Ferenc Puskás Stadium
- Hungarian national football team
- Ferencvaros Budapest (2013-2014)
- European Athletics Championships 1966
- European Athletics Championships 1998
- Concerts
The Puskás Ferenc Stadium until 2001 Népstadion ( Deutsch.: " People's Stadium " ), is a football stadium with track and field facility in the Hungarian capital Budapest, will be held in the predominantly football games. The Hungarian national football team carries most of their home games here. The stadium holds 56,000 spectators for Plätz. For international matches are 41,500 spaces available.
History
The former Népstadion was built in 1948-1953. It took 104,000 viewers. On May 23, 1954 here added the known as the "Golden Elf " Hungarian national football team England to its highest-ever defeat 7-1.
The British rock band Queen played as part of their Magic Tour on July 27, 1986 at Népstadion one of the first shows of a great western band in the former Eastern Bloc. Live In Budapest ( 2012) published: Hungarian Rhapsody - Her performance was partially on the album Live Magic (1986 ) and the DVD / Blu -ray Queen.
The stadium is named after Ferenc Puskás since 2001 ( 1927-2006 ), active in the glorious era of the late 1940s and 1950s, which is considered Hungary's greatest footballer of all time. Also bears this name the nearby station of Metro Budapest.
Since the end of 2011, there are efforts to build a new modern stadium. In March 2012, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán let it be known that a new arena will be built with a capacity of around 65,000 spectators. In addition, the entire area is to be extended around the stadium to a larger sports complex. These shall be built to the already existing buildings such as the Papp László Arena Saves a swimming arena, a velodrome and a fencing hall. The long term, Budapest wants to better leverage for a successful bid for the Olympic Games.
Since June 2012 it is possible to tune to the official website of the new stadium for the name of the new stadium. Among other proposals are also the former name " Népstadion " the previous name " Puskás Ferenc Stadion" to choose from. In April 2013 they agreed on a rough concept, which provides a " stadium in the stadium ." It will establish within the old stadium, the new arena. The space between the new and old grandstand will also be covered; arise over 10,000 m² of usable area, which can be used inter alia as a training room. The stadium is to correspond to a classification of the highest category 4 within the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations.
The football club Ferencvaros Budapest bears while the new building of the Albert Flórián stadium his matches at the National Stadium. The new venue of Fradi to be completed by the fall of 2014.