Stadium at the Böllenfalltor
| Stadium at the Böllenfalltor | |
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| Böllenfalltorstadion Böllenfalltor Bölle |
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| Aerial view of the stadium at Böllenfalltor with back straight under construction (April 2019) | |
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| place | Nieder-Ramstädter-Strasse 170 64285 Darmstadt , Germany
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '27.7 " N , 8 ° 40' 20.5" E |
| owner | City of Darmstadt |
| operator | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| start of building | 1919 |
| opening | 1921 |
| First game | July 30, 1921 SV Darmstadt 98 - Freiburg FC 4: 1 |
| Renovations | 1950–1952, 1975, 1978, 1981, 2014, 2015, 2016, since 2018 |
| surface | Natural grass with lawn heating |
| capacity | 17,500 seats |
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The stadium at the Böllenfalltor ( officially Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor due to a sponsoring name ), also called Böllenfalltorstadion , Böllenfalltor or simply Bölle , is a football stadium in the Hessian city of Darmstadt . It is the home of the SV Darmstadt 98 football club . After the renovation in autumn 2016, the stadium has a capacity of 17,468 spectators.
history
The history of the stadium begins with the merger of the two Darmstadt clubs, FK Olympia and SC 05, in 1919. For the first time, the wish was expressed to create a large sports facility of their own. This request was fulfilled two years later when the 8,000-seat stadium, which is directly adjacent to the university stadium, was opened in 1921 with a week of festivities. The opening game on July 30th of that year was won by SV 98 against Southwest champions Freiburg FC 4: 1.
The Böllenfalltor takes its name from the poplars , South Hessian "Bellen" or "Böllen", which grew at this point during the times of the Landgrave Darmstadt . Trap gates were slatted gates that served as access to the fenced Darmstadt forest. This was to prevent the game from escaping. Even today, a large number of poplars adorn the north edge of the stadium. By order of the city council of 1920, these may not be felled, as the association took over the sponsorship of the trees.
After the Second World War , American troops confiscated the stadium and used it as a baseball field. It was not until 1950 that the club was able to play its games again at the Böllenfalltor. Playing in the league, the top division at the time, it was found that the stadium had to be adapted to the current conditions. Therefore, between 1950 and 1952 various renovations took place under the direction of Peter Grund . New spectator tiers were built from war rubble. At the inauguration in 1952, there was finally room for 25,000 spectators. SV 98 played the opening game in the converted stadium against Admira Vienna .
In 1975 the old grandstand was demolished and replaced by a more modern construction. This still exists today and can accommodate around 4,000 spectators.
In the years of the first class of the lilies, conditions of the German Football Association ensured that the stadium was expanded to a capacity of 30,000 seats in 1978 and that a floodlight system had to be installed in 1981 . These investments resulted in a financial collapse from which the club did not recover for a long time. Therefore, the stadium was sold to the city of Darmstadt in 1988 for 2.18 million marks.
Todays situation
As a result of the increasingly dilapidated building structure - the standing stands were built on war rubble - the stadium currently only has a capacity of 17,468 spectators, of which 6,312 covered seats in the main and north stands, 400 uncovered seats in the guest block (back straight), 3698 covered standing places on the south stand and 7,058 uncovered standing room on the back straight.
After SV 98 rose to the 3rd division in the 2011/12 season, the stadium moved back into the field of vision of the city of Darmstadt. As a first measure to modernize the security and the economy, the city council decided to upgrade the floodlight system from 400 to 800 lux . The background were requirements of the DFB for television broadcasts in floodlights.
In the summer of 2014, Darmstädter Sportstätten GmbH & Co.KG, founded in March by the city of Darmstadt, carried out a first modernization measure with an investment of 2.2 million euros in the stadium to meet the requirements for orderly match operations according to the DFL statutes. From the 2015/16 season onwards, these renovation measures would also have become mandatory requirements in the third soccer league. After the investigation of the field by the ordnance disposal service , an enlargement of the field and the installation of underfloor heating were carried out. In addition, more space has been created for television technology and for escape routes to bypass the stadium. In addition, the inadequate sanitary facilities were modernized and expanded and more spaces for wheelchair users were set up. The renovation work reduced the capacity to 16,500 spectators.
