Municipal Stadium Poznan – tournament stadium description

First works started as early as 2003, but it wasn’t about Euro 2012 back then. A new fourth stand was supposed to enclose the bowl that had only 3 sides prior to that. But as the works were ongoing, concept of a fully redeveloped stadium was created and soon became Poznan’s advantage when competing to host Euro 2012. The city’s bidding position was hardly ever questioned.

However as the municipality signed their contract with MCS designers, they couldn’t assign any other architects due to how badly the deal was constructed. Should Poznan change their design team, they would have to pay immense fines. Thus MCS were working 7 years on the job and arguably coping with the challenge. Several changes of the overall concept resulted in irregular bowl and differing stands. To add to that, the stadium also has problems with the pitch as grass doesn’t receive enough sunlight and ventilation to grow.

Works lasted until mid-2010. Price tag on this stadium is nearly 750m zloty (app. €170m) which makes it the cheapest Polish venue of the tournament.

Euro 2012 games

Average attendance: 38,480