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Full name | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium |
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Former names | Lokomotivi Stadium (1952–2005) |
Address | Tbilisi Georgia |
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Owner | Government of Georgia |
Capacity | 22, 754[2] |
Field size | 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) |
Opened | 1952[1] |
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Georgia national rugby union team Georgia national football team Georgia national rugby league team FC Locomotive Tbilisi Black Lion[3] FC Spartaki Tbilisi[3] FC Iberia 1999 |
TheMikheil Meskhi Stadium (Georgian:მიხეილ მესხის სტადიონიmikheil meskhis st’adioni), also known as theLokomotivi Stadium, is amulti-purpose stadium inTbilisi,Georgia named after the famous Georgian international footballer,Mikheil Meskhi (1937–1991). It is used mostly forfootball matches, and occasionally forrugby union andrugby league matches. The stadium was renovated in 2001[4] and has a capacity to hold 27,223 people. It is the second largest stadium in Georgia, after theBoris Paichadze Stadium.
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