Olympic Stadium (Helsinki)
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| Location | Helsinki, Finland |
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| Coordinates | 60°11′13″N 024°55′38″E / 60.18694°N 24.92722°ECoordinates: 60°11′13″N 024°55′38″E / 60.18694°N 24.92722°E |
| Owner | Stadion-säätiö |
| Capacity | 42,062 (36,000 after 2019 renovation) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1934 |
| Opened | 1938 |
| Renovated | 1939, 1947–1952, 1953–1956, 1961, 1971, 1991–1994, 1997–1998, 2004–2005, 2010–2011, 2016–2019 |
| Closed | 2016 for renovation works |
| Architect | Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti |
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Finland national football team 1952 Summer Olympics 1957 Bandy World Championship 1971 European Athletics Championships 1983 World Championships in Athletics 1994 European Athletics Championships 2005 World Championships in Athletics UEFA Women's Euro 2009 2012 European Athletics Championships |
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The Helsinki Olympic Stadium (Finnish: Helsingin Olympiastadion; Swedish: Helsingfors Olympiastadion), located in the Töölö district about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the centre of activities in the 1952 Summer Olympics. During those games, it hosted athletics, equestrian show jumping, and the football finals.
The stadium was also the venue for the first Bandy World Championship in 1957, the first World Athletics Championships in 1983 as well as for the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. It hosted the European Athletics Championships in 1971, 1994 and 2012.
It is also the home stadium of the Finland national football team.
The Stadium has closed temporarily in March 2016 for renovation works and will reopen in 2019.
The Olympic Stadium was designed in functionalistic style by the architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti. Construction of the Olympic Stadium began in 1934 and it was completed in 1938, with the intent to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were moved from Tokyo to Helsinki before being cancelled due to World War II. It hosted the 1952 Summer Olympics over a decade later instead. The stadium was also to be the main venue for the cancelled 1943 Workers' Summer Olympiad.
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