It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Taraz.
[1] In 1948 running track and wooden stands were built around the pitch.
[1] These were replaced by two reinforced concrete stands during the 1975 reconstruction, which increased the then bench seating made capacity of the stadium to approximately 40,000.
[1] In 2002 individual seats were installed, reducing capacity of the venue to 12,525.
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