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Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center

{{Short description|Multi-sport and recreational facility in Belgrade, Serbia}}

{{Infobox venue

| name = Tašmajdan SRC

| nickname = Taš

| fullname = Sportsko-rekreacioni centar Tašmajdan

| image = Свјетлопис вањског пливалишта Ташмајдан, Биоград11.jpg

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| image_caption = {{small|Tašmajdan outdoor pools in August 2023.}}

| address = 26 Ilije Garašanina Street

| location = Belgrade, Serbia

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| opened = {{start date and age|1954}}

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| owner = City of Belgrade

| operator = J.P. SRC Tašmajdan

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| seating_capacity = 10,500 (football)
8,000 (basketball)[https://www.blic.rs/vesti/beograd/vesic-hala-aleksandar-nikolic-dobila-novo-lice-mesta-za-8000-gledalaca/nckfp74 izgleda NJEN DEČKO! BLIC VESTI BEOGRAD Vesić: Hala "Aleksandar Nikolić" dobila novo lice, mesta za 8.000 gledalaca][https://www.telegraf.rs/sport/kosarka/3103519-zablistao-novi-pionir-sa-8000-mesta-telegraf-prvi-usao-u-renoviranu-halu-aleksandar-nikolic Zablistao novi Pionir sa 8.000 mesta: Telegraf prvi ušao u renoviranu halu "Aleksandar Nikolić"][http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/438121/Hala-Aleksandar-Nikolic-otvara-se-1-oktobra Hala „Aleksandar Nikolić” otvara se 1. oktobra]
2,000 (ice hockey)

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| website = {{url|http://www.tasmajdan.rs}}

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Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center ({{langx|sr|Спортско-рекреациони центар Ташмајдан|Sportsko-rekreacioni centar Tašmajdan}}; abbr. Tašmajdan SRC, {{langx|sr|link=no|СРЦ Ташмајда|SRC Tašmajdan}}), commonly known simply as Taš ({{lang-sr-Cyr|Таш}}), is a sporting and recreational center located in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded by the Assembly of the City of Belgrade in 1958.

At within the center located of the outdoor Tašmajdan Stadium, the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, the Pionir Ice Hall and a complex of outdoor and indoor swimming pools.

Tašmajdan Stadium

File:Stadion na Tašmajdanu - panoramio.jpg

Construction of the stadium began in 1952.{{cite news | author = Ana Popović | title = "Taš" je jedan od brendova prestonice | trans-title = "Taš" is one of the capital's brands | newspaper = Politika | page = 19 | language = sr | date = 16–17 February 2020 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/448354/Tas-je-jedan-od-brendova-prestonice}} Built with white stone from Brač island, and opened on 24 January 1954,{{Citation | author = Nikola Belić | title = Led kreće, klizaljke na gotovs | newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 28 November 2010 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/157901/Led-krece-klizaljke-na-gotovs}} by mid 2000s the stadium began showing signs of structural deterioration.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090411152121/http://www.pressonline.rs/page/stories/sr.html?id=62604§ionId=43&view=story ‘TAŠ' UNIŠTEN!, Press, April 10, 2004] Architect Mihajlo Janković, was awarded the Belgrade's October award for architecture, the highest city award at the time, for the Tašmajdan project. Originally, the sports complex started as the ice factory, where people could buy the so-called "hygienic ice".{{Citation | author = D.Vukotić | title = Ulaganja zaobilazila stadion "Tašmajdan" | newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 7 April 2009 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/82293/Ulaganja-zaobilazila-stadion-Tasmajdan }}

When opened, the stadium wasn't fully finished, but already in 1954 it hosted volleyball, basketball, and tennis matches. Some of the best known happenings in the venue include: EuroBasket Women 1954, first Miss Yugoslavia contest in 1957 (won by Tonka Katunarić), 1957 World Women's Handball Championship (the inaugural world women championship), concerts of Alexandrov Ensemble in 1958 and later in the 1960s and 1970s of Mazowsze, Elton John, Ray Charles and Tina Turner and ice hockey matches with over 10,000 spectators.{{Citation | author =Vladimir Stanimirović | title = Podrška za Tašmajdan| newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 4 May 2009}} Yugoslav national tennis team played the Davis Cup matches in 1956 in Tašmajdan and the curiosities held in the facility include the chess with live figures, the football matches played by the Zastava 750 cars and the first Spanish corrida in Europe outside of Spain, when Luis Miguel Dominguín performed in September 1971. Tašmajdan hosted the first FINA World Aquatics Championships in 1973.

