Benteler Arena
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| place | Paderborner Str. 89 33104 Paderborn , Germany
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 43 '53 " N , 8 ° 42' 39" E |
| owner | Paderborner Stadion Gesellschaft mbH (PSG) |
| operator | Paderborner Stadion Gesellschaft mbH |
| start of building | July 12, 2005 |
| opening | July 20, 2008 |
| First game | July 16, 2008 SC Paderborn 07 - Galatasaray Istanbul 1: 1 (friendly match) July 20, 2008 SC Paderborn 07 - Borussia Dortmund 1: 2 (official opening) |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | € 25 million (15 million stadium / 10 million infrastructure) |
| architect | Josef Ellebracht, Bremer AG |
| capacity | 15,000 seats 9,200 standing 5,800 seats 1,672 seats in the guest block 1,170 standing- 502 seats |
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The Benteler-Arena is a football stadium in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Paderborn , East Westphalia-Lippe region . It offers 15,000 spectators and since 2008 has been the home ground of the football club SC Paderborn 07 , which in the season 2019/20 in the Bundesliga plays.
history
The construction of a new stadium was necessary because the Hermann-Löns-Stadion , the previous venue of SC Paderborn 07 (SCP), was only allowed to play regional and second division games thanks to a special permit from the DFB . As early as January 17, 2001, the SCP developed specific proposals for the new construction of a football stadium in Paderborn. On May 11, 2003, the city's sports committee decided to end the Hermann Löns Stadium as a football venue. Eight locations were examined by the city for the construction of a new stadium, the Almeaue and the expansion of the Ahorn-Sportpark athletics stadium were found to be suitable. However, the SCP rejected the expansion of the Ahorn Sports Park, as pure football stadiums are increasingly preferred in professional football today. Thereupon the administration also pleaded on April 16, 2004 for a new building on the Almeaue / Hoppenhof.
Construction of the stadium started on July 12, 2005, when Mayor Heinz Paus and District Administrator Manfred Müller broke ground. The construction time was estimated at six months, so that the home games of the SCP should be played in the new stadium from the second half of the 2005/06 season. From November 2005, the construction work was initially suspended after the Higher Administrative Court for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster withdrew the building permit on November 16, 2005 due to resident complaints. After a two-year break, a new development plan was drawn up and a new building permit was issued, construction work was resumed on November 26, 2007.
On January 14, 2008 the general contractor Bremer AG stopped the construction work again because the city of Paderborn had not yet made its financial commitment of 3.4 million euros in full and thus Bremer still had invoices of around 2 million euros. Euros were open. After the outstanding sums had been paid, work was resumed on February 11, 2008. The construction continued at your own risk, as there were still local lawsuits pending and there was also an anonymous report to the Competition Commission in Brussels for allegedly illegal aid; it was not until the beginning of March 2008 that all obstacles were removed.
On March 5, 2008, a delegation from the DFL and the DFB visited the arena. On June 30, 2008, after a 2½-year delay, the stadium was handed over by Bremer AG to the SCP and opened on July 16, 2008 with a friendly game between the SCP and Galatasaray Istanbul (1-1). The official opening ceremony took place on July 20, 2008, followed by a friendly match against Borussia Dortmund (1: 2). The stadium was sold out with 15,000 spectators except for a few VIP seats.
The first international soccer match took place on March 31, 2009 in the stadium, now known as paragon arena : The German U21 team played in a preparatory game for the U21 European Championship 2009 in Sweden against Belarus (1-1). The paragon arena was renamed the Energieteam Arena on June 26, 2009 .
On June 14, 2012, it was announced that Benteler International AG , based in Salzburg, Austria, which has several plants in Paderborn, will be the new name sponsor. On July 1, 2012, the name was changed to Benteler-Arena .
