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| Full name | Rhein-Neckar-Arena |
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| Location | Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Capacity | 30,150 (league matches) 25,589 (international matches) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2007 |
| Opened | 24 January 2009 |
| Construction cost | € 60 million |
| Architect | Eheim Moebel[1] Sattler Europe[2] |
| Tenants | |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (2009–present) Germany national football team (selected matches) | |
Rhein-Neckar-Arena (German pronunciation: [ˌʁaɪnˈnɛkaʁʔaˌʁeːna] ), currently known as PreZero Arena and previously as Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena [ˈvɪʁzɔl-][3] for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of TSG Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people.[4] It replaced TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's former ground, the Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion.
The stadium is the largest in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area, although it is situated in a town with only 3,600 inhabitants.
The first competitive match was played on 31 January 2009 against FC Energie Cottbus, and ended in a 2–0 win for Hoffenheim.[5] The stadium hosted international matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[4] The Rhein-Neckar-Arena hosted the "2017 DEL Winter Game", an outdoor ice hockey game between Adler Mannheim and the Schwenningen Wild Wings on 7 January 2017.
- ^ Rhein-Neckar-Arena architect: Eheim Moebel
- ^ Rhein-Neckar-Arena roof: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
- ^ Gruener, Martin. "Auch wenn's zwickt: Obasi zaubert und bezaubert". kicker.de. kicker Sportmagazin. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – Sinsheim". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
- ^ "New home for German giant-killers". BBC News. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.