Since the match against 1860 Munich on 15 February 2015, the stadium has a modern 30-square-foot LED - Video Wall can be shown by scenes on the first time repetitions. The € 100,000 advertisement was financed by the name sponsor Merck and will also be used in the newly built stadium.
With the promotion of SV 98 to the Bundesliga in the 2015/16 season , further small improvements to the stadium were necessary: The space for media representatives was expanded to 54 additional press seats. In addition, the DFL installed the goal-line technology Hawk Eye .
With the expansion of two mobile tubular steel grandstands in autumn 2016 in the north and south bends, the capacity increased to 17,468 seats. The roofed south stand is designed for 3,698 standing places. 2,812 covered seats have been created on the north stand.
In January 2018, a subsidiary of SV Darmstadt 98 took over the operation of the stadium. The city leaves the association to operate until 2058 and receives an annual long lease in return.
Stadium renovation
At the beginning of October 2012, the city of Darmstadt, as the owner of the stadium, commissioned IFS GmbH to carry out a feasibility study on the possible construction of a new venue or renovation of the existing stadium . The aim was to create a needs and usage concept and to discuss the decision regarding the location. The study advocates staying at the Nieder-Ramstädter-Strasse site. Detailed results of the study were presented in summer 2013: According to this, an arena for 18,000 spectators is to be built, which is composed of four areas: a main grandstand (3,900 seats, including 800 business seats and 340 box seats), an opposite grandstand with 4,850 seats (today's standing straight ), a standing stand for home fans (current curve at the tennis courts) as well as a further head stand for 1,800 guest fans and 2,000 seats for home fans (today standing room in the curve at the marathon gate).
In June 2014, the state of Hesse guaranteed the city of Darmstadt EUR 10.5 million from a state compensation fund. According to Mayor Jochen Partsch , the funds are to be used for the renovation of the stadium. The costs are estimated at 27 million euros, of which the city will take over 14 million euros. In addition, the city has submitted an application for sports funding from the State of Hesse, which should also be used for further measures at the stadium. The renovation was originally supposed to be completed by the start of the 2016/17 season.
However, the complete new construction of an arena at the Böllenfalltor location failed, among other things, due to building regulations such as noise protection for residents. In addition, the forecast costs continued to rise, to a recently estimated 33 million euros. Therefore, four alternative locations have meanwhile been examined as alternatives to the Böllenfalltor: in the west of Darmstadt-Arheilgen between the Merck company and the S-Bahn , also south of the motorway slip road at the Telekom site, in the west of Darmstadt-Eberstadt at the prison and around Gehaborner Hof in Weiterstadt . At all locations, however, there were problems and in some cases resistance from residents.
According to the city of Darmstadt, renovations in the existing building are covered by an existing building permit. Therefore, this should take place while the game is running. After the renovation, the stadium will have a total capacity of 18,603 seats, of which 9,558 will be standing and 9,045 seats. The costs amount to 28.5 million euros, shared by the city of Darmstadt (15 million euros), SV Darmstadt (10 million euros) and the state of Hesse (3.5 million euros). The conversion should take place by 2020.
On December 8, 2018, the back straight was "adopted" at the home game against FC Ingolstadt 04 . The complete demolition started on December 10th, because the DFL no longer wanted to tolerate the state of the guest stand, which is neither covered nor separated from the residential blocks by fences or the like. The completion by a general contractor should take place by the end of 2019.
On August 4, 2019, at the first home game of the season against Holstein Kiel, the home area of the lower tier of the back straight, which offers 4300 standing places, went into operation. The construction of the back straight should be completed by the end of the season, followed by the construction of the main grandstand.
