Steelyard Stadium
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Pohang Steel Yard is a football stadium
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 Pohang
Pohang
Pohang is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River...

, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. It is the home stadium of Pohang Steelers
Pohang Steelers
Pohang Steelers are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. They were originally called POSCO, after the Pohang Iron and Steel Company that owned it...

. The stadium holds 25,000 people and was built in 1990 (It is the first football-only stadium in Korea.)
It's balcony typed structure presents a full view at any place to the spectators for a close look and its roof makes shades for them under the sun. the stadium has a seating of 25,000 along with supporters' seats of 500, which are located at the left side of headquarters. the supporters' seats, equipped in 1999, are the exclusive place for supporters and they are the first and only facilities among domestic stadiums. In the Pohang stadium, the distance between the playground and the spectatators' seats is so close that the spectators inside the stadium can hear even the sounds of breathing of the players during the match.
In 2003, the stadium was upgraded with full repair works such as changing all-season lawn, securing up-to-date sound facilities, and furnishing new lockers for players. The electric scoreboard and lightings, sound facilities and convenient facilities are appraised as good as those of the World Cup Stadiums. However, its solid tradition and 14-year history carrying the Korea's best football matches are far beyond slenderness of the two-year World Cup stadiums.

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