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| Former names | The National Stadium (1954-2014) |
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| Location |  Ramat Gan,Tel Aviv District,Israel |
| Public transit |    at Ben-Gurion Yarkon Railway Line atBnei Brak |
| Owner | Israel Football Association |
| Capacity | 13,370 (permitted seats) |
| Field size | 105 × 68 m (115 × 74 yd) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1950 |
| Opened | 1950 |
| Renovated | 1984, 1993 |
| Expanded | 1982 |
| Construction cost | IL400,000 |
| Architect | Ivor Shaw Friba |
| Tenants | |
| Israel national football team (1956–2013) Maccabi Tel Aviv (1985-1986, 1987-1995, 1996-2000) Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim (2015–present)
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Ramat Gan Stadium (Hebrew:אצטדיון רמת גן,Itztadion Ramat Gan) is a football stadium in theTel Aviv District city ofRamat Gan,Israel. It served as thenational stadium of Israel until 2014.
Completed in 1951 and serving as Israel's largest stadium ever since, the all-seated Ramat Gan Stadium contains 41,583 seats, 13,370 of which are located in the Western Tribune, completed during a major refurbishment in 1982.[1]
The Ramat Gan Stadium is mixed-use, fit for athletic competitions alongside its more regular usage as afootball stadium. It hosts Israeli international football matches, and has hosted the homeUEFA Champions League matches ofMaccabi Tel Aviv andMaccabi Haifa in the2004–05 and2009–10 seasons, respectively. The pitch dimensions are 105 m × 68 m (115 × 74 yd), with a 10,500 m2 (2.6 acres) lawn. The stadium's plot area is 36,000 m2 (8.9 acres).
The Ramat Gan Stadium contains six dressing rooms, meeting halls, a conference center, press rooms, a referees' room and medical and drug-test clinics. It is sided by two training fields, large athletes clinic, a café-restaurant, and a 3,900 space open-aircar park. It also houses the headquarters of theIsrael Football Association.
The world-class artificial lighting in the Ramat Gan Stadium provides up to 1,550lux on the entire the pitch. Until the opening ofSammy Ofer Stadium inHaifa, it was the only world-class stadium in Israel and the only Israeli stadium to host officialFIFA World Cup Qualifiers andUEFA Champions League games, althoughHapoel Tel Aviv got permission to stage their2010 Champions League games at theBloomfield Stadium. Until 2013, the stadium was also the location for opening ceremonies of theMaccabiah Games; since 2013, opening ceremonies have taken place inTeddy Stadium,Jerusalem. With the more modernSammy Ofer Stadium andTeddy Stadium replacing the Ramat Gan Stadium as alternative home venues for the Israel National Football Team, as of 2018 the stadium remains largely abandoned as a venue for football games.
According toIFA former presidentAvi Luzon, there are plans to tear down the Ramat Gan Stadium and rebuild a larger one with expected capacity of 55,000 people. But by the end of 2016 it was not established.
The stadium has hosted musical acts such asDepeche Mode,Elton John,R.E.M.,Yeah Yeah Yeahs,Leonard Cohen,Sting,High on Fire,Orphaned Land,Metallica,Simon and Garfunkel,Bob Dylan andKanye West. In 2012,Madonna openedthe MDNA Tour at the stadium, playing in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 33,000 people.
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