{"id":5524,"date":"2012-04-18T01:43:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T01:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/?p=5524"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:08:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T13:08:48","slug":"poznan-2012-venue-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/poznan-2012-venue-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Pozna\u0144 2012 Venue Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Orientation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

One could call Pozna\u0144 a typical Polish city: a beautiful historic centre, a river flowing through it, plenty of parks and green areas, and vast suburbs full of apartment blocks.<\/p>\n

Pozna\u0144 is arguably a touch less beautiful than a Krakow or Wroc\u0142aw, it lacks the spectacular high-rise and dynamic life of a Warsaw, and hasn\u2019t got the nearby nature and beaches as Gda\u0144sk does. But it does have a definite charm. And a very nice nightlife.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s beautiful market square, the Stary Rynek, is the heart of the city. The old town, comprised of small streets and colourful facades, stretches out three to four blocks on each side of the square. The rest of the city centre lies mainly on the old town\u2019s western and southern side.<\/p>\n

The city centre is bordered on the east by the Warta river and on the west by the railroad tracks. Toward the south the centre runs more or less until the large Kr\u00f3lowej Jadwigi avenue.<\/p>\n

The official Fan Zone will be located on Plac Wolno\u015bci, a square a few blocks west of the Stary Rynek, which is expected to accommodate up to 30,000 people.<\/p>\n

The stadium <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Stadion Miejski<\/a> \u2013 43,269 seats<\/p>\n

Stadion Miejski is the only Polish playing venue that was not built from scratch, but instead arose from an existing stadium.<\/p>\n

Until the mid-2000s Stadion Miejski was the typical bowl-shaped uncovered Eastern-European stadium with massive characteristic floodlights. In 2005 works started to gradually convert the stadium into a modern arena, which were completed by the end of the summer of 2010.<\/p>\n

The stadium is the home of Lech Pozna\u0144, one of Poland\u2019s more successful clubs and known for its loyal support. The stadium also hosts the home matches of Warta Pozna\u0144, the second club of the city, but who achieved considerable successes in the early part of the 20th<\/sup> century. Warta currently resides in Poland\u2019s second division<\/p>\n

Stadion Miejski got presented to the world when in 2010 Manchester City visited for a Europa League match and the Polish fans introduced the what later got dubbed as “the Poznan”.<\/p>\n

The stadium is probably not the most spectacular of the Euro 2012 venues, but there is also not much to criticise either as all seats are covered, the stands are close to the pitch, and you will generally have a perfectly fine view.<\/p>\n

The one major drawback though is that the stadium is located rather far away from the city centre, about 5 kilometres south-west. This means that a public transport ride will be necessary to get to the stadium (see further for details).<\/p>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t