Kisstadion

• MAC Népstadion Budapest (since 1961)
• Volánbusz SC Budapest ( 1961)
• Ferencvárosi TC ( 1961)
• Újpesti Dozsa (1961-1962)

• World Weightlifting Championships 1962
• European Figure Skating Championships 1963
• European Basketball Championship of Women 1964
• Concerts

The Kisstadion ( German Small Stadium ) is an ice hockey stadium in Budapest, Hungary. It is one of the last regularly used outdoor hockey arenas in the world. The competition venue is the home stadium of the MAC Népstadion Budapest and has an official seating capacity of 15,000 seats. It is located right next to the football stadium Puskás Ferenc Stadium.

History

Construction began in August 1959. The work was supported by soldiers and equipment of the Hungarian armed forces. The opening took place two years later with an ice-hockey match between Hungary and Romania ( 2:5 ). The ice rink is now offering to the ranks of space for 15,000 visitors. At concerts, the Kisstadion holds 16,800 seats for spectators ready. In addition to the hockey rink for figure skating and short track speed skating events will be used. In the summer months the open-air arena serves as the venue for various sports, except football, and cultural events such as Holiday on Ice in August 1967, various boxing matches or games of basketball show group Harlem Globetrotters.

In the 1960s, the World Championships made ​​in weightlifting in 1962, the European Figure Skating Championships in 1963 and the Eurobasket Women 1964 in the stadium station. The European Figure Skating Championships in Kisstadion was the last under the open sky. It was hampered by heavy snowfall.

In 1988, the stadium received new locker rooms, a new floodlight system that also allowed television broadcasts as well as a press box for radio and television commentators.

Concerts

Over time, the Kisstadion was also a stage for concerts.

• May 28 1967: The Nashville Teens
• 07, 8, and 9 July 1967: Spencer Davis Group
• 07 July 1968: Traffic
• 29 and 30 July 1972 Free
• August 19, 1977: Omega
• September 16, 1977: Suzi Quatro
• 08 September 1979: Omega
• 05 August 1980: Omega
• 05 September 1980: Omega
• 06 and 7 September 1982: Uriah Heep
• June 14, 1986: Railway, Talon, Tokyo Blade, Pokolgép
• June 27, 1986: Opus
• August 20, 1987: Helloween, Ossian
• May 15 1988: Saxon
• 02 September 1988: KISS, Edda Művek
• May 26 1989: The Cure
• June 12, 1991: Bob Dylan
• 07 July 1991: INXS
• 08 July 1992: Roxette
• June 27, 1993: Brian May
• July 01, 1993: Carlos Santana
• May 23, 1996: Sting
• June 25, 1996: Red Hot Chili Peppers
• June 20, 1997: Joan Baez, Emerson, Lake and Palmer
• 03 June 1998: Coal Chamber, Black Sabbath, Helloween, Pantera
• June 18, 1998: Joe Cocker
• 06 July 1998: Deep Purple
• July 26, 1998: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis
• June 18, 1999: Mike Oldfield
• 07 June 2000: Iron Maiden
• 12 June 2000: Sting
• 04 September 2000: Enrique Iglesias
• June 12, 2001: Eros Ramazzotti
• September 12, 2001: Depeche Mode
• September 22, 2001: Tom Jones
• September 29, 2001: Natalia Oreiro
• 04 June 2002: Carlos Santana
• June 15, 2002: Roger Waters
• June 16, 2002: Jamiroquai
• June 28, 2002: Supertramp
• 04 June 2003: Iron Maiden
• May 29 2004: Ákos
• June 17, 2005: Rod Stewart

Gallery

Training the Mini -U10 from the MAC Népstadion Budapest