Millerntor Stadium

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Millerntor Stadium
The facade of the main stand of the new Millerntor Stadium (2009)
The facade of the south stand of the new Millerntor Stadium (2009)
Earlier names

Wilhelm Koch Stadium (1970–1998)

Data
place Harald-Stender -Platz 1 20359 St. Pauli , Hamburg-Mitte , Hamburg
GermanyGermany
Coordinates 53 ° 33 '16.5 "  N , 9 ° 58' 3.6"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '16.5 "  N , 9 ° 58' 3.6"  E
owner FC St. Pauli
operator Millerntorstadion Betriebs- GmbH und Co. KG
opening 1963
Renovations 1988, 2006-2015
surface Natural grass
costs 62 million euros
(renovation 2006-2015)
architect agn Niederberghaus & Partner GmbH (2006)
capacity 29,546 seats
Societies)
Events

The Millerntor Stadium (1970–1998: Wilhelm Koch Stadium ) is a football stadium in Hamburg . It is located within the Hamburg-Mitte district in the St. Pauli district on the Heiligengeistfeld and is the home of FC St. Pauli . The club-owned venue is the venue for the home games of the club's first and occasionally the second football team. Since the renovation work was completed in 2015, the stadium has a capacity of 29,546 seats, of which 16,940 are standing and 12,606 seats. The seats include 39 booths with 468 seats, 2,491 business seats and 96 wheelchair-accessible seats.

history

The first sports fields on the Heiligengeistfeld were built after the First World War as simple, level grand / ash pitches . St. Pauli TV and associations of the workers' sports cartel played on these .

As early as 1946, with the active help of its fans and members, FC St. Pauli had built a new stadium from war rubble on the corner of Glacischaussee and Budapester Strasse (until 1956: Ernst-Thälmann- Strasse ) - at the location of today's north exit of the underground St. Pauli station . However, this stadium was not granted a particularly long life: in 1961 it had to give way to the 1963 International Horticultural Exhibition (IGA). At the same time, the construction of today's stadium on the Heiligengeistfeld began. However, it could not be inaugurated until 1963 - before that, the playing area was regularly under water, because the installation of a drainage had been forgotten.

In contrast to many other stadiums in professional football, the Millerntor Stadium is centrally located in the city. The square is the closest lawn to the Hamburg City Hall .

Since the beginning of 2000, song 2 by Blur has been heard in the stadium when the teams Hells Bells from AC / DC arrive and as a goal anthem when the St. Pauli-Elf hits . At a meeting of the official fan clubs it was decided that the music played over the stadium loudspeakers and advertising announcements should be completed 10 minutes before the game kicked off, in order to give fans the opportunity to get in the mood for the game with chants undisturbed.

In 2010 the stadium received a PETA Progress Award for being the “most animal-friendly football stadium”. The reasoning states, among other things, that it offers "not only a rich selection of vegetarian dishes for hungry football fans, but also an exceptionally diverse selection of delicious vegan dishes".

Over the years the stadium has been rebuilt several times. For security reasons, the maximum capacity of 32,000 spectators had to be reduced in several individual steps over the years to 20,629. In 2005, before the round of 16 in the 2005/06 DFB Cup against Hertha BSC, the ailing stadium was again reduced by 829 seats for safety reasons and had a capacity of 19,800 seats. There was a decade-long “never-ending planning history” about a possible conversion or new building (“Sport Dome”, “ Weisener Arena”), which, however, failed for a long time mainly due to the tight club finances.

Reconstruction 2006–2015

South and main stands after the renovation (2012)

The stadium was gradually renovated from 2006 to 2015. In the course of the renovation, one of the four grandstands was torn down and replaced by a new building, while the remaining grandstands could be used for normal stadium operations at the same time. The completion of the back straight was originally planned for the summer of 2012 and that of the north stand for 2014 at the latest. However, due to delays, mainly due to unexpectedly not granted loans, the original schedule could no longer be met.

On December 13, 2006, the Hamburg citizenship approved a subsidy of 5.5 million euros for the renovation. In addition, she waived the building permit fees and granted the rights to use the property for a symbolic euro . On December 19, 2006, the old south stand was demolished and the renovation work began in order to better separate fans in the north curve. The new construction of the south stand did not begin until May 2007 because the necessary contracts and financing had not been sufficiently fixed earlier. The design for the south stand came from agn Niederberghaus & Partner GmbH in Ibbenbüren , the general contractor for the conversion was Hellmich construction company .

