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Baku
Olympic
Stadium
(Azerbaijani:
Bakı
Olimpiya
Stadionu),
is
a
68,700-seat
stadium,[1]
designed
and
constructed
to
meet
the
international
standards
for
stadiums
set
by
the
Union
of
European
Football
Associations
(UEFA),
the
International
Federation
of
Association
Football
(FIFA)
and
the
International
Association
of
Athletics
Federations
(IAAF).
It
is
the
largest
stadium
in
Azerbaijan.
Construction
of
the
225,000-square-meter
stadium
on
a
650,000-square-meter
site
was
completed
in
February
2015.
The
six-storey,
65.7
meter
structure
near
Boyukshor
Lake,
Baku,
Azerbaijan,
opened
on
6
March
2015.[2]
The
main
tenant
of
the
stadium
is
Azerbaijan's
national
football
team,
who
moved
from
their
previous
home
at
the
Tofiq
Bahramov
Republican
Stadium.
In
June
2015
the
stadium
served
as
the
main
venue
for
the
European
Games,
hosting
the
opening
and
closing
ceremonies,
and
the
athletic
games.
The
venue
is
intended
to
host
the
quarterfinals
and
three
of
the
group
games
for
UEFA
Euro
2020.
A
green
area
is
being
developed
around
the
stadium,
which
is
accessible
via
public
transport."This
is
really
beautiful,
grand
building,
and
more
than
60
thousand
football
fans
coming
to
the
stadium
will
be
able
to
enjoy
football."
Ilham
Aliyev
placed
a
symbolic
metal
capsule
inside
a
football.
His
son
Heydar
Aliyev,
scoring
a
goal
in
a
symbolic
gate,
dropped
the
ball
into
the
foundation.
The
President,
with
Sepp
Blatter
and
Michel
Platini,
operated
a
switch
starting
the
concrete
pour,
and
signed
a
football,
which
was
preserved
in
memory
of
the
ceremony.Despite
the
groundbreaking
ceremony
taking
place
in
2011,
the
construction
of
the
stadium
started
only
in
November
2012
with
the
excavation
and
backfilling
of
the
stadium
area.
The
stadium
was
completed
on
February
28,
2015,
and
the
opening
took
place
on
March
6,
2015.
President
Ilham
Aliyev
participated
in
the
opening
ceremony.
The
total
layout
of
the
stadium
is
617,000m²
and
has
a
capacity
for
68,000
people.
It
is
six
stories
tall.
Baku
was
ready
to
host
the
first
European
Games
in
2015.
The
Olympic
Stadium
Project
was
seen
as
the
most
important
and
prestigious
project
undertaken
by
Azerbaijan
for
the
games.
Main
stadium
layout
area
is
87,000m²,
total
confined
space
215,000
m²,
Maximum
Height
from
ground
60m².
Construction
of
the
stadium
in
Baku
The
project
was
funded
by
the
SOCAR.
A
Turkish
company
Tekfen
Construction
and
Installation
Co.,Inc,
were
given
a
design
&
build
contract.[3][4]
Along
with
the
stadium,
there
were
built
a
number
of
hotels,
a
parking
venue
(3,617
car
places),
and
green
space
(81,574
square
meters).[5]
Stadium
contains
VVIP,
VIP
-
CIP
Suites
total
127
each
with
720
spectators
capacity,
total
interior
special
area
of
25,200m²
and
total
car
parking
capacity
for
3,078
cars.
1,800
seating
capacity
warm
up
area,
MEP
Building,
information
centre
and
two
external
buildings
are
other
building
of
the
Project
