Jaskółcze Gniazdo Municipal Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Jaskółcze Gniazdo Municipal Stadium
Location:33-110, Zbylitowska 3, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
Coordinates:50.0086°N 20.925°W
Opened:1972
Owner:Tarnów City Hall
Tenants:Motorcycle speedway
Association football
Capacity:16,000
Length Km:(392 metres) 0.392

The Jaskółcze Gniazdo Municipal Stadium or The Swallow's Nest (Polish: Stadion Miejski w Tarnowie) is a 16,000-capacity motorcycle speedway and association football stadium in the western outskirts of Tarnów, Poland.[1] [2]

The venue is used by the speedway team Unia Tarnów,[3] who compete in the Team Speedway Polish Championship[4] and the Unia Tarnów football team. The pitch measures 104 x 68 metres.

History

The record attendance was set on 26 September 2004, when 25,000 spectators attended the speedway match between Unia Tarnów and Atlas Wrocław.[1] Later that year on 30 December, the facility was renamed the Municipal Stadium.

In 2011, the stadium added the prefix Jaskółcze Gniazdo (the Swallow's Nest).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stadion Miejski w Tarnowie (Jaskółcze Gniazdo) . StadiumDB . 16 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Stadion Jaskółcze Gniazdo . Zuzelend . 16 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Stadion Jaskółcze Gniazdo . Unia Tarnów speedway club . 15 November 2023.
  4. . Speedway from Around the Globe . Speedway Star . 36–37 . 23 July 2022 .