After the 1977-1978 season, the ice skating rink was dismantled in March 1978. Bad conditions of the facility in the 2000s led many public personalities in Belgrade (Cane Kostić, Neda Arnerić, Branko Cvejić) to urge the city government to do something about it. In mid-April 2009, the initiative called "Taš je naš" ({{lang-sr-cyr|Таш је наш}}; "Taš is ours") was held to draw public attention to the sad state of the crumbling facility.[http://mondo.rs/a131666/Zabava/Ludi-svet/Akcija-Tas-je-nas-vratimo-mu-stari-sjaj.html Akcija "Taš je naš" – vratimo mu stari sjaj, MTS Mondo, April 5, 2009] In the summer of 2009 the stadium was closed to the public due to the impending reconstruction.{{Citation | author =Marija Brakočević | title = Na korak do obnove stadiona Tašmajdan | newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 28 July 2011 }} An extensive RSD550 million renovation began in September 2011. Originally, the reconstruction was to be finished in December 2012, then was postponed to 2014 and was finally completed in 2016.{{Citation | author = Marija Brakočević | title = Stadion Tašmajdan u belom betonu umesto u bračkom kamenu | newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 3 November 2013 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/274730/Stadion-Tasmajdan-u-belom-betonu-umesto-u-brackom-kamenu}}{{cite news|url=http://mondo.rs/a892914/Info/Drustvo/Tasmajdan-otvaranje-rok-koncert.html|title=Evo ko će svirati na otvaranju Taša|agency=mondo.rs|date=12 April 2016|access-date=2016-04-16}} As the object is under the protection, the conceptual solution for the reconstruction had to fully preserve the original author's concept.{{clarify|date=October 2018}}{{Citation | author =M.R.B. | title = Počinje obnova stadiona "Tašmajdan" | newspaper = Politika | language = sr | date = 7 October 2011 }} Since December 2016, the ice skating rink became operational again during the winter. It covers {{convert|1,800|m2|abbr=on}} and though it worked only for less than 60 days in 2016, it had 30,000 visitors.{{Citation | author = A.J. | title = Fešta na tašmajdanskom ledu | trans-title = Festivity on Tašmajdan's ice | newspaper = Politika | page = 14 | language = sr | date = 16 December 2017 }}

Pionir Sports Complex

= Aleksandar Nikolić Hall =

{{main|Aleksandar Nikolić Hall}}

The hall, designed by Ljiljana and Dragomir Bakić, was opened on 24 May 1973 as the Pionir Hall. It was later renamed after Aleksandar Nikolić, "father of Yugoslav basketball". The interior was completely refurbished in 2019 and enlarged to 8,000 seats.

= Pionir Ice Hall =

{{main|Pionir Ice Hall}}

Swimming pools

= Outdoor swimming pool =

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File:Свјетлопис дијела зграде СРЦ Ташмајдан, Биоград.jpg

The outdoor swimming pool was opened on 25 June 1961. Its capacity is 2,500, and swimming beaches hold around 3,500 people, for the total of 6,000, including the activation of telescopic bleachers.

Reconstruction of the pool began on 10 March 2020, after the works on the stadium were finished. The pool will get a new, stainless steel bed, and the deepest end will be shortened from {{convert|4.8|to|2|m|abbr=on}}, for safety and maintenance reasons, while the pool will remain eligible for all competitions. The works should be completed in June 2020.{{cite news | author = Branka Vasiljević | script-title=sr: Базени на Ташу за око два месеца спремни за купаче | trans-title = Taš pools ready for swimmers in around two months | newspaper = Politika | page = 14 | language = sr | date = 28 April 2020}}

= Indoor swimming pool =

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The indoor swimming pool was opened on 13 December 1968. The pool's dimensions are 50 × 20 m. The capacity for spectators is 2,000 seats. Within the same building there is a recreation center, a gym, a small swimming pool and a hotel named Taš.

