Winter Stadium ( Etztadion Vinter) is a stadium in Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan.
History Jack A. and Muriel L. Winter built Winter Stadium. It is named after their sons Jack R. Winter and Michael Winter. Jack A. Winter was the founder of Jack Winter, Inc. The company began as a men's pants manufacturer in the late 1930s and in 1953 began to design women's clothing. As one of the first manufacturers of women's pants, he set trends in women's sportswear and knitwear. He and his wife Muriel were philanthropic leaders in their home city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Work on the stadium began in 1976,Farkas Wants to Be the Owner and He Stands Behind the Conspiracy Eli Danon, Maariv, 30 August 1976, Historical Jewish Press as a replacement of Hakoah Ramat Gan's Gali Gil Stadium, which closed in 1974.Hakoah Departed Yesterday from Galei Gil, Will Play in Ramat Gan Stadium from Now On Yehuda Goren, Maariv, 3 January 1974, Historical Jewish Press The stadium's first match was played on 9 July 1981, during the 1981 Maccabiah Games, between the Maccabi teams of Israel and the USA.Israel and USA Will Inaugurate Hakoah Stadium Today Hadashot HaSport, 9 July 1981 (page 4)
The stadium was renovated in 1993,Winter Stadium Had Thorough Renovation David Shaham, Maariv, 26 March 1993 (via Ramat Gan Libraries Archive) 2000, when plastic seats were placed upon the concrete stands,Winer Stadium/Ramat Gan V5 Architects and 2006, upon the return of Hakoah Amidar to the Israeli football top level.
In August 2026, Israeli archaeologists announced they found ruins of a 7th–9th-century CE commercial complex beneath the stadium's parking lot.
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