On November 11, 2007, the new grandstand in the south curve was partially opened. At the second division match between FC St. Pauli and FC Augsburg (2-0), around 1,500 spectators were allowed to stand in the lower area for the first time. The official opening of the South Stand took place on July 18, 2008 with a game against the Cuban national soccer team . The official fan shop, an event room and offices of the FC St. Pauli office are located in the new south stand. In addition, the north stand, which had previously consisted of standing room, was built over at the beginning of 2008 by a provisional roofed-over seating stand, which was used for the first time on February 7, 2008 in the home game against FC Carl Zeiss Jena.

The Piraten-Nest day care center is located inside the corner grandstand

The new construction of the main grandstand was originally supposed to start in summer 2008, but the new construction was delayed due to a lack of credit. In October 2009 a lender was found and the necessary guarantee was approved by the City of Hamburg. In November 2009 the old main grandstand was demolished, and in January 2010 construction began on the new main grandstand, which was designed by the architectural office SHA Scheffler Helbich Architekten GmbH from Dortmund. It was opened at the beginning of the 2010/11 season on August 28, 2010 and increased the stadium capacity to 24,800 seats. At the same time, as a corner building between the south and the new main stand, the world's first daycare center for around 100 children was built in a football stadium. The Piraten-Nest day care center operated by the Pestalozzi Foundation Hamburg opened on November 15, 2010. The newly built grandstand also houses the stadium's VIP area.

After the last matchday of the 2011/12 season , the demolition of the back straight began. Their lower tier was already usable at the first home game of the following season; The entire grandstand was released for the first home game in 2013 against Energie Cottbus . Since then, the Millerntor Stadium has provided space for 29,063 spectators. On March 11, 2013, the club announced that it wanted to use an electronic entry system from simply-X from the 2013/14 season , which had already been used successively in the second half of the 2012/13 season.

Originally, the renovation of the north stand was supposed to be completed in 2014 - but after St. Pauli was drawn in the 2nd round of the DFB-Pokal Borussia Dortmund and one could rightly expect a sold-out house, the work was waited until after this encounter . Subsequently, the tubular steel seating grandstand was dismantled, which was used in another location, and then the standing area was removed. In November, the last three conventional floodlight masts were also torn down after the mast at the corner of the main stand / north curve had already been removed during the construction of the main stand. The new north stand and thus the completely converted stadium were inaugurated on July 25, 2015, the first day of the 2015/16 season (0-0 against Arminia Bielefeld ). The stadium now has a capacity of 29,546 spectators and was sold out, which was also a record number of spectators in the Millerntor .

Naming

The term Millerntor Stadium is due to the geographical proximity of the sports facility at a former Hamburg city gate, the Millerntor , near which a mill ( English Mill ) was located.

After the death of President Wilhelm Koch (term of office 1931–1945 and 1947–1969), his daughters demanded 300,000 German marks back from the association. Then they agreed on a repayment of half the sum and the renaming of the stadium in Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion in 1970. On October 31, 1997 a turbulent annual general meeting took place, at which it should be decided to rename the stadium again in Millerntor-Stadion , because in 1933 Koch and his business partner Hugo Scharff had taken over the Jewish trading company Arensberg & Sekkel , which specialized in leather and furs , and had become a member of the NSDAP in 1937 . It was finally agreed that an expert opinion should first be drawn up, which should provide information about Koch's NSDAP membership and the takeover of the company. This investigation was carried out by the historian Frank Bajohr and the lawyer Hans Grutschus and lasted several months.

At the next annual general meeting on October 30, 1998, the result of the report was presented. It emerged from this that - apart from his entry into the party - no political activities by Koch were documented in the Berlin Federal Archives . Also with regard to the takeover of the Jewish business by Koch and his partners, “nothing speaks in favor of Koch and Scharff having enriched themselves by taking over the company shares, damaging the Jewish owners or exhibiting morally questionable behavior. Rather, all the indications point to a close, even amicable, agreement between the former Jewish owners and their successors. ”Nevertheless, after a long and heated debate, the members decided long after midnight with 133 votes to 77 in favor of the Wilhelm Koch Stadium from the 1999 season / Renamed back to Millerntor Stadium in 2000 .

At the annual general meeting on November 18, 2007, the members of FC St. Pauli decided with a large majority that the name Millerntor-Stadion should not be used for advertising, sponsoring , other increases in income or in return for financial contributions to the club or affiliated companies may be sold, expanded or changed.

Right of use

The contract for the right to use the stadium site between FC St. Pauli and the city of Hamburg has a term until 2060 in the year beginning in February 2020 offered the to the tax authorities belonging Landesbetrieb property management and real property (LIG) of Millerntorstadion operating GmbH & Co. KG (MSB) a right to choose between ordering a heritable building right or an extension of the current usage contract for the five affected areas after the current contract expires at the then usual market conditions until the year 2110, the 200th birthday of the FCSP. This was between the MSB and the LIG in a Memorandum of Understanding ( Letter of Intent set).

