Volkswagen Arena

Volkswagen Arena
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Full nameVolkswagen Arena
LocationWolfsburg, Germany
Coordinates52°25′58″N 10°48′14″E / 52.43278°N 10.80389°E / 52.43278; 10.80389
OwnerWolfsburg AG
OperatorVfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH[2]
Executive suites31[3]
Capacity30,000 (League matches)[3]
26,000 (International matches)[3]
Field size105×68 m
Surfacehybrid grass[4]
Construction
Built2001–2002
Opened13 December 2002[1]
Construction cost53 million[3]
ArchitectHPP, 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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Handelsblatt 2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Autogramm 2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e "Daten und Fakten". vfl-wolfsburg.de (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference stadionwelt-business.de was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Neues VW-Stadion". Berliner Kurier (in German). 26 February 2002. p. 30.
  6. ^ "Volkswagen Arena". ndr.de (in German). 3 August 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. ^ "VfL Wolfsburg Stadion heisst Volkswagen Arena". horizont.net (in German). 25 February 2002. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Die Lage: VfL Wolfsburg". Die Tageszeitung (in German). 12 December 2002. p. 5.