Astana Arena Tickets

Stadium facts

Astana Arena key facts

Home teams

Kazakhstan, FC Astana

Capacity

30,244

Opened

2009

Owner

City of Astana (also the operator)

Record attendance

30,100 — Kazakhstan 3–1 San Marino, UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying, 17 November 2023

Pitch size

105 × 68 m

• Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev took the symbolic first kick at the opening match in July 2009, with Andriy Shevchenko and Hakan Şükür among the guest players.
• The roof has two moving sections that open or close over the pitch in about 20 minutes.
• The record crowd of 30,100 watched Kazakhstan beat San Marino 3–1 in November 2023.
• The stadium was one of the bidders to host matches at UEFA Euro 2020.
• Dimash Kudaibergen drew about 40,000 people to a concert here in June 2019.

History

About Astana Arena

The stadium was built between 2006 and 2009 at a cost of about US$185 million, designed by Populous with Tabanlıoğlu Architects and built by Sembol Construction. It opened on 3 July 2009 with a match between Lokomotiv Astana and Kazakhstan’s youth side, refereed by Pierluigi Collina, and was first called Kazhymukan Stadium after the wrestler Kazhymukan Munaitpasov before taking its current name. The first official international was a 2010 World Cup qualifier on 14 October 2009, which Croatia won 2–1. It staged the opening ceremony of the 2011 Asian Winter Games, and in February 2020 glass roof panels gave way under snow and ice without injuring anyone.

Seating layout

Astana Arena seating plan & capacity

The lower tier of about 16,000 seats runs all the way round the pitch, with upper tiers on the east and west sides adding about 14,000. The stadium is all-seated and has a retractable roof that opens or closes in about 20 minutes.

• West Stand

  One of the two sides with an upper tier above the lower bowl.

• East Stand

  The other side with an upper tier; the two upper tiers together seat about 14,000.

• North Stand

  An end stand forming part of the single lower tier that runs round the pitch.

• South Stand

  The opposite end stand, also part of the lower tier of about 16,000 seats.

Getting there

How to get to Astana Arena

Astana Arena is in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Bus

City buses 10, 12, 37, 51, 53, 60, 301, 302, 303, 308 and 309 stop at the Astana Arena stop; routes 26 and 40 stop at Barys Arena, a short walk away.

Walk

The stadium stands between Turan Avenue and Qabanbay Batyr Avenue, near the Alau ice rink and the Palace of Martial Arts.

FAQ

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