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other sides of the pitch once the running track has been removed
and the rather elegant 1964 vaulted-roof Main Stand demolished.
The plan allows for 5,000 more seats to be added at a later date by
enclosing the
corners. Work
should start next
Spring.
The Norwegian
Football Grounds
Website (www.stud.ntnu.no/~thomaka/stadion/
index.shtml) also reports that Lillestrom opened a new
4,250-seat stand at their Arasen Stadion (pictured
right) over the Summer. The new stand is the first of
three new stands to be built with work now in hand on a 2,500-seat effort at the North End. The third and
final stand to be built will hold 2,000 behind the South goal in a total capacity of around 12,000. A new
floodlighting system will also be installed, one that is capable of being lowered when not in use because
of the proximity of an air force base.
Finally on this epic round-up, our news from Belgium begins
at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi, scene of England’s victory
over Germany in Euro 2000. After the tournament had packed
up and gone, the builders moved back in to remove the third tier
(pictured top right) of the controversial East Stand at the home
of RSC Charleroi. This stand hit the he