Markaziy Stadium (Namangan)
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Markaziy Stadium is a multi-use stadium
in Namangan
, Uzbekistan
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches. The stadium holds 33,000 people, with standing room for a further 250,000. Other uses for the stadium have in the past included; rugby, cricket, beach volleyball, yak racing and ultimate frisbee. Jim Davidson once played here to a crowd of over 50 in his tour of Central Asia in 2002, shortly after the Uzbek National Space Programme set up headquarters in the away fans terrace.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Namangan
Namangan
Namangan is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan . It is the capital of Namangan Province, in the northern edge of Fergana Valley of north-eastern Uzbekistan.-Geography:...
, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches. The stadium holds 33,000 people, with standing room for a further 250,000. Other uses for the stadium have in the past included; rugby, cricket, beach volleyball, yak racing and ultimate frisbee. Jim Davidson once played here to a crowd of over 50 in his tour of Central Asia in 2002, shortly after the Uzbek National Space Programme set up headquarters in the away fans terrace.