Maccabiah Stadium
Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Coordinates | 32°6′01″N 34°46′35″E / 32.10028°N 34.77639°E |
Capacity | 5,000 (original 20,000) |
Construction | |
Opened | 28 March 1932 |
Closed | ~1960s |
Construction cost | £P3,000 |
Tenants | |
Maccabi Tel Aviv (1938–1969) Hapoel Tel Aviv (1961–1962) Israel national football team (1949–1950)
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The Maccabiah Stadium (Hebrew: אצטדיון המכביה Itztadion HaMakabiya) was a football stadium on the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Maccabiah Stadium was built in 1932 for the first Maccabiah Games and was filled to capacity for the opening ceremony.[1] It was used by Maccabi Tel Aviv until 1969, when the team moved to the Bloomfield Stadium.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ""Rule Britannia! The British Influence and the Maccabiah Games"". Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2007-06-12.