Várkerti Stadion

Várkert Stadium
Full name	Várkert Stadion
Location	Kisvárda, Hungary
Owner	Kisvárda FC
Capacity	2,850
Record attendance	3,385; (Kisvárda v Mezőkövesd, 19 May 2019)
Field size	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface	Grass; Field
Construction
Opened	2018
Construction cost	2.5 billion HUF
Tenants
	Kisvárda FC; Nyíregyháza Spartacus (2023)
Website
	www.magyarfutball.hu

Várkert Stadium is a football stadium in Kisvárda, Hungary. The UEFA category 3 arena is home to the association football side Kisvárda FC. The stadium has a capacity of 2,850.^[2]

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History

The stadium was planned to be built for HUF 120 million in 2014, however step by step it managed to cost taxpayers a lot more. After categorised as an economically significant investment, another HUF 800 million was awarded in 2014, which grew to 1.5 billion and then 2 billion in a short time. In the end a further 473 million HUF was spent on building a heat pipe system from the nearby thermal water complex - making the total investment HUF 2.5 billion - basically 1 million for each spectator seat. A typical example how one politician's dream can make others pay for it.

The first Nemzeti Bajnokság I match was played against Ferencváros on the 4th match day of the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I.^[3]

The first Magyar Kupa match was played on 27 February 2018 in the 2018–19 Magyar Kupa season against Ferencváros. The result was 1-1.

Nyíregyháza hosted Szeged-Csanád Grosics Akadémia on the 38 match day of the 2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság II season at the Várkerti Stadion on 27 May 2023.^[4]

Milestone matches

11 August 2018	Kisvárda	0–2	Ferencváros	First Nemzeti Bajnokság I match
		Report	55' Leandro 75' Lanzafame	Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Csaba Pintér (Hungary)