Ulsan Stadium is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
located in Ulsan
Sports Complex A sports complex is a group of sports facilities. For example, there are track and field stadiums, football stadiums, baseball stadiums, swimming pools, and Indoor arenas. This area is a sports complex, for fitness. Olympic Park is also a kin ...
,
Ulsan
Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...
, South Korea. Originally, there was
Ulsan Civic Stadium at the same location which opened in 1970. The original stadium was demolished in 2003 and replaced with Ulsan Sport Complex. Ulsan Sports Complex consists of the Ulsan Stadium and
Dongchun Gymnasium. Ulsan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium which is mainly used for football; it was the home ground of the
Ulsan Hyundai
Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League i ...
before they moved to
Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
The Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, nicknamed Big Crown Stadium, is a football stadium in Ulsan in South Korea. It is home to the Ulsan Hyundai FC.
The stadium was built from 18 December 1998 to 28 April 2001 and its total cost was 151.4 billio ...
in 2001 and was the home stadium of
Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard between 2005 and 2016. The stadium has a capacity for 19,471 spectators.
See also
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Ulsan Civic Stadium
References
External links
Official website
World Stadiums profile
Athletics (track and field) venues in South Korea
Football venues in South Korea
Multi-purpose stadiums in South Korea
Sports venues in Ulsan
Sports venues completed in 2005
K League 1 stadiums
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