Zvezda Stadium (russian: «Звезда»), until 1991
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Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
Stadium (russian: стадион имени Ленинского комсомола), is a multi-use
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Perm,
Russia
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. It is currently used mostly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...
matches and is the home ground of
FC Zvezda Perm. The stadium holds 17,000 people and was opened on June 5, 1969.
The field was covered with
artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commerc ...
in 2005.
External links
Zvezda Stadium— at the website of Amkar fans
Zvezda Stadium
Football venues in Russia
Sport in Perm, Russia
FC Amkar Perm
Sports venues built in the Soviet Union
Sports venues completed in 1969
Buildings and structures in Perm, Russia
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