Arto Tolsa Areena is a football stadium in

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. It is the home stadium of

Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (abbreviated as KTP) is a Finnish football club based in Kotka, Finland, and currently competing in Finland's premier league, Veikkausliiga. The club was founded in 1927 and its colours are green and white. Immediate ...

(KTP). The stadium holds 4,780 and was inaugurated in 1952 for the Helsinki Olympics. The stadium's record attendance was made during the Olympic Games in the football match between the

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and

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, the score having been 2–1

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Depending on the source, the record is 10,000, or 10,637 or 10,950.Harri Levänen: "Kyllä Urheilukeskukseen mahtui", ''Kymen Sanomat'', July 5, 2010. Arto Tolsa Areena used to be known as "Urheilukeskus" ("Sports Center" in Finnish). It got its current name after it was renovated around the turn of millennium. The current name comes from Arto Tolsa, who was a legendary

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player of Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat, the predecessor of KTP. The covered main stand holds 2,500 spectators. The size of the pitch is 105 by 65 metres. The power of the lighting system is 1200 lux. At the beginning of the 2015 season, the pitch was converted to an artificial playing surface.

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Venues of the 1952 Summer Olympics Football venues in Finland Olympic football venues Sports venues completed in 1952 {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub