Qaqortoq Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Qaqortoq Stadium
Broke Ground:September 2009
Opened:13 September 2010
Construction Cost:$ 500,000
Tenants:Kissaviarsuk-33

The Qaqortoq Stadium is a stadium in Qaqortoq, Greenland. It was completed in September 2010, and it hosts football matches.[1] [2]

History

The conditions in Greenland meant that matches could only be played between May and September, and on sand and ash pitches as grass cannot be easily grown in the harsh environment. However the Danish Football Association, with financing by the FIFA Goal Programme began laying an artificial grass pitch in the Southern town of Qaqortoq in September 2009. The pitch cost $500,000, of which $400,000 was provided by the FIFA Goal Programme.[3]

The venue was handed over to Greenland Football Association president Lars Lundblad by FIFA president Joseph Blatter and DBU president Allan Hansen on 13 September 2010. Qaqortoq mayor Kristine Raahauge said that "Local residents can play sport at any time now, and this has already helped us to reduce the crime rate."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The land that time forgot – Greenland gets it first full-size pitch . 22 January 2015 . . 13 December 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220155830/http://www.worldsoccer.com/columnists/steve-menary/land-time-forgot-greenland-gets-first-full-size-pitch-359195 . 20 December 2016 .
  2. Web site: The unrecognised Olympics . eurofotbal.cz . 13 December 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220095354/http://www.eurofotbal.cz/clanky/fotbal-za-oponou-kam-fifa-nevidi-aneb-olympiada-neuznanych-288032/ . 20 December 2016 .
  3. News: The unlikely success story of football on the massive island of Greenland . . 22 October 2014 . 13 December 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161028151933/https://www.theguardian.com/football/these-football-times/2014/oct/22/unlikely-success-story-football-greenland . 28 October 2016 . Knox . Tomos .
  4. Web site: Historic moment in Qaqortoq . . 13 December 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220174313/http://www.fifa.com/development/news/y%3D2010/m%3D9/news%3Dhistoric-moment-qaqortoq-1302055.html . 20 December 2016 .

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