Ashgabat Olympic Stadium — Attraction in Ashgabat City

A wonderful stadium with cutting edge technology and great facilities. The primary stadium amidst the Olympic Complex that housed the Asian Indoor Martial Art Games 2017. A grand official opening was held with many performances and parades. Truly a great sporting event of international magnitude. This Stadium was built with these games in mind and was used for the first time for these games. Platforms on the stadium playing field were electronically raised and lighting/sound systems were first class rated. Gigantic wide LCD screens were also placed and the hallmark of the stadium was the huge stallion’s figure head. A momentous event in sports and we were lucky enough to be part of it. The Games was held under the auspices of the Olympic Council of Asia and the General Assembly Meeting was also part of this incredible event. It was a most memorable event and visit to beautiful Ashgabat in...

The stadium held 30,000 people and was built in 2003, named for Saparmurat Niyazov. In 2017, it hosted Asian Olympic Council’s Asian Indoor & Martial Arts games that included participation from Australia and wider Oceania. The wider Ashgabat Olympic Park also hosted the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.

In 2007 the Turkmen government decided to reconstruct the stadium and to enlarge it. The new arena seats up to 45,000 people. The stadium closed in 2012, and was partially demolished in 2013 for redevelopment. The most prominent feature of the new renovations is head of an Ahal-Teke horse, which resembles the national emblem of...

Beautiful area and amazing construction. But terrible waste of spending on the opening ceremonies. Long, drawn out, and glorification of the leadership more than the people. This entire city, though it’s gorgeous and beautiful, the Government isn’t for the people or by the people. This entire city is a monument to the dictatorship not freedom and tranquility. The money that was taken for the city’s construction could have helped so many people who are living in poverty in Turkmenistan and build up degraded infrastructure throughout existing cities. Instead, the government (mainly the dictator) wanted to build a beautiful city...