The stadium is host predominantly for football matches ( It is FOOTBALL, not fucking SOCCER), though it also hosts other sports mainly athletic events. It has a cowd capacity of 27,000.
The complex was built specifically for the 2002 Summer World Student games (think olympics for soap dodgers)
Fortune favours the brave, lets wander in, what is the worst that can happen? hmm? The sign above the open door read as I now found out "ASSOCIATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE OF UZBEKISTAN REGIONAL DEPARTMENT OF BUKHARA REGION"
A couple of old display signs just lying around, trying all the closed doors, as you do.
A nice comfy sitting area, no one about, when finally a door that opened
A rather messy workbench
and on the floor a mass of vintage false legs, what amazing treasure
Tools and stuff
How these vintage legs were created...... with an aluminium frame and leather sheathes
A few odd shoes
and a mass of false feet, amazing social history
Extracting myself and plodding on I next ended up in a gym
A boxing gym, with a tribute to veteran boxers of the region and the clubs they belonged to
When out of the blue jumped these two guys, I couldn't understand them, they couldn't understand me, I pointed the camera they understood and gladly gave me this pose, a shake of hands and off I went
Eventually finding myself in the stadium proper
A rather splendid multi purpose modern stadium, loved the way I just walked around, without a care in the world, loving what I was seeing.
FC Bukhoro was originally formed in 1960, and changing its name to FK Buxoro in 1997. A professional team, unknown to me, have never won anything during their time. But they do play in a great stadium.
If this were the UK, believe me you would not be able to just walk into a place like this; if you did the place would now be swarming with cops, probably armed, probably a helicopter hovering overhead,
Even the ladies taking a break in the shade didn't bat an eyelid, it is as though they see interlopers mooching about everyday.
The kids undergoing some athletics training just carried on with their routines.
Next? The dead centre of Bukhara
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Awesome, I would have walked in too 😁
The pose of the 2 guys is great. Sometimes you don’t need words…
Have a great weekend!
cheers @littlebee4 , good to here you are as nosey as me LOL have a great week
Thanks! Enjoy your week.
Cheers 😊
This is what Western society lacks - openness.
Trust no one
Question everything
I wonder why they still have the workshop and all those leg bits lying around
Weird huh?
I love that you could wander about. At first I thought the exterior looked good for an abandon stadium. Then the first finds confirmed things left from the past. I wondered why the tools, false legs etc are still there. It is nice to see the stadium looking modern and used with friendly people.
Yes, perhaps they had gone for a lunch break and my timing was right, I did wonder myself about it being abandoned, but still a great place just to wander aound