Notable basketball matches

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!Date!!Home Team!!Result!!Away Team!!Occasion!!Notes

29 May 1964{{flagicon|YUG}} Belgrade Selection51—98{{flagicon|USA}} NBA All-StarsNBA All-Stars' Yugoslav Tour— Belgrade: Slobodan Gordić (10 points), Radivoj Korać (20p), Trajko Rajković (4p), Miodrag Nikolić, Miloš Bojović (4p), Vladimir Cvetković (4p), Nemanja Đurić (9p), Dragan Kovačić, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Dragutin Čermak, Tihomir Pavlović
— NBA: Bill Russell (4 points), Bob Pettit (12p), Oscar Robertson (31p), Bob Cousy (6p), Jerry Lucas (26p), Tom Heinsohn (11p), Tom Gola (8p), coach Red Auerbach
— attendance: ~8,500
— referees: Miroslav Minić and Obrad Belošević (both from Belgrade)
— the May–June 1964 NBA All-Stars tour in Eastern Europe and North Africa was sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the eight NBA players were briefed by the Secretary of State Dean Rusk about what to expect and how to behave in countries where "they're likely to encounter anti-American sentiment".{{cite news|last=Pakrac|first=Tomislav|url=http://crosarka.com/rubrike/kolumne/kosarkaski-fanatik-50-godina-od-gostovanja-nba-all-stars-momcadi-u-hrvatskoj-118065|title=Košarkaški fanatik: 50 godina od gostovanja NBA All-Stars momčadi u Hrvatskoj|agency=crosarka.com|date=2 June 2014|access-date=2015-03-15|archive-date=2015-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092239/http://crosarka.com/rubrike/kolumne/kosarkaski-fanatik-50-godina-od-gostovanja-nba-all-stars-momcadi-u-hrvatskoj-118065|url-status=dead}}
— other than the two games in Belgrade, the NBA All-Stars tour stops in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia included Zagreb (1 June 1964), Karlovac (2 June), and Ljubljana (4 June).
— in addition to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the NBA All-Stars tour included games in the Polish People's Republic, the Socialist Republic of Romania, and Egypt
— 24-year-old Dragan Kovačić played the game for the Belgrade selection despite not playing his club basketball for a Belgrade-based club nor being from Belgrade.
— 25-year-old Cincinnati Royals guard Oscar Robertson was named the NBA league MVP for the just completed 1963-64 season.
— 35-year-old Boston College head coach Bob Cousy had already been retired from playing pro basketball for over a year at the time of the tour, which marked his temporary comeback to playing basketball.
— K.C. Jones didn't play in the first game in Belgrade.
30 May 1964{{flagicon|YUG}} Belgrade Selection52—100{{flagicon|USA}} NBA All-StarsNBA All-Stars' Yugoslav Tour— Belgrade: Slobodan Gordić (4 points), Radivoj Korać (16p), Nemanja Đurić (8p), Miodrag Nikolić, Josip Đerđa (6p), Dragan Kovačić (2p), Miloš Bojović (2p), Vladimir Cvetković (4p), Ratomir Vićentić, Dragoslav Ražnatović (8p), Dragutin Čermak (2p), Tihomir Pavlović
— NBA: Bob Pettit (19 points), Bob Cousy (25p), Oscar Robertson (16p), Tom Heinsohn (16p), Jerry Lucas (22p), K.C. Jones (2p), coach Red Auerbach
— attendance: ~5,000
— referees: Jovan Petrović and Dragaš Jakšić (both from Belgrade)
— 26-year-old Josip Đerđa played the game for the Belgrade selection despite not playing his club basketball for a Belgrade-based club nor being from Belgrade.
— Bill Russell and Tom Gola picked up small knocks in the first game in Belgrade and decided to sit out the second one.

Concerts

File:Tasmajdan Stadium 01.jpg in September 2019.]]

