Tapiola’s Stand to be Relocated to Oulunkylä’s Gnistan Stadium

The Oulunkylä football stadium is set to undergo upgrades to meet betting league conditions during the spring and winter seasons. The football club Gnistan, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, has expressed its desire to play home matches at its own stadium rather than at the rented Töölö stadium.

The upgrades at the Oulunkylä football stadium include installing a new irrigation system and lighting, which started on Monday. The club has also increased the stadium’s grandstand capacity by more than a thousand seats to around 2,200 seats, all thanks to a cooperative agreement with Espoo. The club has invested several hundred thousand euros into improving the stadium conditions.

Other renovations include the renewal of the irrigation system, lighting, changing rooms, medical room, anti-doping room, grandstand capacity, and the social facilities. The club also aims to increase the stadium’s capacity for the long-awaited derby match against HJK. Part of the investment will also go towards improving the stadium’s toilets and sales facilities.

There has been a discussion regarding the stadium’s name, with reports suggesting Gnistan no longer refers to its home stadium as Mustapekka-arena but as Oulunkylä football stadium. However, the club clarified that the name change is due to K-Supermarket Mustapekka’s desire to focus on supporting local junior sports.