Szent Gellért Fórum

Szent Gellért Fórum
Location	Szeged, Hungary
Coordinates	46°15′40.9″N 20°7′5.3″E / 46.261361°N 20.118139°ECoordinates: 46°15′40.9″N 20°7′5.3″E / 46.261361°N 20.118139°E
Owner	Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia
Operator	Szeged-Csanád county
Capacity	8,256
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass; Field
Construction
Broke ground	2018
Built	2018-19
Opened	28 August 2019
Construction cost	13,4 billion HUF
Tenants
	Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia

Szent Gellért Fórum is a sports venue in Szeged, Hungary. The stadium is home to the association football side Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia. The stadium has a capacity of 8,256. Szent Gellért Fórum is a UEFA IV stadium category, therefore UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League group games can be played in it.

History[]

The stadium was opened in three phases. First, on 28 August 2019, Placido Domingo's concert opened the stadium. The Puerto Rican soprano, Ana María Martínez and Domingo's father also appeared on stage.^[1] On 8 September 2019, the second phase will include a common mass with the members of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Szeged–Csanád, while third phase will inluce an association football match between the tenant of the Szent Gellért Fórum, Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia and the Italian Serie A-club S.S. Lazio.^[2]

TBD	Szeged	v	Lazio	Opening match
		[ Report]

^ "NB II: szerda este avatják fel a szegedi Szent Gellért Fórumot" [NB II: The Szent Gellért Fórum will be inaugurated on Wednesday] (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Így néz ki Szeged világszínvonalú sportkomlexuma, a Szent Gellért Fórum" [This is how Szeged's sport complex, Szent Gellért Fórum, looks like] (in Hungarian). Origo.hu. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

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