Over the decades, the open air stadium has hosted a variety of acts in late spring and summer from May to September:

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  • September 18, 2020 – Bajaga i Instruktori (no crowd, Ovaj svet se menja promotion)
  • July 16, 2021 – Bajaga i Instruktori
  • August 16, 2021 – Riblja Čorba i prijatelji (Honouring Miša Aleksić, guests: Momčilo Bajagić, Dragi Jelić, Žika Jelić, Nikola Čuturilo, Zvonimir Đukić)
  • August 21, 2021 – Hladno Pivo (opening act: Raskid13) {{cite news|title = Хладно пиво 21. августа на Ташмајдану |url = https://www.danas.rs/kultura/scena/hladno-pivo-21-avgusta-na-tasmajdanu/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20231023000529/https://www.danas.rs/kultura/scena/hladno-pivo-21-avgusta-na-tasmajdanu/ |accessdate = 10 October 2023 |website = danas.rs |date=14 June 2021 |archivedate=23 October 2023}}{{cite news|title = За вјек и вјекова — Хладно пиво на Ташмајдану |url = https://balkanrock.com/reportaze/za-vjek-i-vjekova-hladno-pivo-na-tasmajdanu/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210824110546/https://balkanrock.com/reportaze/za-vjek-i-vjekova-hladno-pivo-na-tasmajdanu/ |accessdate = 10 October 2023 |website = balkanrock.com |date=22 August 2021 |archivedate=24 August 2021}}
  • September 1, 2021 – "Noć muzike"
  • September 4, 2021 – Partibrejkers
  • September 8, 2021 – Plácido Domingo
  • September 17, 2021 – Kakva ti je žena, takav ti je život by Dragan "Maca" Marinković
  • September 18, 2021 – Massimo Savić (opening act: Vatra)
  • September 19, 2021 – Vlatko Stefanovski & V3 Trio
  • June 6, 2022 – Beogradski Sindikat
  • June 21, 2022 – Rock El Clásico: Stefan Milenkovich vs. Nele Karajlić
  • June 28, 2022 – Zorica Brunclik i prijatelji (guests: {{ill|Zorica Marković|sr}}, Nada Topčagić, Marija Šerifović, Mira Škorić, Mile Kitić)
  • July 2, 2022 – Five Finger Death Punch (opening act: Solence){{cite news|title=-{Hollywood Undead}- испред -{Five Finger Death Punch}- на Ташу |url = https://balkanrock.com/vesti/najave/hollywood-undead-ispred-five-finger-death-punch-na-tasu/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20211213102120/https://balkanrock.com/vesti/najave/hollywood-undead-ispred-five-finger-death-punch-na-tasu/ |accessdate=22 December 2021 |website = balkanrock.com |date=13 December 2021 |archivedate=13 December 2021}}{{cite news|title=-{Five Finger Death Punch}- у Београду: Силовито и професионално до самог краја |url = https://balkanrock.com/reportaze/five-finger-death-punch-u-beogradu-silovito-i-profesionalno-do-samog-kraja/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220819105703/https://balkanrock.com/reportaze/five-finger-death-punch-u-beogradu-silovito-i-profesionalno-do-samog-kraja/ |accessdate=10 October 2023 |website = balkanrock.com |date=3 July 2021 |archivedate=19 August 2022}}
  • July 11, 2022 – Wardruna{{cite news|title=-{Wardruna}- ипак наредног лета на Ташмајдану |url = https://balkanrock.com/vesti/najave/wardruna-ipak-narednog-leta-na-tasmajdanu/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220224184140/https://balkanrock.com/vesti/najave/wardruna-ipak-narednog-leta-na-tasmajdanu/ |accessdate=24 February 2021 |website = balkanrock.com |date=19 October 2021 |archivedate=24 February 2022}}{{cite news|title=-{Wardruna}- у Београду — Музика је лек потребан нашој души |url = https://balkanrock.com/reportaze/wardruna-u-beogradu-muzika-je-lek-potreban-nasoj-dusi/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220819112551/https://balkanrock.com/reportaze/wardruna-u-beogradu-muzika-je-lek-potreban-nasoj-dusi/ |accessdate=10 October 2023 |website = balkanrock.com |date=12 July 2022 |archivedate=19 August 2022}}
