Soccer-mad employees and owners of Sheriff, the second largest company in Pridnestrovie, decided to build a world class soccer stadium on the outskirts of Tiraspol.

This stadium is of top class quality. One recent visitor was Hans Krankl, the internationally prominent former Austrian soccer professional and now trainer of the Austrian national soccer team. In his words, the Tiraspol stadium is better than any stadium in Austria(hosting the European championship in 2006).