Pristina City Stadium
Encyclopedia
Pristina City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
in Pristina
and one of the biggest stadiums in Kosovo
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and is the home ground of KF Prishtina
. The stadium holds 38,500 people, or 25,000 seated. It is also one of the two stadiums that have been picked for international matches.
that the stadium was filled with 25,000 people and was host to a concert by the American
rapper 50 Cent
.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Pristina
Pristina
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....
and one of the biggest stadiums in Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. 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 and is the home ground of KF Prishtina
KF Prishtina
Football Club Prishtina is a football club based in Prishtina, Kosovo. The club was founded in 1922 and currently plays in the Raiffeisen Football Superleague of Kosovo.- History :...
. The stadium holds 38,500 people, or 25,000 seated. It is also one of the two stadiums that have been picked for international matches.
Curiosities
In December 2007 it was the first time after the 1999 Kosovo WarKosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
that the stadium was filled with 25,000 people and was host to a concert by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rapper 50 Cent
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...
.