Football Venues in Slovenia - Stadion Ljudski Vrt, Arena Petrol, List of Football Stadiumsstadion Ljudski Vrt, Arena Petrol, List of Football Stadiums in Slovenia, Be Igrad Stadium, D Stadion in Slovenia, Be Igrad Stadium, D Stadion (Paperback)

Chapters: Stadion Ljudski Vrt, Arena Petrol, List of Football Stadiums in Slovenia, Be igrad Stadium, d Stadion, portni Park Sto ice, portni Park Kodeljevo, portni Park Dom ale, Src Bonifika Stadion, Stadion portni Park, portni Park tefana Beleta, Mestni Stadion Ptuj, portni Park Lendava, Stadion Primorje, Ob Jezeru Stadion, Stadion Matije Gubca, rc Loka. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stadion Ljudski vrt - The stadium received its name after the public park (German: ) of Maribor which was planted in 1873. The park was later turned into a practice range and in 1920 the first football field was built upon it. The meaning of Ljudski vrt is People's garden. The pitch on the present day area was built in 1952, while the stadium itself was not built until 1962. Since then the stadium went through four renovations. The most notable was the last one from 2006 to 2008 when the stadium was completely renovated and now holds a capacity of 12,435 covered seats. The number of seats will be increased to a total of 13,000 seats in the next phase of the renovation which should be completed by 2010, for the club 50th anniversary. The stadium is mainly used for football and is the home ground of football club NK Maribor. It is the symbol of the club and one of the most recognizable sport landmarks in Slovenia. Beside being the home ground of NK Maribor, the stadium also hosted matches of the Slovenia national football team and was the main venue for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications. For local supporters, the stadium is known as (Football temple) and the pitch itself as (Holy grass). This is most likely due to the tremendous success the club has had on this stadium, but perhaps also because a cemetery was located on the area before the stadium was...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=4864514