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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Galatasaray SK | Opening: 2011 | Capacity: 52,650 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

The T\u00fcrk Telekom Arena replaced Galatasaray’s old Ali Sami Yen<\/a>, which by the 2000s had significantly aged and lacked many modern facilities. The club first investigated building a new stadium at the site of the Ali Sami Yen, but later chose to build a new stadium at a different location instead.<\/p>\n

Construction of the T\u00fcrk Telekom Arena began late 2007 and came at a cost of an estimated \u20ac160 million. The stadium officially opened on 15 January 2011 with a match between Galatasaray and Ajax (0-0).<\/p>\n

The Turk Telekom Arena has a total of 5,500 VIP seats and a further 157 executive boxes. The naming rights of the stadium were sold to telecommunications firm T\u00fcrk Telekom for a period of 10 years.<\/p>\n

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