AXA Arena

Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = AXA Arena
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fullname =
location = Prague, Czech Republic
coordinates = coord|50|5|59.29|N|14|24|57.28|E|type:landmark_region:CZ|display=inline,title
broke_ground =
built =
opened = 1969
renovated = 1994
closed =
demolished =
owner = AC Sparta Praha fotbal, a.s.
operator =
surface = Grass
construction_cost =
architect =
former_names = Toyota Arena
Letná Stadium
tenants = Czech Republic national football team
Sparta Prague
seating_capacity = 20,854
dimensions = 105×68 mThe AXA Arena is a football stadium in Prague. It is the home venue of Sparta Prague and often the home stadium of the Czech National Football Team. Formerly known as the Letná Stadium ("Letenský stadion") and as the Toyota Arena, it is now named after its sponsor, AXA.The first stadium on the place opened in 1921, the current stadium has been built in 1969 and reconstructed 1994. It holds 20,854 people.

Non football activities

Since the beginning the stadium is used as a tribune for the happenings in the Milada Horakova street and the large "Letenská pláň" behind it. During the Velvet revolution there were some 800,000 people.

External links

* [http://www.sparta.cz/cs/o-klubu/axa-arena/index.shtml AXA Arena at the official AC Sparta Prague website] cs li
* [http://www.erlebnis-stadion.de/seiten/stadien-tschechien.php?ground_id=171 Photo gallery and data at Erlebnis-stadion.de]