National Stadium (Thailand)
The National Stadium of Thailand is a sports complex located in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok. Founded in 1937 with the construction of Suphachalasai Stadium, its main venue, the complex has since expanded and now consists of multiple stadia and sporting facilities.
From right to left, Suphachalasai Stadium, the warm-up field, and Thephasadin Stadium. Nimibutr Gymnasium and Visutdrarom Swimming Pool are partially seen in the far left.
National Stadium in 1943
National Stadium in 2016
Suphachalasai Stadium
Pathum Wan is one of the fifty districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. It lies just beyond the old city boundary of Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem, and was a rural area on the eastern outskirts of the city when royal villas were built there in the late nineteenth century. The district was officially established in 1915, and covers an area of 8.37 square kilometres (3.23 sq mi). A large part of the district area is taken up by the campus of Chulalongkorn University and the green expanses of Lumphini Park and the Royal Bangkok Sports Club. By the turn of the 20th–21st centuries, the district had become known as the modern-day city centre, home to the prominent shopping areas of Siam and Ratchaprasong.
The Siam area, with Siam Square in the foreground
Windsor Palace, which stood from 1884 to 1935, occupied extensive grounds in what is now Wang Mai Subdistrict.
The campus of Chulalongkorn University and the Royal Bangkok Sports Club form open spaces against the backdrop of Ratchadamri skyscrapers (background, right).
Wat Pathum Wanaram forms an oasis of tranquillity flanked by the Siam Paragon (in back) and CentralWorld (not shown) shopping malls.