National Arena
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Key facts
- Location
- Bucharest , Romania
- Owner
- Municipality of Bucharest
- Capacity
- 55,634 ( football )
- Roof
- Retractable
- Surface
- Grass
- Record attendance
- 67,964 ( Metallica , 13 May 2026)
- Field size
- 105 x 68 m
- Groundbreaking
- 20 February 2008
- Opened
- 6 September 2011
- Construction cost
- € 234 million , (€338 million in 2021 euros)
- Architect
- Gerkan, Marg and Partners
- Main contractors
- Max Bögl , Astaldi
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- national stadium
- Country
- Romania
- Located in
- Sector 2
- Owned by
- Bucharest
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- arena-nationala.ro
- Image
- Arena-bukareszt.jpg
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- architect
- Gerkan, Marg and Partners
- Commons category
- National Arena
- maximum capacity
- 55634
- occupant
- FCSB
- date of official opening
- 2011-09-06
- inception
- 2008-02-20
- main building contractor
- Astaldi
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Encyclopedic overview
The National Arena (Romanian: Arena Națională) is a retractable roof football stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It opened in 2011 on the site of the original National Stadium, which was demolished between 2007 and 2008. The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the Romania National Football Team, and usually Romanian Cup Final. With 55,634 seats, it is the largest stadium in Romania.
Designed by Gerkan, Marg and Partners, the stadium was built by Max Bögl and Astaldi firms. The stadium has a retractable roof which covers the playing surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “National Arena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.