Key facts
Club: Arka Gdynia | Opening: 2011 | Capacity: 15,139 seats
History and description
Stadion Miejski w Gdyni, also known as GOSiR Stadion, was built between 2009 and 2011 to provide Arka with a modern home.
The stadium officially opened on 19 February 2011 with an exhibition match between Arka Gdynia and Bulgarian side Beroe Stara Zagora, which had been the club’s first UEFA Cup Winner’s Cup opponent in 1979.
Stadion Miejski w Gdyni came at a cost of a little under PLN 80 million. It has served as the home of Baltyk Gdynia too, but they currently play their home matches at the nearby Narodowy Stadion Rugby.
How to get to Stadion Miejski w Gdyni
Stadion Miejski w Gdyni is located in the south of Gdynia at a little over 3 kilometres from Gdynia’s city centre and main railway station. The stadium lies about 7 kilometres north of beach resort town Sopot.
The stadium can be reached with the SKM commuter trains. Station Gdynia Redlowo lies a 5-minute walk way from the stadium. Direct trains run from Gdynia, Sopot, and Gdansk.
Trains run at least every half an hour but more often during the week. The journey from Gdynia’s main railway station takes 4 minutes, that from Sopot 7 minutes, and that from Gdansk main railway station 28 minutes.
Address: ul. Olimpijska 5/9, 81-538 Gdynia
Eat, drink, and sleep near Stadion Miejski w Gdyni
Stadion Miejski w Gdyni is located on an office park at the edge of the city. Unless you like forests, there isn’t a whole lot to do near the stadium, though the large Centrum Riviera shopping centre is only a 15-minute walk away. It’s also the best place close to the stadium to find something to eat or drink.
There aren’t any hotels directly near the stadium, though you’ll be able to find an apartment rental in the residential neighbourhoods around the stadium if you need to stay close. Most will decide to either stay in seaside resort town Sopot or the historic city of Gdansk though, which are more pleasant alternatives than Gdynia itself, though there are a few hotels to choose from in Gdynia’s city centre.
Click here for an overview of hotels and apartments near Stadion Miejski w Gdyni, here for hotels in Gdansk, here for hotels in Sopot, and here for hotels in Gdynia.
Arka Gdynia Tickets
Tickets for Arka Gdynia games can be bough online, at the club shop at the stadium, at the Star-Tom club store at ul. Wojta Radtkego 38/40 in Gdynia’s city centre, or at any of the other sales outlets.
Tickets range in prices from PLN 18.00 for a seat behind the goal to PLN 41.00 for the better seats at the main stand. Prices go up with PLN 5.00 for six high-profile games.
Email bilety@arka.gdynia.pl for more information.
Photos of Stadion Miejski w Gdyni
Relevant Internet links
Arka.gdynia.pl – Official website of Arka Gdynia.
Jakdojade.pl – Public transport journey planner.