Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium

• Balikesirspor

The Balikesir Ataturk Stadium ( Turkish Balikesir Ataturk Stadyumu ) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Turkish city of Balikesir. The stadium has a seating capacity of 15,800 seats, was built in 1953 and rebuilt in 1973 and 2010. It complies with the UEFA standards of the Turkish Football Federation TFF for the holding of the second TFF League, 1 TFF - League, and also the Süper Lig games.

The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Balikesirspor. Also the Turkish U-21 national soccer team plays regularly in games Atatürk Stadium. It is also the venue for celebrations of the National Day and public concerts.

After Balıkesirspors rise in the TFF 1 Lig in the summer of 2013 a restoration of the stadium was decided. In this context, a Flutlichtinstallion for the stadium was decided.