Taš | |
Full name | Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center |
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Location | Belgrade, Serbia |
Owner | City of Belgrade |
Operator | J.P. SRC Tašmajdan |
Type | sports and recreation center |
Capacity | 10,500 (football) 5,878 (basketball) 2,000 (ice hockey) ... |
Opened | 1958 |
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Sport in Belgrade | |
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www.tasmajdan.rs |
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Coordinates | 44°48′33.08″N 20°28′21.73″E / 44.8091889°N 20.4727028°E | ||||||||||
Capacity | 2,500 | ||||||||||
Opened | 25 June 1961 | ||||||||||
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Coordinates | 44°48′32.87″N 20°28′23.55″E / 44.8091306°N 20.4732083°E | |||||||||||||||
Capacity | 2,000 | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 13 December 1968 | |||||||||||||||
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Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center (Tašmajdan SRC; Serbian: Спортско-рекреациони центар Ташмајдан (СРЦ Ташмајдан) / Sportsko-rekreacioni centar Tašmajdan (SRC Tašmajdan)), commonly known simply as Taš (Serbian Cyrillic: Таш; Taš literally: Tash), is a sporting and recreational center located in the city of Belgrade, Serbia, which was founded by the Assembly of the City of Belgrade in 1958. At within the center located of the outdoor Tašmajdan Stadium, the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, the Pionir Ice Hall and a complex of outdoor and indoor swimming pools.
Built with white stone from Brač island, and opened on 24 January 1954, by mid 2000s the stadium began showing signs of structural deterioration. This led to many public personalities in Belgrade urging the municipal government to do something about it. In mid-April 2009, the initiative called "Taš je naš" (Serbian Cyrillic: Таш је наш; "Taš is ours") was held to draw public attention to the sad state of the crumbling facility. An extensive RSD550 million renovation began in September 2011 and was completed in 2016.
Some of the best known happenings in the venue include: EuroBasket Women 1954, first Miss Yugoslavia contest in 1957 (won by Tonka Katunarić), 1957 World Women's Handball Championship, concerts of Alexandrov Ensemble in 1958 and later in the 1960s and 1970s of Mazowsze, Ray Charles and Tina Turner and ice hockey matches with over 10,000 spectators.