The Allianz Arena has been the home of Munich clubs FC Bayern and TSV 1860 since 2005. Total capacity of the arena is 69,901, of which 13,500 standing places. At international matches this is reduced to 66,000 seats. First plans for the development of a new stadium arose in 1997, [...]
The AWD Arena, until 2002 called Niedersachsenstadion, is the home stadium of Hannover 96. The stadium has a capacity of 49,000, of which 8,000 standing places. At international matches the stadium counts with a total of 45,000 seats. The stadium furthermore holds 1,241 business seats and 29 VIP boxes. The [...]
The Commerzbank-Arena is the home of Eintracht Frankfurt. The stadium has a capacity of 51,500, of which 9,300 standing places. The Commerzbank-Arena stands on the place of the old Waldstadion. The last match at the complete Waldstadion got played in 2002, after which the old stadium got gradually demolished while [...]
The easyCredit-Stadion, in the past also called Städtisches Stadion and Frankenstadion, is the home of 1. FC Nürnberg. The stadium has a capacity of 48,548, of which 10,581 standing places and 1,364 VIP places. Plans for the construction of the Städtisches Stadion came from local architect Otto Ernst Schweizer. Construction [...]
The Fritz-Walter-Stadion, also commonly called the Betzenberg, is the home of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The stadium has a capacity of 49,780, of which 15,426 standing places and 1,834 VIP seats. The stadium, then still called Sportplatz Betzenberg, opened on the 13th of May 1920. In the following decades the stadium [...]
The Imtech Arena is the home ground of Hamburger SV. The stadium, which replaced HSV’s old Volksparkstadion, has a capacity of 57,000, of which 10,000 standing places and 4,300 business seats. The stadium got built on the site of the Volksparkstadion, however with the pitch turned 90 degrees. Building started [...]
The Mercedes-Benz Arena, previously called Neckarstadion and Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, is the home stadium of VFB Stuttgart. It has a capacity of 60,441, of which 11,121 standing places. The stadium got built between 1929 and 1933 and opened on the 26th of July 1933 with the German Gymnastics Championships. The stadium was [...]
The Olympiastadion in Berlin is Germany’s second largest stadium, venue of the 2006 World Cup final, and the home stadium of Hertha BSC. It has a total capacity of 74,064 seats and furthermore counts with 4,226 business seats, 63 VIP lodges and 13 sky boxes. The Olympiastadion got built between [...]
The Red Bull Arena, until 2010 called Zentralstadion, is currently the home of RB Leipzig. The stadium has a capacity of 43,500 seats. The Zentralstadion was built between 2000 and 2004 with the perspective of the upcoming 2006 World Cup. The stadium was built on the site of the old [...]
The RheinEnergieStadion, which opened in 2004, was developed to provide the city of Cologne with a stadium that could host matches at the 2006 World Cup. It’s the home of 1. FC Köln. The stadium was built at the site of the former Müngersdorfer stadium and has a capacity of [...]
Signal Iduna Park, before 2005 called Westfalenstadion, is the largest stadium of Germany with a capacity of 80,720, of which 25,000 standing places. Borussia Dortmund plays its home matches at the stadium, which has also been host to a large number of international matches. The stadium has the largest stand [...]
The Veltins Arena, before 2005 known as the Arena auf Schalke, is the home of FC Schalke 04. It replaced Schalke’s previous Parkstadion. The stadium has a capacity of 61,673, of which around 16,000 standing places. The capacity is reduced for international matches to 54,142 all-seats. Total costs of the [...]
Houston Celebrate Opening of BBVA Compass Stadium
On Saturday the Houston Dynamo’s new stadium, the BBVA Compass Stadium, officially opened with a match between the Dynamo and DC United. The Dynamo celebrated the opening with a 1-0 win over the visitors from Washington DC. The BBVA Compass Stadium is the 14th soccer-specific stadium in the Major League [...]
Boca Juniors Wants to Build a New Stadium
Boca Juniors president Daniel Angelici has confirmed that the club is currently looking into the options of building a new stadium. The president did this in a radio interview while in Spain looking for investors in the club. He right away went into further detail [...]
Chelsea Submit Bid for Battersea Station Site
Chelsea’s interest in the Battersea Power Station site as a potential location for a future new stadium has been no secret, but the club has now officially submitted a bid for the iconic site. From the press release on its official website: [...]
Work Behind the Scenes on New AS Roma Stadium
A recently tweeted photo by AS Roma CEO Mark Pannes has confirmed that the club is currently working hard on realising a new stadium. The photo shows three men looking at a wall full of stadium photos and was accompanied by the following [...]
New Barcelona Stadium Back on the Table
FC Barcelona is again looking into the possibilities of either building a new stadium, or extensively renovating Camp Nou. This reports Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo based on a strategic report the club will internally discuss in the upcoming weeks. The strategic report calls for the return of [...]
Liverpool FC took a step back and forwards at the same time when it decided to proceed with its 9-year-old plans for a new stadium, reports the Telegraph. Even though current American owners Fenway Sports Group had earlier indicated to prefer a redevelopment of Anfield, they now [...]
Valencia Stadium Works Resumed in 2012
Works on the Nuevo Mestalla stadium will resume at the beginning of 2012, according to an announcement of the mayor of Valencia and the club’s president last Tuesday. Construction of the stadium, which began in August 2007, was halted early 2009 with little indication during the last [...]
Twenty Years Ago: The Bastia Stadium Disaster
No matches were played in Ligue 1 last Saturday. Instead the league commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Furiani stadium disaster which took the lives of 18 fans and injured hundreds more. The lead up to the disaster starts on the 22nd of April 1992. SC Bastia, from the football-mad [...]
The Stadiums that Could Have Been
Building a new football stadium is no easy task. It usually starts with an ambitious chairman enthusiastically announcing the plans, but all too often ends in frustration and sometimes resignation. Though in the end most stadium proposals manage to overcome [...]
Five Reasons Why Poland and Ukraine Won’t Be Another Portugal
With the European Championships still three months away, there is already plenty of talk about the legacy of the tournament. That is, experts are warning that Poland and the Ukraine might become the next Portugal. Or South Africa, speaking in World Cup terms. [...]
