Arto Tolsa Areena (Kotka)

Finland / Kymenlaakso / Kotka / Puistotie
 football / soccer stadium, football second league

Arto Tolsa Areena is a football stadium in Kotka, Finland. It is the home stadium of KTP and FC KooTeePee. The stadium holds 4,780 and was inaugurated in 1952 for the Helsinki Olympics. The stadium's record attendance was made during the Olympic Games in the football match between the Soviet Union and Bulgaria, the score having been 2–1 a.e.t.. Depending on the source, the record is 10,000 or 10,637 or 10,950.
Arto Tolsa Areena was previously known as "Urheilukeskus" ("Sports Center" in Finnish). It got its current name after it was renovated around the turn of millennium. The current name comes from Arto Tolsa, who was a legendary Finnish player of Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat, the predecessor of FC KooTeePee.
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Coordinates:   60°27'27"N   26°56'22"E
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