Stadium Spotlight: Olympic National Stadium, Kiev
In a week that saw UEFA finally confirm that the Euro 2012 final will take place in Kiev, Ukraine, it seems only fitting to look at the stadium under construction that will host it.
The Olympic National Stadium in Kiev has a long history, first opening in 1923 as "Red Stadium" (you can guess why), and then going through further name changes that reflected the political situation in Ukraine: Stalin Respublikanskiy Stadium (1941-1953), Khrushchev Respublikanskiy Stadium (1953-1966), Kiev Central Stadium (1963-1978), Respublikanskiy Stadium (1978-1996) and finally NSC Olimpiysky (1996-).
Pitch Invasion @ Dec 15, 2009 1:11 PM EDT | Blog Profile
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