{{Short description|Former football stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel}} {{Infobox Stadium | name = Maccabiah Stadium | nickname = | image = אצטדיון המכביה בתל אביב 1935 - iדר דוד עופרi btm233 (colour).jpeg | image_size = 250px | caption = Maccabiah Stadium in 1935 | fullname = | location = Tel Aviv, Israel | coordinates = {{coord|32|6|01|N|34|46|35|E|display=inline,title}} | broke_ground = | built = | opened = 28 March 1932 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = ~1960s | demolished = | owner = | operator = | surface = | construction_cost = £P3,000 | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | general_contractor = | project_manager = | main_contractors = | former_names = | tenants = Maccabi Tel Aviv (1938–1969) <br> Hapoel Tel Aviv (1961–1962)<br /> Israel national football team (1949–1950){{Unbulleted list|item1_style=background-color:#ccc;|'''Major sporting events hosted'''|1932 Maccabiah Games|1935 Maccabiah Games}} | seating_capacity = 5,000 (original 20,000) | dimensions = }} 250px|thumb|The Maccabiah Stadium in 2007 250px|thumb|The Maccabiah Stadium in 1946 The '''Maccabiah Stadium''' ({{langx|he|אצטדיון המכביה}} ''Itztadion HaMakabiya'') was a football stadium on the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Maccabiah Stadium was built in 1932 for the first Maccabiah Games and was filled to capacity for the opening ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Sport+in+Israel/Rule+Britannia+The+British+Influence+and+the+Maccabiah+Games.htm |title="Rule Britannia! The British Influence and the Maccabiah Games" |access-date=2007-06-12 |archive-date=2011-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521110011/http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Sport+in+Israel/Rule+Britannia+The+British+Influence+and+the+Maccabiah+Games.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> It was used by Maccabi Tel Aviv until 1969, when the team moved to the Bloomfield Stadium.
==See also== *Levant Fair *Sports in Israel
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Israel national football team}} {{Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.}} {{Maccabiah Games}}
Category:1932 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Category:1960s disestablishments in Israel Category:Sports venues in Tel Aviv Category:Defunct football venues in Israel Category:Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Stadium