Władysław Król Municipal Stadium
{{short description|Football stadium in Łódź, Poland}}
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| nickname = Stadion ŁKS
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| location = Łódź, Poland
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| opened = 1924
2022
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| owner = Łódź City Council
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| surface = Grass
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| tenants = ŁKS Łódź
| seating_capacity = 18,029
| dimensions = {{nowrap|{{cvt|105 × 68|m}}}}
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The Władysław Król Municipal Stadium ({{langx|pl|Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla}}),{{Cite web |title=Stadion miejski im. Władysława Króla |trans-title=Władysław Król Municipal Stadium |url=https://uml.lodz.pl/czas-wolny/sport/obiekty-sportowe/stadion-miejski-im-wladyslawa-krola/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Łódź Municipal Office |language=pl}}{{Cite web |title=Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla Łódź Unii Lubelskiej 2 |trans-title=Władysław Król Municipal Stadium, Łódź, 2 Unii Lubelskiej Street |url=https://www.urbanity.pl/lodzkie/lodz/stadion-miejski,b384 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=www.urbanity.pl |language=pl}} also known as the Stadion Miejski ŁKS Łódźhttps://uk.soccerway.com/teams/poland/lks-lodz/1671/ ({{langx|en|ŁKS Łódź Municipal Stadium}}), is a football stadium in Łódź, Poland. The stadium has a capacity of 18,029 seats.
History
File:Stadion Miejski w Łodzi.jpg
The ground has hosted football games since 1924. The original stadium, built for association football club ŁKS Łódź, had a combination of grandstands and standing areas, and hosted a maximum crowd of 45,000 on August 21, 1971, when ŁKS Łódź and Polonia Bytom played to a 0–0 draw. The stands were renovated at various times, and by 2001 the field had seating for 12,160 fans, in sections built in various time periods.{{cite web |title=Łódzki Klub Sportowy |lang=pl |trans-title=Łódź Sports Club |website=ŁKS Łódź |date=2001 |url=http://www.lkslodz.pl/klub.php |access-date=2020-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030815222941/http://www.lkslodz.pl/klub.php |archive-date=2003-08-15 |url-status=dead |quote=(translated)MAIN STAND: 9,460 (Chairs and benches) {{!}}"GALERA": 2,700 (High back chairs)}}
A new stadium was planned on the same site.{{Cite web|url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/|title=Sport w WP SportoweFakty - wiadomości sportowe, relacje na żywo, wyniki|first=Wirtualna Polska|last=Media|website=sportowefakty.wp.pl}} In November 2013 a contract was finally signed to begin construction of the new stadium with Mirbud, with completion within 20 months. Initially only one stand with a capacity of 5,700 seats was built.{{Cite web|url=https://mirbud.pl/en/|title=Homepage | MIRBUD S.A.|website=mirbud.pl}}
The construction of the remaining three tribunes started in September 2019.{{cite web|url=http://stadiumdb.com/news/2019/06/poland_lodz_signs_contract_for_third_stadium|title=Poland: Łódź signs contract for third stadium|work=stadiumdb.com|date=5 June 2019}} The completed stadium was opened in 2022.
On 24 May 2021, the President of the City of Łódź Hanna Zdanowska signed a bylaw granting the Municipal Stadium named after pre-war footballer and hockey player Władysław Król.{{Cite web|url=https://lkslodz.pl/aktualnosci/juz-oficjalnie-gramy-na-stadionie-miejskim-im-wladyslawa-krola/|title=JUŻ OFICJALNIE. GRAMY NA STADIONIE MIEJSKIM IM. WŁADYSŁAWA KRÓLA!|website=ŁKS Łódź|language=pl}}
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