Kosovo National Stadium

The Kosovo National Stadium (Albanian: Stadiumi Kombëtar i Kosovës) is a proposed football stadium in Drenica, Kosovo. It will be home ground of Kosovo national football team. The stadium will have a capacity of 30,000.[1]

Kosovo National Stadium
Stadiumi Kombëtar i Kosovës (sq)
Full nameKosovo National Football Stadium
LocationDrenica, Kosovo
OperatorGovernment of Kosovo,
Football Federation of Kosovo
Capacity30,000
Construction
Construction cost€50 million
ArchitectMurat Tabanlıoğlu

The National Stadium will be the biggest and the most expensive project in Kosovo history.

Name

There were a lot of ideas and propositions for naming the new stadium. One of the main proposals was "Dardanian Arena", however there isn't still anything official about the name of the stadium which is currently referred as Kosovo National Stadium.

Location

In 2019 the Government of Kosovo has decided that the New National Stadium will be built in Drenas, approving the request of Minister Kujtim Gashi. The location is 14 kilometers away from Pristina, rejecting the option selected by the previous government, which was Bërnica. The national stadium will be built on a 25 hectare site in Sankoc, and work should have begin in 2020.

There was a lot of debate about the Kosovo stadium, calling it a political decision, as it was originally planned to be built in Bërnica.

Construction

Earthworks began in July 2019 but for unknown reasons the construction of the stadium have not started yet.[2]

Facilities

Based on the plans presented by Tabanlioglu Architects, Kosovo Stadium will have:

  • Retail
  • Library
  • Museum
  • Parking
  • Indoor swimming pool
  • Hotel
  • Nursery
  • Training grounds

References
  1. "U prezantua projekti i Stadiumit Kombëtar" [The National Stadium project got published]. FFK-Kosova (in Albanian). 14 June 2019. U prezantua projekti i Stadiumit Kombëtar
  2. "Fillon ndërtimi i stadiumit kombëtar në Kosovë". Bota Sot. Retrieved 2020-10-26.


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