Hohe Warte stadium

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Hohe Warte natural arena
Holy wait
The natural grandstand with the then new tubular steel grandstands (2006)
The natural grandstand with the then new tubular steel grandstands (2006)
Earlier names

Casino Stadium Hohe Warte

Data
place Klabundgasse 11 Döbling , 1194 Vienna , Austria
AustriaAustria
Coordinates 48 ° 14 '56 "  N , 16 ° 21' 34.9"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '56 "  N , 16 ° 21' 34.9"  E
owner Municipality of Vienna
opening June 19, 1921
First game First Vienna FC - SC Hakoah Vienna 2-1
Renovations 2005-2006
surface Natural grass
architect Eduard Schönecker
capacity 7,200 seats
Societies)
Events

The natural arena Hohewarte is a football stadium on the Hohenwarte in the 19th Vienna district Döbling . The stadium with natural stands is home of six times Austrian soccer champion First Vienna FC until 2016, the Austrian Rugby - National and 2015 and from 2017 the Austrian and European championship record in American football , the Vienna Vikings , their fans this stadium as a saint waiting call. On August 29, 2014, the Hohe Warte stadium was named Care Energy-Naturarena Hohe Warte , after the energy supply company Care-Energy . After the bankruptcy of the main sponsor, the company name was removed from the stadium name in 2017.

history

From 1896 the Vienna played games in the area of ​​the Hohe Warte. Today's Hohe-Warte Stadium was opened in 1921 as the largest and most modern football stadium in continental Europe . International matches such as against Italy in 1923 were watched by up to 80,000 people in Europe's largest natural arena. Over the decades, the stadium slowly fell into disrepair, so that there were officially only 4,500 seats left, as the natural arena - i.e. the area beyond the fortified grandstands - could no longer be used as an auditorium by decision of the municipal authorities . By building new tubular steel grandstands on the back straight, the capacity could be increased again to 5,500 seats.

In the 1920s, operas and boxing matches were held on the sports field on the Hohe Warte . In 1924, the first open-air opera performance in Vienna took place on the Hohe Warte sports field. Pietro Mascagni conducted the opera Aida . An “amphiteatrical parquet” was laid out for 17,000 seats and 8,000 standing places. On the stage, which is almost 50 meters wide and 35 meters deep, the soloists and the choir with 200 members and 700 extras performed. In 1935 another opera season took place with Aida, Bajazzo and Cavalleria rusticana . Real camels and real elephants performed in front of 18,000 seats and 14,000 standing places.

The maintenance costs of the large stadium area are around 400,000 euros per year and place a heavy burden on the budget of financially weak Vienna. This is probably one of the reasons why plans were announced in May 2012 that an exclusive wellness complex should be built on the site of the Hohe Warte. This project should bring in 1.2 million euros once and reduce the running costs by 300,000 euros. To date, no progress has been made on these plans.

During the last game of the 2015/16 season against ASK Ebreichsdorf (1: 4) on May 27, 2016, fans of First Vienna presented a scene from the video game Super Mario as a choreography on the east stand . The action was prepared for weeks.

In April 2017, the aging main grandstand, which was built in 1976, was closed by the authorities due to the rot in the roof rack. You can now only sit on the three tubular steel stands opposite or on the embankment behind. When the roof rack will be repaired is questionable, as neither the owner (City of Vienna) nor the stadium operator (Hohe Warte company) want to pay for the renovation costs, which were estimated at at least € 200,000. In May 2020 the city ​​audit office published a report showing serious deficiencies in the Hohe Warte stadium.

Transport links

The stadium is well connected to various means of public transport: On the one hand, Hohe Warte can be easily reached via the Vienna Heiligenstadt train station . The underground line 4 , as well as the rapid transit lines 40 and 45 stop there. The walk to the stadium takes about 5 minutes and leads via Karl-Marx-Hof and 12 Februar-Platz to Klabundgasse. On the other hand, you can take tram lines 37 and D almost to the stadium gates.

The Danube bank motorway is ideal for cross-regional travel by bus and car . The Floridsdorf junction leads over the north bridge without detours to Heiligenstadt . There are parking spaces for home and away fans in front of the stadium.

gallery

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Stadium after renovation (2005)

literature

Web links

Commons : Stadion Hohe Warte  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stadium history ( Memento from September 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: viennaspride.pips.at , as of May 9, 2010, accessed via waybackmachine on February 18, 2013.
  2. ^ Vienna: The title beckons, relegation threatens. kurier.at, March 16, 2017, accessed on March 28, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Vikings lose Hohe Warte . In: football-austria.com , September 16, 2015, accessed June 2, 2016.
  4. ^ Vienna Vikings: Return to the Hohe Warte - wien.ORF.at. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
  5. ^ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: First Vienna FC in acute financial need . In: derStandard.at . ( derstandard.at [accessed on March 31, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Gunther Martin: Back then in Döbling ... J & V Edition Vienna, Dachs-Verlag, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-85058-085-7 , p. 19 ff.
  7. ↑ The Hohe Warte sucks the Vienna away. In: derstandard.at , February 7, 2013.
  8. ↑ Renate Graber: Soaring plans for the Hohe Warte . In: derstandard.at , May 11, 2012, accessed on February 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Vienna: Fans bring Super Mario to life in the stands Article from June 1, 2016 (English)
  10. ^ Vienna: grandstand roof in danger of collapsing - wien.ORF.at. Retrieved May 16, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Serious defects in sports facilities in Vienna - wien.ORF.at. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Revealed: Vienna's sports facilities are so dilapidated - heute.at. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .