Durok Stadium
The Durok Stadium is the main sports facility in the city-state of Merindar, as well as the home ground of Merindar City FC, making it an officially recognised stadium of the Teralian National Football League. It has a capacity of 29,782. Built in 1988 (STS) and simply called "The Stadium of Bagermash" by the then Bagermash Government to be the home of the Bagermash National Team, as well as a place to hold many more sporting events. Competitive Sport however was not entirely within the beliefs of the Bagermashi, which is one of the reasons the stadium was not built in Bagermash's seat of Government. Despite this, the stadium was impressively furnished, including outside training grounds, running track, underground heating and an Imperial Box for Bagermash himself to watch the sporting events, should he want to.
However, with the decline of the Bagermash state, much of the stadium began to fall into neglect, and very little in the way of sport was held at the stadium. However, as Merindar repaired itself after the collapse of Bagermash, it took it upon itself to refurbish the stadium, and renamed it the "Durok Stadium", after the recognised founder of Merindar, Durok Shaddam.
After Merindar City FC was officially founded it applied for membership in the Teralian National Football League, and Teralian inspectors came to inspect the stadium. Unfortunately they concluded that the stadium was still not quite up to standards, which meant that the club was forced to play elsewhere for their first two seasons. However the stadium was soon ready for proper use, and Merindar City's first true home game drew massive crowds.
In 2055, Merindar City FC was bought by businessman Oscar Linde who used money from his vast empire to improve the ground still further. This included the reconstruction of the west stand, which saw the destruction of the old imperial box. In its place was a larger, more modern stand with improved facilities as well as a proper media suite. Linde plans to do similar work with the rest of the ground's stands, giving it a whole new appearance within the next 20 years.
The Durok stadium is also used for music concerts - which were banned under Bagermashi rule - and is the setting for several other sporting events, including the finishing line for the Merindar 50K.
