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| Full name | Nederlandsch Sportpark |
|---|---|
| Former names | Harry Elte Stadium |
| Location | Amsterdam,Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°20′40″N4°51′35″E / 52.344506°N 4.859717°E /52.344506; 4.859717 |
| Capacity | 29,000 seats |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1913–1914 |
| Renovated | 1928 |
| Demolished | 1929 |
| Architect | Harry Elte |
| Tenants | |
| FC Blauw-Wit | |
TheOude Stadion (Old Stadium), officially known asHet Nederlandsch Sportpark (The Dutch Sports Park), and colloquially known as theStadion (until 1928), was a multi-purpose sports stadium located inAmsterdam in theNetherlands. The stadium was built after the design byHarry Elte, with which he had won the contest for a national stadium in 1912.
The stadium was completed in 1914. For some time it was the only stadium with brick stands in the country. Prior to the construction of theOlympic Stadium used for the1928 Summer Olympics, it was the primary stadium used for the city until the 1928 Games. This was to the fact that the stadium could not handletrack running andtrack cycling events though it could accommodatefootball games, seating 29,000.
The addition of running lanes and a cycling track would have reduced the capacity to 17,000. Despite this, the old stadium did host some of thefield hockey andfootball events for the 1928 Games.
The stadium was demolished in 1929 to make way for the projected housing, part ofHendrik Petrus Berlage'sPlan Zuid. The area is still known asStadionbuurt, after the Old Stadium.
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