Kitro Stadium

Kitro Stadium in 2014.
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Address	Hirsikankaantie 3 62900 Alajärvi Finland
Location	Alajärvi, Finland
Coordinates	62°59′57″N 23°48′21″E / 62.999269°N 23.805720°E / 62.999269; 23.805720
Owner	City of Alajärvi
Capacity	4,000
Record attendance	6,822[1] July 16, 1995 (All-Stars Game)
Field size	Left field: 108 m (354 ft) Centre field: 136 m (446 ft) Right field: 121 m (397 ft)
Surface	Clay Grass (outer field) Bare ground (Inner left field)
Opened	1990 (1990)
Tenants
Alajärven Ankkurit (1990–present)

Kitro Stadium is a pesäpallo stadium located in Alajärvi, Finland. Since its opening in 1990, it has been the home field of the Alajärven Ankkurit, a Superpesis team.^[1][2]

The current pesäpallo stadium was built in the summer of 1990, but pesäpallo has been played at the same site for much longer. The field was resurfaced in the summer of 2012, when the Ankkurit were promoted to the main league after a break of several years. One of the special features of the field is the high pitches that disappear into the sun in cloudless weather.^[1]

The name Kitro comes from the Kidron Valley in the Bible. Near the field is the River Kitron, from which the name is taken.^[3]