Stadiumi Gjirokastra
Stadiumi Gjirokastra is the football ground of Gjirokastra, a city in Albania known for its stone architecture. KS Luftëtari Gjirokastër play their home matches here in front of up to 8,400 spectators.
The renovation traces back to promotion: the club's 2016 return to the Albanian Superliga left the ground short of top-flight standards. The last comparable upgrade had come in 1972. Work began in August 2016, and the first phase finished by that November. Crews replaced the entire playing surface, fitted 300 plastic seats to the main stand and refurbished the changing rooms. CCTV cameras went up at the same time. The whole project cost 15 million lek, about 110,000 euros at the time. The municipality, the Albanian Football Association and the club's owner, Grigor Tavo, shared the bill.
The first Superliga fixture here in the 2016-17 season brought Partizani, and it finished 1-1 in front of roughly 3,000 fans. Football drives the schedule, though the gates open for other events as well. On match days you will see supporters from every corner of the city.
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