The stadium held 30,000 people and was built in 2003, named by Saparmurat Niyazov. In 2007, the Turkmen government decided to reconstruct the stadium and to enlarge it. The new arena seats up to 45,00
Interior of the stadium during AIMAG 2017
Stadium exterior
Stadium exterior at night
Back of a Turkmenistani banknote of 100 manat, 2017
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border