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Kosovo National Stadium (Albanian: Stadiumi Kombëtar i Kosovës) is a proposed football stadium in near Drenas, Kosovo. This proposed stadium would be the new home of the Kosovo national team and it would serve as a venue for major football club cup finals and other sports and non-sports related activities.

Kosovo National Stadium

Stadiumi Kombëtar i Kosovës
Arena Dardane (Dardanian Arena)
Location	near Drenas, Kosovo
Owner	Football Federation of Kosovo
Operator	Kosovo national football team
Capacity	30,000
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	LED
Construction
Built	2019 (planned)
Opened	2021 (planned)
Construction cost	€50 million
Architect	Murat Tabanlıoğlu
Tenants
Kosovo national football team

The stadium was designed with a capacity to seat 30,000 spectators, making it the highest capacity football stadium in Kosovo. The stadium is planned to be completed by 2021.

Location

In 2019, the Government of Kosovo has decided that this stadium will be built near Drenas, approving the request of Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Kujtim Gashi. The location is 14 kilometers away from capital city of Pristina, rejecting the option selected by the previous government, which was Bërnica. The national stadium will be built on a 25-hectare (62-acre) site in Sankoc, and work should have begin in 2020. There was a lot of debate about the stadium, calling it a political decision, as it was originally planned to be built in Bërnica.

History

Planning and construction

On 12 July 2019, the construction of stadium began,[1] and two days later the project of this stadium was presented which would have a capacity of 30,000 seats,[2] but after the presentation, the construction was suspended for political reasons related to the location.[3]

Naming

There were a lot of ideas and propositions for naming the new stadium. One of the main proposals was Arena Dardane (Dardanian Arena), however there isn't still anything official about the name of the stadium which is currently referred as Kosovo National Stadium.

Facilities

Based on the plans presented by Tabanlıoğlu Architects, Kosovo National Stadium will have:

• Training grounds
• Retail
• Parking
• Nursery
• Museum
• Library
• Indoor swimming pool
• Hotel

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