Name sponsorship
As part of a name sponsorship of 300,000 euros per year by the Darmstadt-based chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck , the stadium has officially been named Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor since July 2014 . The agreement between Merck and the city of Darmstadt as the owner of the stadium was initially set for five years.
For the 2016/17 Bundesliga season , the stadium was renamed the Jonathan Heimes Stadium at Böllenfalltor . The sponsor Merck waived its naming rights for this time in honor of the Darmstadt football fan Jonathan Heimes, who died in 2016 . Since the 2017/18 season, the stadium's south stand has been called the Jonathan Heimes grandstand until 2020 .
In May 2018, SV Darmstadt 98 extended the name sponsorship with Merck ahead of time until 2024 with an option for 2 more years.
Location and transport links
The stadium at Böllenfalltor is located on the eastern edge of the Darmstadt district of Bessungen . It is located directly on the tram route to the Böllenfalltor (stop: Merck-Stadion) and is therefore very well connected to local transport in Darmstadt . Currently, 98 additional trams are being used for the home games of SV Darmstadt 98 , which connect the stadium with the city center and the main train station as line 2 .
The stadium can be reached by car via Nieder-Ramstädter Straße (B 449) . Due to its location near the Paulusviertel, a residential area belonging to Bessungen, and the existence of other sports facilities in the immediate vicinity ( Böllenfalltor sports hall , university stadium of the TU Darmstadt , tennis courts), only 400 parking spaces are available for cars . There are also parking spaces for bicycles north of the Böllenfalltorhalle .
International matches
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| Sep 11 2003 |
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4: 0 (3: 0) |
panorama
Web links
- sv98.de: Stadium on the website of SV Darmstadt 98
- darmstadt.de: Stadium on the website of the city of Darmstadt
- stadionwelt.de: Stadium guide
- stadiumdb.com: Stadion am Böllenfalltor (English)
- groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2014 and 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ echo-online.de: Stadium renovation: In the event of relegation, the city would help SV Darmstadt 98 with a guarantee (Darmstädter Echo from April 5, 2018, accessed on May 6, 2018).
- ^ Stadium at the Böllenfalltor. In: darmstadt.de. Retrieved September 27, 2016 .
- ^ Jonathan Heimes Stadium at Böllenfalltor. In: sv98.de , accessed on September 27, 2016.
- ↑ a b Böllenfalltor: 17,000 seats in the stadium next season. In: echo-online.de . June 18, 2015, accessed September 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Görg: Renovations to the Merck Stadium begin. In: echo-online.de. May 26, 2015, accessed September 27, 2016 .
- ↑ The lilies start renovating the stadium "böllelike" ( Memento from November 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Hessenschau.de October 5, 2016
- ^ SV Darmstadt takes over stadium operations. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
- ↑ echo-online.de: Böllenfalltor Stadium: Economic use not a utopia Article from November 11, 2014
- ↑ City agrees to take over the stadium. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
- ↑ hessenschau.de: "Neues Bölle" by the end of 2020 Stadium renovation in Darmstadt costs 28.5 million euros ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2018 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 October 24, 2017
- ↑ Against Ingolstadt: Complete back straight becomes the home area , sv98.de, accessed on December 7, 2018
- ↑ Break at the Bölle: Bye bye, opposite stand! , kicker.de, accessed on December 7, 2018
- ↑ Reconstruction of the back straight started , sv98.de, accessed on December 10, 2018
- ↑ From now on "Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor". In: echo-online.de . July 30, 2014, accessed September 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Lilies in the Jonathan Heimes Stadium at Böllenfalltor. (No longer available online.) In: sv98.de. SV Darmstadt 98, September 5, 2016, archived from the original on March 3, 2017 ; accessed on September 6, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ The south stand in the Darmstadt stadium becomes the "Jonathan-Heimes-Stand". In: Echo Online. Echo Online, July 6, 2017, accessed July 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Merck remains namesake: Another six years of the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor , merckgroup.com, May 10, 2018, accessed on July 14, 2020.
- ↑ sv98.de: Your visit to the stadium
