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| Location | Donetsk, Ukraine |
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| Coordinates | 48°1′15″N 37°48′35″E / 48.02083°N 37.80972°E |
| Owner | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Operator | Donbas Arena |
| Capacity | 52,187 |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | June 27, 2006 |
| Opened | 29 August 2009 |
| Closed | 2014 (due to war in Donbas) |
| Construction cost | ₴ 545 million |
| Architect | Arup Sports[1] |
| General contractor | ENKA |
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| 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).
- ^ Official data of stadium issued by arup Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Donbass Arena Ready to Open". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ Donbass Arena: More than Elite Archived January 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine