Brăila Municipal Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Brăila Municipal Stadium
Address:Parcul Monument, nr. 1
Location:Brăila, Romania
Broke Ground:1970
Opened:August 21, 1974
Renovated:2012
Owner:Municipality of Brăila
Operator:Dacia Unirea Brăila
Surface:Grass
Tenants:Dacia Unirea Brăila (1974–present)
Seating Capacity:20,154 (6,814 seated)
Record Attendance:
Dacia Unirea-Dinamo
1 December 2004
Dimensions:105 x 68m
Website:Fans website

The Brăila Municipal Stadium (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Stadionul Municipal) is a multi-purpose stadium in Brăila, Romania, and is the home ground of Dacia Unirea Brăila. It holds 20,154 people.

The stadium was opened on August 21, 1974 and was built on the ground of the old Vasile Roaită Stadium, a small stadium that had only one stand. Over time the stadium was renovated, the most recent were made in the summer of 2008, ending up with the mounting of 8,000 seats on the 1st and 2nd stand, decreasing its capacity from 25,000 to 20,000 also in 2012 the seats from Main Stand were changed in the club colors white and blue.

It holds motorcycle speedway events like the Speedway European Championship[1] (qualifying round 3).[2]

Construction

The old stadium Vasile Roiata was demolished between December 1970 and February 1971, also Dacia Unirea Brăila moves his home ground to Progresul Stadium during the construction.Construction of the new stadium were held for 4 years and on 21 August 1974 was inaugurated.

Facilities

The venue holds 20,154 people and from this capacity only 6,814 are seats. Also only 1,038 seats are covered at Main Stand. 200 VIP seats are available, with another 20 seats allotted for the press; the stadium has 21 entries and 50 parking spaces.

Usage

Municipal Stadium holds football competition like Liga II and Cupa Romaniei and motorcycle speedway events like the Speedway European Championship[1] (qualifying round 3).[2]

Notable high audience matches

The highest audience for a football game was achieved at the match between Dacia Unirea Brăila and FC Dinamo București, hosted on 1 December 2004, which brought 30,000 people to the stadium.[3]

The 2nd highest audience was achieved in a Liga I match hosted on 15 March 1992. The game between local team, Dacia Unirea Brăila and FC Steaua București, brought 25,000 people to the stadium.[4]

Transport

The stadium is served by public transport with bus and trams. Stadium is located to the south-west of Brăila.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.uem-moto.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=B2SzAEy3OQE%3d&tabid=190 Official Site
  2. http://www.frm.ro/index.php/Dirt-Track/campionatul-european-de-dirt-track-braila-12-iunie-2011.html Romanian: European Dirt Track Championship
  3. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/reports/2004_05_dacia_unirea_braila_dinamo.shtml Dacia Unirea Braila - Dinamo Bucuresti
  4. http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/21622/ Dacia Unirea Braila - Steaua Bucuresti