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 Borussia-Park replaced Borussia’s previous home, the Bökelbergstadion, which by the 1990s had become severely outdated.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 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 ESPRIT arena is the home stadium of Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895. It has a capacity of 54,600, of which 9,917 standing places. The stadium got built between 2002 and 2004, and replaced Fortuna’s previous home the Rheinstadion. The city had hoped that the arena would be used as a playing [...]
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 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 initially called Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn, and [...]
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 [...]
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’s BBVA Compass Stadium Nearing Completion
Houston has been one of the last MLS clubs to build a soccer-specific stadium, however it also seems to become one of the finest ones. Houston started construction of the stadium in February 2011, and has the stadium planned to be completed in May of this year. Houston Dynamo will [...]
Bristol Rovers Confident of New Stadium Prospects
Bristol Rovers have vowed to move on with their plans to build a new stadium at the University of the West of England site, regardless of whether Bristol Rugby club will join them there. The football and rugby club currently share the Memorial Stadium, and [...]
Lyon Receives Building Permit for Grand Stade
The local council of Lyon suburb Décines has finally signed the building permit for Lyon’s proposed 58,000-seater. The signature brings a long process, that started almost five years ago, to an end, and frees up the way for the start of construction works. The stadium, which will be a prominent [...]
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 [...]
Fulham Advances with Craven Cottage Development Plans
Fulham FC has revealed further information about their plans to develop Craven Cottage, including some new drawings of the proposed Riverside Stand. The club has a long-standing desire to increase capacity and modernise 105-year-old Craven Cottage and has in the past even [...]
Atlético Madrid Presents New Stadium Plans
Last Monday Atlético Madrid unveiled their plans to build a new stadium in the east of Madrid. The stadium will have a capacity of 67,500 seats, about 12,000 more than fit in the current Estadio Vicente Calderón. Atlético had been looking for a move from the Vicente Calderón for several years, as [...]
