Ceres Park

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Ceres Park
Aarhus NRGi Park (2007)
Exterior facade of the NRGi Park (2007)
Earlier names

Århus Idrætspark
NRGi Park (2006-2015)

Data
place Stadion Allé 70 8000 Aarhus , Denmark
DenmarkDenmark
Coordinates 56 ° 7 '55 "  N , 10 ° 11' 47"  E Coordinates: 56 ° 7 '55 "  N , 10 ° 11' 47"  E
owner Aarhus Commune
opening June 5, 1920
Renovations 1947, 1993, 2001
surface Natural grass
costs 240 million DKK (renovation 2001)
architect Axel Høeg-Hansen (1920)
capacity 19,433 seats
playing area 105 × 66 m
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Events

The Ceres Park is a football stadium with athletics track in the second largest Danish city of Aarhus . It is part of the Ceres Park & ​​Arena complex , which also includes the multi-purpose hall Ceres Arena with 4,700 seats and other smaller halls as another main event location.

Stadion

The Aarhus GF plays its home games in the stadium and offers 19,433 covered seats. Up to 50,000 people can enter the stadium for concerts and the playing area can be heated . After Telia Parken and Brøndby Stadium , Ceres Park is the third largest stadium in Denmark. The Ceres Arena will u. a. used by the handball team Århus Håndbold .

The original Århus Idrætspark ( German  Århus Sportpark ) was designed by the architect Axel Høeg-Hansen. The complex was inaugurated on June 5, 1920, in the presence of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine . One of the halls burned down during World War II and was rebuilt in 1947 and reopened under the name Nye Stadionhal .

In 1993 the facility was renovated and a sports hotel and offices were added. A major renovation then took place in 2001. The stadium was completely renewed and the multi-purpose hall NRGi Arena was built. The cost was DKK 240 million (around 32.2 million ).

The stadium was one of the four Danish venues for the 2011 European Under-21 Football Championship .

In autumn 2006, the stadium was named after the energy supply company NRGi. After nine years, the company terminated the sponsorship agreement on naming rights in the summer of 2015 .

At the beginning of July 2015, the Danish brewery Ceres bought the naming rights to the plant. For the 2015/16 season, the NRGi Park became the Ceres Park and the hall bears the name Ceres Arena.

Grandstands

Inside the stadium (2011)
The multi-purpose hall Ceres Arena from the outside with its old name (2009)
  • Total capacity: 19,433 seats
  • Audi grandstands (grandstand A): 2,326 seats
  • Sun Tours-Elgiganten grandstands (grandstand B): 4,610 seats
  • Ceres grandstands (grandstand C): 7,873 seats
  • Nybolig Tribunes (Grandstand D): 4,624 seats, 1,306 of which are for guest fans

There are also 20 spaces for journalists and 40 spaces for the disabled.

Concerts

In addition to football matches, concerts are held in the stadium, such as a. from Elton John ; Depeche Mode ; the Eagles or George Michael .

Web links

Commons : Ceres Park & ​​Arena  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. parkarena.dk: Events in the Ceres Park & ​​Arena
  2. Hotel Atletion ( Memento from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the Hotel Atletion (Danish)
  3. agf.dk: NRGi Park & ​​Arena shall not be navn ( memento of the original from July 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of March 4, 2015 (Danish) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.agf.dk
  4. tipsbladet.dk: Nyt navn til AGF-hjemmebane article from July 1, 2015 (Danish)
  5. Fakta ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Stadium on the Aarhus GF website (Danish)
  6. parkarena.dk: Concerts in the Ceres Park & ​​Arena