Stadion
The stadium is 115 meters wide and 156 meters long. It is designed as a pure football stadium and offers space for 15,000 spectators. These are distributed over 9200 standing places and 5800 seats, including 765 VIP seats. By the second half of the 2020/21 season, the total capacity is to be increased to 17,700. The schedule for the renovation was announced at the beginning of January 2020. The first phase is to begin on February 17 of the year with the west stand and be carried out during ongoing match operations without any disruptions. The functional building will have another floor, increasing the number of VIP seats by 300. The costs are expected to amount to 1.5 million euros. The second phase is planned for May / June 2020. The three other stands will be expanded in the same way. This should increase the number of seats to 8,600 and exceed the 8,000 seats required by the DFL in the Bundesliga. With the existing 9100 standing places, the space is to increase to 17,700. The entire construction work is expected to cost four million euros and be completed in 2021. Previously, SC Paderborn submitted the building application, including a traffic report and seat certificate, to the responsible authorities in November 2019. For the second half of the 2019/20 season, the field will get a new lawn for around 90,000 euros. Contrary to earlier reports, the Benteler Arena is not being expanded, but is being rebuilt. In order to achieve the 8000 seats required for the license, standing room will be converted into seats. The audience capacity will remain at 15,000. After the completion of the two renovation phases, the arena will have 8,000 seats and 7,000 standing places.
All grandstands are completely covered. The field is equipped according to the latest Bundesliga standards with turf heating , a sprinkler system and natural grass . The very short construction period should be made possible by the use of prefabricated components. The construction costs were set at around 9 million euros. However, due to the delays caused by resident complaints and the resulting new development plan, which provided for the additional direct connection to the B1, additional parking spaces and the change in the roof pitch in connection with the installation of steel girders in the spectator area, the costs more than doubled the originally planned costs. Also due to lawsuits from residents, no events may take place in the stadium after 10 p.m., which is why Friday games in the Bundesliga and Monday games in the 2nd Bundesliga must start at 8 p.m. at the latest.
In 2011, an almost identical football arena ( Miejski Stadium ) was built for the Polish football club Piast Gliwice , which was also planned by Bremer AG, at a cost of around 13 million euros.
International matches
On March 31, 2009, the first international match took place in Paderborn. In a preparatory game for the U-21 European Championship in 2009 , the German U-21 national team played against Belarus 1: 1. 13,000 spectators meant the highest number of spectators at a friendly international match of the German U-21 team. The second international match took place on November 18 of the same year when the German U-19 national team met Scotland (0-0). This made Paderborn the only place in 2009 that was allowed to host two international matches for the DFB youth national teams.
With the Dusseldorf ESPRIT arena and Paderborn as venues, the applied DFB to the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship . However, the contract went to Lithuania . On June 19, 2013, the German women's national team played a friendly against Canada in preparation for the 2013 European Championship in Sweden . On July 22nd, 2016 the German women's national team beat the Ghanaians 11-0 in the last international match of coach Silvia Neid on German soil .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ SC Paderborn 07 eV (Ed.): Stadium information for guest fans. October 3, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .
- ^ Newspaper publisher Neue Westfälische GmbH & Co. KG (ed.): SC Paderborn will play in the Benteler Arena in future. June 14, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012 .
- ↑ Expansion of the Benteler Arena in two steps scp07.de, accessed on June 28, 2019
- ↑ Benteler Arena: First expansion phase terminated. In: stadionwelt.de. January 2, 2020, accessed January 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Paderborn Stadium is being modified, but not expanded. In: stadionwelt.de. February 21, 2020, accessed February 21, 2020 .
- ^ Homepage of the 1st SF Cologne: unusual kick-off time , accessed on March 6, 2020
- ↑ Kierownictwo redakcji MM Moje Miasto (ed.): Znany wykonawca stadionu Piasta Gliwice. June 16, 2010, Retrieved June 14, 2012 (Polish).
- ↑ Silvia Neid appoints 28 players to the expanded EM squad. Gesellschaft für DFB-Online mbH, May 21, 2013, accessed on January 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Football women give envy a double-digit farewell. faz.net , July 22, 2016, accessed July 26, 2016 .