Stadion Balgarska Armia

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Stadion Balgarska Armia (Bulgarian: „ “, lit. ''Bulgarian Army Stadium'') is a stadium of the Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia. It is situated in the Borisova gradina in the centre of Sofia. Until 2024 the stadium had four sectors and a total of 22,995 (18, 495) seats, of which 2,100 are covered; the pitch length was 106 meters and the width was 66 meters. The capacity of the old stadium was divided in four sectors: Sector A: 6417 seats Sector B: 4889 seats Sector V: 5689 seats Sector G: 6000 (1500 seats) The sports complex also includes tennis courts, a basketball court, and gymnastics facilities, as well the CSKA Sofia Glory Museum. The press conference room has 80 seats. In late 2023, the stadium was closed, in preparation for its reconstruction, which will involve a complete overhaul and demolition of the current stands and rebuilding the stadium into a football-specific stadium, without an athletics track. During the process, CSKA would play home matches at the Vasil Levski National Stadium, situated only a couple of hundred meters away from the Bulgarska Armia. In 2024 the stadium was demolished and the construction of a new 18,540-seat venue began on the same site.

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