Arena Cugir

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Arena Cugir
Arena Cugir
Former namesStadionul Metalurgistul
Arena CSO
AddressStr. Înfrățirii
Location Cugir, Romania
Coordinates 45°50′22.5″N23°21′59.4″E / 45.839583°N 23.366500°E / 45.839583; 23.366500
OwnerTown of Cugir
Operator CSO Cugir
Capacity 4,000 (1,200 seated)
Surface Grass
Construction
Opened1930s
Renovated1970s, 2015–2016
Tenants
Cugir (1939–present)

Arena Cugir is a multi-purpose stadium in Cugir, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches, is the home ground of CSO Cugir and has a capacity of 4,000 people (1,200 on seats). The stadium was opened in the 1930s and was known as Stadionul Metalurgistul, then as Arena CSO until the last renovation works, when the stadium was seriously modernized and renamed as Arena Cugir. [1]

In Cugir, during the communist period was built another stadium, known also as Stadionul Metalurgistul, but mainly as Stadionul Nou or Stadionul Parc. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people and is owned by Cugir Mechanical Plant, but in the last years was abandoned due to high maintenance costs and its facilities, which were inconsistent with the needs of local sports clubs, being too large, outdated and difficult to modernize. [2]

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References

  1. "FOTO: A fost inaugurat complexul sportiv "Cugir Arena". Demonstrații de karate și meciuri de fotbal în campionatul "Cupa Prieteniei"" (in Romanian). alba24.ro. 10 November 2020.
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