Skonto Stadium is mostly used for hosting football matches. Since its opening in 2000, it has been the home stadium for the
Latvian Higher League club
Skonto Riga and the
Latvia national football team, as well as
Latvia U-21, while Daugava Stadium was scheduled for renovation. The team returned to the Daugava after renovations in the summer of 2018. However, since the fall of 2022 home matches were once again moved to Skonto Stadium due to problems with the grass pitch and other issues. Works on replacing and upgrading the pitch began in October 2023. At the time, Latvian Football Federation president
Vadims Ļašenko said that Skonto would become the main home of the men's team, with Daugava serving as a backup and the venue for the
women's and youth national teams. International artists have performed at this venue, including
Aerosmith in 2007 and
Metallica in 2008, both of whom reached the maximum capacity for concerts, with 32,000 and 33,000 fans, respectively. Several other artists have performed there too, for example,
Snoop Dogg,
Massive Attack,
Depeche Mode and
Akon. In 2003 Skonto stadium hosted the Grand Dance Concert of the
Latvian Song and Dance Festival, and in 2008 a friendly match between Latvian and Georgian football veterans was played at this venue. In 2009 Latvian football club
FK Ventspils used this stadium for its home matches in the
UEFA Europa League matches, because of technical problems with its own stadium. == Attendance ==