Day of legends

From 2005 to 2014 and 2016, Legends Day took place in the Millerntor Stadium. There, among other things, the Hamburg team met former FC St. Pauli and HSV players against the Germany team with former national players from Germany and ex-Bundesliga players from abroad in a charity game . The game was in favor of the association for the support of children and youth work in Hamburg NestWerk eV , which was founded by the TV presenter and football commentator Reinhold Beckmann with friends. Around 70 football legends came to Hamburg each time for this event .

On March 1, 2017, the end of the benefit game was announced. The reason for this is the increasing effort involved in organizing the event. In 2015 the game had to be canceled for this reason. The associated gala night of legends in Schmidts Tivoli will continue. Over the years, ticket sales and sponsoring have raised more than two million euros.

gallery

  • Environment map

  • Aerial photo from September 2010

  • Millerntorstadion with a completed new back straight in August 2013

  • The Millerntor Stadium in 2006

  • Former card center and fan shop at Millerntor

  • North curve before the expansion in 2008

  • North curve with provisional tubular steel grandstand 2011

  • View from the north curve onto the playing field in 2009

  • View of the old main grandstand in 2006

  • View of the main grandstand after the renovation in 2011

  • View of the old back straight before it was demolished in 2012

  • View of the new back straight under construction in 2012

literature

Documentation

See also

Web links

Commons : Millerntor-Stadion  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Millerntor Stadium is handed over to FC St. Pauli . In: stadionwelt.de . October 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Facts about the Millerntor. In: fcstpauli.com
  3. ↑ Matchday information FC St. Pauli ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: eventim.de
  4. ^ Gregor Backes: With a German sporting greeting, Heil Hitler! FC St. Pauli under National Socialism. , P. 19 (map). ISBN 978-3-455-31999-6 .
  5. ^ Progress Awards 2010. In: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta). August 2010, archived from the original on March 2, 2016 ; accessed on February 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Article on the association's homepage ( memento from July 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) from November 14, 2010.
  7. ↑ Investment grant to FC St. Pauli for the renovation and modernization of the Millerntor Stadium (title 893.06). (PDF; 3 MB) In: Hamburg Citizenship . October 17, 2006, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b FC St. Pauli - Stadium facts . In: fcstpauli.com . Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  9. ^ Christian Görtzen: New construction of the main grandstand finally postponed. In: The world . July 18, 2008, accessed September 24, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Perfect - The stadium renovation continues! . In: Hamburger Morgenpost . October 8, 2009.
  11. ↑ Lutz Wöckener: New main stand not ready before 2011. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . March 11, 2009, accessed February 18, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Farewell at the Millerntor . In: kicker . October 24, 2009.
  13. ^ Scheffler Helbich Architects GmbH
  14. ↑ Kita Heiligengeistfeld ( Memento from November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). In: pestalozzi-kita.de .
  15. ^ AG stadium construction back straight. (PDF) In: fcstpauli.com. Retrieved May 6, 2012 .
  16. ↑ Introduction of admission control. In: fcstpauli.com. Retrieved March 12, 2013 .
  17. ↑ Information on the home game against Heidenheim (start of construction on the north curve). In: fcstpauli.com. Retrieved November 18, 2014 .
  18. ↑ Farewell to the floodlight masts. In: fcstpauli.com. Retrieved March 12, 2013 .
  19. ↑ Joachim Frisch: You'll Never Wank Alone. In: Jungle World No. 48. November 20, 1997, archived from the original on March 2, 2016 ; accessed on February 18, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Christoph Rybarczyk: The shadow over FC St. Pauli. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . October 31, 1997, accessed September 24, 2018 .
  21. ^ Christoph Nagel, Michael Pahl: FC St. Pauli. The book. The club and its neighborhood. Hoffmann and Campe, October 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-50098-1 , p. 86.
  22. ^ Christoph Nagel, Michael Pahl: FC St. Pauli. The book. The club and its neighborhood. Hoffmann and Campe, October 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-50098-1 , p. 87.
  23. ^ FC St. Pauli until 2110 in the Millerntor Stadium. In: ndr.de. Norddeutscher Rundfunk , February 6, 2020, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
  24. ↑ nestwerkev.de: Website Nestwerk eV
  25. ↑ tagderlegend.de: Website Tag der Legenden
  26. ↑ The "Day of Legends" says goodbye. (No longer available online.) In: Tag der Legenden Homepage. March 1, 2017, archived from the original on July 25, 2018 ; accessed on September 18, 2018 .
  27. ↑ Peter Wenig: Final end for Beckmann's "Day of Legends". In: Hamburger Abendblatt . March 1, 2017, accessed September 18, 2018 .