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| Full name | Volkswagen Arena |
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| Location | Wolfsburg, Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°25′58″N 10°48′14″E / 52.43278°N 10.80389°E |
| Owner | Wolfsburg AG |
| Operator | VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH[2] |
| Executive suites | 31[3] |
| Capacity | 30,000 (League matches)[3] 26,000 (International matches)[3] |
| Field size | 105×68 m |
| Surface | hybrid grass[4] |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2001–2002 |
| Opened | 13 December 2002[1] |
| Construction cost | €53 million[3] |
| Architect | HPP, Dusseldorf nb+b, Wolfsburg |
| Tenants | |
| VfL Wolfsburg (2002–present) Germany national football team (selected matches) | |
Volkswagen Arena (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksvaːɡn̩ ʔaˌʁeːnaː]; also known as the VfL Wolfsburg Arena due to UEFA sponsorship regulations) is a football stadium in the German city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony.[5] It was opened in 2002 and named after the automotive group Volkswagen AG.[6][7] The Volkswagen Arena has a capacity of 30,000: 22,000 seats and 8,000 standing places.[3] It is located in the Allerpark and is the home stadium of the football team VfL Wolfsburg.[8]
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stadionwelt-business.dewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Neues VW-Stadion". Berliner Kurier (in German). 26 February 2002. p. 30.
- ^ "Volkswagen Arena". ndr.de (in German). 3 August 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "VfL Wolfsburg Stadion heisst Volkswagen Arena". horizont.net (in German). 25 February 2002. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Die Lage: VfL Wolfsburg". Die Tageszeitung (in German). 12 December 2002. p. 5.