Lafort Arena, formerly Knyazha Arena is football stadium in the city of

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. It is the home ground of

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of the

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. The stadium was originally funded and owned by the insurance and brokerage firm " Knyazha" which used to own the football club. On July 21, 2010 the stadium was renamed to its new sponsors ''Lafort''.

History

The stadium was declared fit to hold

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matches in March 2009, but after atrocious conditions in their home game with

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which left the pitch and stadium damaged, the

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barred further games until the pitch and stadium was brought up to league standard. The stadium was allowed again returned to hold Premier League games when

hosted

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in late April 2009. The record attendance for a match at the ground is 3,220 between

and

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on March 23, 2008. The stadium was also a venue for games involving Kniazha amateur team that plays in regional league of

References

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