Niederrhein Stadium
| Niederrhein Stadium | |
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| The main grandstand of the Niederrhein Stadium | |
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| place | Lindnerstrasse 2-6 46149 Oberhausen , Germany
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 29 '37 " N , 6 ° 51' 16" E |
| owner | City of Oberhausen |
| opening | February 28, 1926 |
| First game | Duisburg SpV - Arminia Bielefeld |
| Renovations | 1982, 1996, 2018 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 17,165 seats |
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The Niederrhein Stadium is a football stadium in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Oberhausen in the Ruhr area . The stadium's athletics facility was partially built over in 2017 and can no longer be used.
location
The stadium is located in the extreme southwest of the Osterfeld district , close to the border with the two other districts of Alt-Oberhausen and Sterkrade, on a peninsula between the Emscher and the Rhine-Herne Canal . The oval is the venue of the regional soccer division Rot-Weiß Oberhausen .
Audience capacity
The Niederrhein Stadium has a total of 17,165 spectators, of which 13,165 are standing (4,350 covered) and 4,000 are seated (all covered).
history
The stadium was inaugurated on February 28, 1926 with the game Duisburger SpV against Arminia Bielefeld . In 1970 the stadium was provided with a floodlight system. 4 masts each with 55 halogen spotlights and a total output of 800 kW illuminated the playing field, so that the brightness was suitable for color television broadcasts for the first time. In 1982 a tartan track with six 400 m and eight 100 m tracks was added, and in 1996 the discarded billboard from the Ulrich Haberland Stadium in Leverkusen , a gift from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to the city of Oberhausen, was installed.
After a major renovation, in which the standing stands were renewed, the back straight was given a seating grandstand and the main grandstand was completely renewed, the stadium was reopened in 1998 at the beginning of the second division season by Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. In 2004, the stadium was adapted to the increased requirements for second division games through further renovation measures - especially in the main stand area.
Since November 2007 the main stand has been called the evo stand, named after the long-term sponsor of the SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen of Energieversorgung Oberhausen .
After RWO was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2008/2009 season, a renewed renovation of the stadium became necessary in accordance with the DFL statutes. In July 2008, the lawn was completely renewed and turf heating was installed. At the beginning of 2017, the demolition of the Emscher curve began, which is to be replaced by a new grandstand directly on the edge of the field. Parts of the Emscher curve are preserved. The new standing grandstand will offer space for 3100 spectators and can be expanded to around 4000 seats.
Events
The Niederrhein Stadium was one of four venues for the U-21 European Football Championship in 2004 . Three preliminary round matches, a semi-final and the game for third place were played in Oberhausen. Two years later, the match between France and Hungary (1: 3) at the 2006 World Cup for people with disabilities was played in the Oberhausen stadium . The women's soccer club FCR 2001 Duisburg played two home games in the UEFA Women's Champions League in Oberhausen in the 2009/10 season , as the floodlights in Duisburg's home ground , the PCC stadium , do not meet UEFA requirements.
See also
Web links
- rwo-online.de: Stadium on the RWO website
- stadionwelt.de: Stadium guide
- groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b rwo-online.de: Niederrhein Stadium
- ↑ Niederrhein Stadium. (No longer available online.) Rwo-online.de, archived from the original on July 8, 2014 ; Retrieved August 26, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Demolition of the Emscher curve begins. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .
- ↑ derwesten.de: FCR plays in Oberhausen!
