Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium

Eskişehirspor

The Eskisehir Ataturk Stadium ( Turkish Eskişehir Atatürk Stadyumu ) is a football stadium in Eskisehir in Turkey.

The stadium is primarily used for football matches and is the home ground of the Turkish football team Eskişehirspor. The stadium was built in 1953 has been in operation since 1962. It has 18,608 seats. In 2005, a renovation of the main stand was held. Here, the standing room were converted into seats. However, this modernization has led to loss of capacity ( capacity 24,000 earlier ). To As in the Premiership 1995/96 season behind the gates, portable bleachers are built to offer the more visitors space can.

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The stadium in Eskisehir is one of the first in Turkey, which was equipped with floodlights. Likewise, an international match live on Turkish television was broadcast from the stadium for the first time.