Donbas Arena

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Donbas Arena

UEFA Category 4 Stadium
Location	Donetsk, Ukraine
Coordinates	48°1′15″N 37°48′35″E / 48.02083°N 37.80972°E / 48.02083; 37.80972
Owner	Shakhtar Donetsk
Operator	Donbas Arena
Capacity	52,187
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	June 27, 2006
Opened	29 August 2009; 15 years ago (2009-08-29)
Closed	2014 (due to war in Donbas)
Construction cost	₴ 545 million
Architect	Arup Sports[1]
General contractor	ENKA
Tenants
Shakhtar Donetsk (2009–2014)

Donbas Arena (Ukrainian: Донбас Арена [donˈbɑs ɐˈrɛnɐ]) is a stadium with a natural grass pitch in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, that opened on 29 August 2009. The facility is located in the center of the city, in the Lenin Comsomol park. With a capacity of 52,187 spectators, the stadium used to host Shakhtar Donetsk matches and also hosted some matches of UEFA Euro 2012. The final cost of construction for Donbas Arena was $400M.^[2][3] The stadium has been unused and closed to the public since May 2014, due to the war in Donbas.

The name of the stadium represents the simplified and shortened name of the Donets Basin—huge industrial region of Donbas, hence—Donbas (Ukrainian: Донецький басейн or Донбас).