Kielce City Stadium
Arena Kielc is a multi-purpose stadium in Kielce, Poland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Korona Kielce. The stadium holds 15,500 and was built in 2006. It is one of the most modern football stadiums in Poland.
On the 1 April 2006, eighteen months to the day that construction started on the project, its inaugural match took place, an Ekstraklasa match between Korona and Zagłębie Lubin. The match finished in a 1-1 draw.
The old stadium of Korona is currently being used by the reserve team.
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