Natural gas sports park

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Natural gas sports park
Logo of the Erdgas Sportpark
The Erdgas Sportpark in April 2018
The Erdgas Sportpark in April 2018
Data
place Kantstrasse 2 06110 Halle (Saale) , Germany
GermanyGermany
Coordinates 51 ° 27 '55 "  N , 11 ° 57' 43"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '55 "  N , 11 ° 57' 43"  E
owner City of Halle
operator Stadium Halle Betriebs GmbH
start of building September 4, 2010
opening 17th September 2011
First game September 20, 2011
Hallescher FC - Hamburger SV 1: 4
surface Natural grass with lawn heating
costs approx. € 17 million
capacity 15,057 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m
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Events

The Erdgas Sportpark ( spelling : ERDGAS Sportpark ) is a football stadium opened in September 2011 in the city of Halle an der Saale , Saxony-Anhalt . The football club Hallescher FC welcomes its opponents in the arena.

history

The Erdgas Sportpark was built on the site of the old Kurt Wabbel Stadium , which was demolished in summer 2010. The listed outer wall and the archways , which were already located on the Kurt Wabbel Stadium, which was built in 1936, as well as the worker statues, which were moved from Thingplatz Brandberge to the stadium in 1951 , were retained. During the construction period, the football club Hallescher FC had to move to the stadium in the education center . At the topping-out ceremony on April 8, 2011, the new building was officially given the sponsorship name Erdgas Sportpark after the energy supply company VNG - Verbundnetz Gas . The sponsorship contract brings in 500,000 euros per year and has a term of ten years.

Construction work began on September 4, 2010 with the groundbreaking ceremony by Halles Lord Mayor Dagmar Szabados ( SPD ), Finance Minister Jens Bullerjahn (SPD) and Building Minister Karl-Heinz Daehre ( CDU ). The city ​​shared the costs of around 17 million euros with around 11 million euros and the state of Saxony-Anhalt with around 6 million euros. The newly built stadium has a capacity of 15,057 covered seats (8,850 standing, 6,155 seated, 8 boxes, 320 business seats and 30 disabled places as well as 22 places for accompanying persons). The floodlight system and a photovoltaic system from Stadtwerke Halle are integrated into the stadium roof. Under the two-meter-lowered play area made of natural grass , turf heating , which draws heat from the Halle district heating network, was installed.

On September 17, 2011, the new stadium was presented to the public at an open day . First division Hamburger SV was invited to the sporting inauguration and won the opening game on September 20 with 4: 1 (1: 1) against the HFC. The first goal in the new stadium was scored by Sören Bertram from Hamburg , who was due to move to HFC in 2013. Steven Ruprecht met for the Halle residents as an interim compensation.

International matches

The German women's national soccer team played an international match against France on November 29, 2012 in the Halle soccer arena in front of 5,123 spectators , which ended in a 1-1 draw. On September 18, 2015, a qualifying match for the 2017 European Women's Football Championship between Germany and Hungary took place in the sports park . In front of 4,378 spectators there was a 12-0 victory for the German team. There was a World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic on April 7, 2018, with 4,564 spectators watching a 4-0 win for the German women.

The German men's U-21 national football team has also made two stops in the sports park so far. The qualifying game for the EM 2013 against Greece was played on February 29, 2012 in front of 6,193 spectators. The game ended with a 1-0 win for the hosts. On September 5, 2014, the German U-21 men met the Irish in qualifying for the European Championship 2015 in front of 3,969 spectators . The final score was 2-0 after 90 minutes.

On September 5, 2019, the men's U-20 national team played a test match against the Czech Republic , which was won 4-2 in front of 1,441 spectators.

gallery

  • The old stadium wall of the Kurt Wabbel Stadium in a night shot from June 2014

  • Six worker statues by Alfred Vocke from 1934 on the old stadium wall (March 2016)

  • View of the arena from north to south (April 2018)

  • The south stand of the arena (April 2018)

  • The opposite stand in the east (April 2018)

  • The standing rank in the north (April 2018)

See also

Web links

Commons : Erdgas Sportpark  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ erdgas-sportpark.de: Ceremonial opening with Mayor Dagmar Szabados & Day of the open stadium ( Memento from October 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ img38.imageshack.us: According to the website, the official opening is on "Stadium Open Day" and not with the opening game
  3. ↑ mz-web.de: Topping- out ceremony of the Erdgas Sportpark ( Memento from July 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Article from April 8, 2011
  4. ↑ nachrichten.lvz-online.de: Construction of the stadium has started ( memento from September 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Article from September 4, 2010
  5. ↑ hallerscherfc.de: Homepage of Hallescher FC
  6. ↑ mz-web.de: The sun delivers the electricity Article from August 2, 2011
  7. ↑ erdgassportpark.de: Stadium open day on September 17th and the opening game on September 20th, 2011
  8. ↑ halleforum.de: HFC loses against HSV 1: 4 ( Memento from September 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ dfb.de: Match report
  10. ↑ dfb.de: Match report
  11. ↑ dfb.de: Match report
  12. ↑ dfb.de: Match report
  13. ^ Match report U-20 men Germany versus Czech Republic. In: dfb.de. DFB , accessed on February 6, 2020 .