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 BayArena has been the home stadium of Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 1958. It currently offers a capacity of 30,000. After having played at the Bayer Sportplatz for several decades during the first half of the 20th century, the club decided to build a brand-new stadium. Construction started in 1956 [...]
Borussia-Park is the home stadium of Borussia Mönchengladbach. It has a capacity of 54,047, of which 16,146 standing places. Borussia-Park replaced Borussia’s previous home, the Bökelbergstadion, which by the 1990s had become severely outdated. Construction of the new stadium began in November 2002 and finished in 2004. Total costs of [...]
The Coface Arena is the recently built new stadium of 1. FSV Mainz 05. It has a capacity of 34,000, of which 14,000 standing places. The Coface Arena replaced Mainz’s previous Stadion am Bruchweg. Construction of the new stadium began in 2009 and was completed 22 months later. The stadium [...]
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 MAGE SOLAR Stadion, until 2012 called Badenova-Stadion, and before 2004 Dreisamstadion, is the home stadium of SC Freiburg. It has a capacity of 24,000, of which 10,000 standing places. The stadium opened on the 4th of September 1954, however it took until 1970 for the first major stand to [...]
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 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 [...]
The SGL Arena is the home of FC Augsburg. The stadium has a capacity of 30,660, of which 11,034 standing places, 1,700 business seats, and a further 520 seats in VIP Lodges. After Augsburg achieved promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2006, the club realised that a replacement for their [...]
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 [...]
The Volkswagen Arena is the home of VFL Wolfsburg. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000, of which 8,000 standing places that can be converted into 4,000 seats for international matches. The Volkswagen Arena was built between May 2001 and December 2002. The stadium officially opened on the 13th of [...]
The Weserstadion is the home stadium of SV Werder Bremen. It currently has a capacity of 42,500, of which about 10,000 standing places. The Weserstadion was built in 1909 as a general sports field. It had one wooden stand, and was only sporadically used for football matches. A first big [...]
The WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena is the home stadium of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. It has a capacity of 30,150, of which 9,150 standing places. The stadium furthermore counts with 1,364 business seats and 40 VIP boxes. The Rhein-Neckar-Arena got build between May 2007 and January 2009. It replaced Hoffenheim’s previous home 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. [...]
