Avanhard Stadium (Pripyat)

Avanhard Stadium

Avanhard Stadium in 2013
Full name	Стадіон «Авангард»
Location	Pripyat, Ukraine
Coordinates	51°24′38.1″N 30°03′15.8″E / 51.410583°N 30.054389°E / 51.410583; 30.054389
Surface	Grass
Construction
Built	1970s
Opened	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Closed	26 April 1986; 38 years ago (1986-04-26)
Tenants
Stroitel Pripyat

Avanhard Stadium (Ukrainian: Стадіон «Авангард») is an abandoned football stadium in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was built to become the home ground of FC Stroitel Pripyat. Due to the Chernobyl disaster it was never realized.^[1][2] It was named, like several other grounds, after the Ukrainian sports society trade union. The town of Pripyat was evacuated following the Chernobyl disaster on 26 April 1986, which occurred a few kilometers away.

• Markiyan Kamysh's novel A Stroll to the Zone is about illegal tourist trips to Pripyat.
• In S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl the Avanhard Stadium makes a minor appearance as the player exits Pripyat.
• The stadium also showed in the documentary television series Life After People (2008) as a part of the story of Pripyat.

• Azure Swimming Pool
• Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

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