miejski at that time was bowl-shaped with stands on three sides. It was built on top of large earth embankments. One of its most characteristic features were the 56-metre high floodlights that got installed in 1986.<\/p>\n
In 2005, the city of\u00a0Poznan started a major redevelopment program to modernise the stadium. Plans were later upgraded to make the stadium eligible as one of the playing venues for the Euro 2012 championships.<\/p>\n
The first new stand opened in 2007. At the same time, the earth embankments were removed, and in the three years that followed the other three stands got rebuilt. The completed stadium reopened in September 2010.<\/p>\n