Arena Lviv

Capacity	34 512
Country	Ukraine
City	Lviv
Clubs	FK Lviv
Inauguration	29/10/2011
Construction	12/2008 - 11/2011
Record attendance	33,489 (Shakhtar Donetsk - Bayern, 17/02/2015)
Cost	UAH 2.288 billion
Design	Atelier Albert Wimmer, Arnika
Contractor	Altkom
Address	Arena Lviv, Stryiska 199, Lviv, 79031

Arena Lviv – stadium description

Lviv’s New stadium was biult on the outskirts and had communication issue from the beginning due to lack of public transport. Actually, it proved to be trouble even before opening – first there were problems with contractor selection, then with architects’ abilities to cope with challenging design of Albert Wimmer, with strikes and protests by local residents along the way. All this resulted in high price (over double the tag on Legia Warszawa’s new stadium) and delays in opening.

First major event was hosted before the ground was even operable,, on October 29^th 2011, when a concert by American star Anastacia and Ukrainian musicians and dancers gathering first ever sell-out crowd for the opening ceremony. First game was played by Ukraine against Austria on November 15^th 2011. But the biggest event and in fact the reason for building this ground in the first place is of course Euro 2012.