  • August 29, 2022 – Pixies (opening act: The Slow Show){{cite news|title=Вечерас, напокон, концерт легендарног бенда -{Pixies}- |url = https://www.danas.rs/kultura/scena/veceras-napokon-koncert-legendarnog-benda-pixies/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220829133313/https://www.danas.rs/kultura/scena/veceras-napokon-koncert-legendarnog-benda-pixies/ |accessdate=29 August 2022 |website = danas.rs | date=29 August 2022 |archivedate=29 August 2022}}{{cite news|title=-{Pixies}- у Београду – Две године чекања су се исплатиле! |url = https://balkanrock.com/reportaze/pixies-u-beogradu-dve-godine-cekanja-su-se-isplatile/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220831094258/https://balkanrock.com/reportaze/pixies-u-beogradu-dve-godine-cekanja-su-se-isplatile/ |accessdate=29 August 2022 |website = balkanrock.com | date=31 August 2022 |archivedate=31 August 2022}}
  • September 10, 2022 – YU Grupa (50th Anniversary, guests: Zvonimir Đukić, Bora Đorđević, Tihomir Pop Asanović, Nikola Čuturilo, Dejan Cukić, Zele Lipovača, Momčilo Bajagić, {{ill|Milovan Đuđić|sr}}, Aleksa Jelić, Vlatko Stefanovski, {{ill|Saša Lokner|sr}}, Dado Topić, {{ill|Bruno Langer|sr}}, Aleksandra Đelmaš, David Micić)
  • May 20, 2023 – ABBA Symphonic Real Tribute Show (guests: The Zrenjanin Philharmonic)
  • May 24, 2023 – Lord of the Dance
  • June 17, 2023 – Tea Tairović (Na jednu noć Tour, guest: Sanja Vučić)
  • June 24, 2023 – Baja Mali Knindža
  • June 29, 2023 – Nikos Vertis (guest: Saša Kovačević)
  • July 3, 2023 – Nemanja Radulović & Double Sens
  • September 9, 2023 – Jašar Ahmedovski{{cite news|title=Јашар Ахмедовски, 9. септембар 2023. |url = https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jasar-ahmedovski/2023/tasmajdan-stadium-belgrade-serbia-63a2ca83.html | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20231014235701/https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/jasar-ahmedovski/2023/tasmajdan-stadium-belgrade-serbia-63a2ca83.html |accessdate=10 October 2023 |website = setlist.fm |date=9 September 2023 |archivedate=14 October 2023}}{{cite news|title=Ташмајдан је горео! Сви детаљи спектакла Јашара Ахмедовског |url = https://grand.nova.rs/showbiz/tasmajdan-je-goreo-svi-detalji-spektakla-jasara-ahmedovskog-video/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20231014233502/https://grand.nova.rs/showbiz/tasmajdan-je-goreo-svi-detalji-spektakla-jasara-ahmedovskog-video/ |accessdate=10 October 2023 |website = grand.nova.rs |date=10 September 2023 |archivedate=14 October 2023}}
  • September 16, 2023 – Buč Kesidi (guests: Bojana Vunturišević, {{ill|Džipsii|sr}}, Pocket Palma, Vlado Georgiev){{cite news|title=Бојана Вунтуришевић, -{Džipsii}- и -{Pocket Palma}- гости на концерту Буч Кесидија |url = https://balkanrock.com/vesti/najave/bojana-vunturisevic-dzipsii-i-pocket-palma-gosti-na-koncertu-buc-kesidija/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20230822092434/https://balkanrock.com/vesti/najave/bojana-vunturisevic-dzipsii-i-pocket-palma-gosti-na-koncertu-buc-kesidija/ |accessdate=10 October 2023 |website = balkanrock.com |date=21 August 2023 |archivedate=22 August 2023}}{{cite news|title=Еуфорија од прве песме: Буч Кесиди распродали концерт на Ташу |url = https://www.danas.rs/kultura/scena/euforija-od-prve-pesme-buc-kesidi-rasprodali-koncert-na-tasu/ | url-status=live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20230920061509/https://www.danas.rs/kultura/scena/euforija-od-prve-pesme-buc-kesidi-rasprodali-koncert-na-tasu/ |accessdate=10 October 2023 |website = danas.rs |date=17 September 2023 |archivedate=20 September 2023}}
  • July 13, 2024 – Deep Purple
  • August 30, 2024 – Senidah
  • September 4, 2024 – Nikos Vertis (guest: Lepa Brena)
  • September 7, 2024 – Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
  • September 13, 2024 – Zemfira

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.tasmajdan.co.rs/}}

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