The Venues of UEFA Euro 2012: PGE Arena, Gdansk

PGE Arena's Fact

Built	:	2008 - 2011
Opened	:	14 August 2011
Coordinates	:	54°23'29"N 18°38'30"E
Construction cost	:	€ 173.58 million
Owner	:	City of Gdansk
Architect	:	RKW Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky
Capacity	:	43,615

The PGE Arena Gdansk, previously called the Baltic Arena. PGE's name stands for Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) is a sponsor with five years specific duration of the contract. The stadium's name was accidentally sold by government of Gdansk to fund its construction. Electric companies, PGE, finally won the tender. In order for the company to name the stadium, PGE paid € 8.5 million. The outside of the stadium consists of 18,000 polycarbonate plates in six shades of yellow, and the overall extent of reaching 4.5 hectares. The stadium is specially made for football and made without athletics tracks so fans could watch the game more closely at the PGE Arena. Look outside the stadium lights makes this so interesting sights to game match in the evening. Moreover the stadium has 50 extra seats for disabled persons.

Euro 2012 matches to be played in this stadium

June 10	18:00 (UTC+2)	Spain	vs	Italy	Group C
June 14	20:45 (UTC+2)	Spain	vs	Rep. of Ireland	Group C
June 18	20:45 (UTC+2)	Croatia	vs	Spain	Group C
June 22	20:45 (UTC+2)	B1	vs	A2	Quarter-Final

PGE Arena, Gdansk

Source : goal.com, wikipedia, bolaeropa.com, euro.okezone.com


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