Arena Thun
The stock horn Arena is a football stadium in the city of Thun (Canton Bern ). The venue was completed in 2011 is the home of FC Thun. The Arena is provided with an artificial turf is not only a football stadium, but can also be used for cultural events, various other sporting events, as well as for conferences, banquets and exhibitions. The capacity is 10,000 spectators at sporting events.
- 3.1 Cooperative Arena Thun
- 3.2 Arena Thun AG
- 3.3 FC Thun AG
- 3.4 prehistory
- 4.1 construction
- 4.2 opening
- 4.3 Name
- 4.4 Noise dispute
- 5.1 Panorama
Location and transport links
Tuna is regarded as the " gateway to the Oberland ". The main transport links to the Bernese Oberland are performing here. With the Swiss national road network Thun is connected by the A6 motorway connections Thun Thun Nord and Süd. The stock horn Arena is located on a traffic- ideal location, on a site next to the Thun Süd exit. Between the highway and the Stadium Panorama Center was built, whose underground parking with 900 parking by the stadium visitors. In the immediate vicinity there are also a petrol station. Those arriving by public transport, you can use the bus line 3. On match days drive extra buses from the station to the tuna Stockhornstrasse arena and back. The match tickets right to travel on public transport. [ Ag 1]
General Information
Stadium capacity
The stadium in Thun has a capacity of around 10,000 spectators at sporting events. At your disposal are approximately 7,600 seats, 350 business and 2,000 standing places for the home fans. [ GNFS 1] The stock horn Arena is indeed one of the smallest venues of the Axpo Super League but also one of the most modern. The population of tuna is 43'783 people ( as of December 31, 2013), bringing the Arena offers all the same place for about 23 % of the city population. For other events and concerts up to 20,000 spectators will be admitted. [ GNFS 2] The glassed VIP area ( lounge ) of the stadium covers an area of approximately 735 m2 and has, among other things, a gourmet kitchen. Also for the media are in the Stockhornstrasse Arena sufficiently well equipped spaces available, namely for 25 representatives of print media, as well as 25 TV or radio stations. [ GNFS 1]
Artificial turf
In ancient Thun Stadium laughter was still played on natural grass, however, was barely playable as advised because of his condition to be referred to more often in the headlines. They spoke in connection with the undertaking in the immediate vicinity of Lake Thun field often of a field, although those responsible all took to the effects of heavy rain and snowfall, but to fix high groundwater level by flooding. [ Md 1] Not infrequently criticized opponent coach that the conditions were irregular. Light of past experience with natural grass, but also for economic reasons, it was decided to move operations artificial turf in the new arena. This decision was made by the cooperative, together with the property developer HRS / ARCO Real Estate. The choice fell on a high quality artificial turf of the latest generation, which is recognized by UEFA and FIFA. The artificial substrate allows the stadium operator to operate successfully Stockhornstrasse Arena also from a financial point of view, since the artificial turf can be loaded and used as required at additional events without affecting the operation of gambling. [ GNFS 3 ] So you went to Thun in the opposite direction to Bern. There the used for many years artificial turf was replaced with natural grass to be a regular venue for the Swiss Cup Final or matches involving the national team again can. [ Md 2] [ md 3]
Events
In Stock Horn Arena not only football matches of FC Thun are played, but also the U21 national team uses the stadium repeated. In September 2013, Sky launched the Arena Festival on the stage - a two-day music event, the one organized in a two-year cycle. Another event which will be conducted in 2014 for the umpteenth time, the classic car show at the Esplanade. Because of their compact size, the Stockhornstrasse Arena also offers as a venue for business events and conferences at. [ Ag 2] is responsible for the acquisition and organization of the Arena Thun AG. [ GNFS 4]
Coat of Use
The stock horn Arena is called stadium jacket use, although it is not a coat use in the classical sense. Within the arena building are, in fact, a VIP area with a restaurant, and the press conference room ( 87m2 large space for 65 media representatives ), the studio of the stadium TV 's, players and referees cabins and other non-public areas (such as a fitness room and a sauna for the players ). In addition, located inside the stadium only the offices of FC Thun AG and the Arena Thun AG. The jacket use is limited almost exclusively to the built in the immediate vicinity of the stadium shopping center, which belongs to the extended complex of buildings. On 7 November 2009, it was announced that had the property operating AG ( LiB -AG), a subcontractor of Migros, which was then still YB- sponsor [ md 4] acquired this property. [ Md 5] For the implementation of Panorama center, such as the shopping mall was called because of the views of the Stockhornkette about the sneezing to Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, investment was needed in the amount of 150 million francs. In addition to the Migros, including the company OBI, Denner, H & M, Media Markt, Tally Weijl and Ochsner are on the standing to 15,000 square meters available to find sports. Other facilities include restaurants, a health center, a gym and other services.
Management
Since the completion of Thun stadium there have been numerous changes in management structures and because the parties involved have always had different views about the strategies. [ Md 6]
Cooperative Arena Thun
Actual owner of the stock horn Arena is the cooperative Arena Thun ( GNFS ) (which was called to the 3rd meeting of shareholders on December 2, 2012 cooperative football stadium Thun -south). [ GNFS 5] The inaugural meeting was held in Thun on 15 February 2008. A week later, the cooperative gathering was recorded in the Commercial Register and published the founding on 28 February 2008 in the Swiss Official Gazette No. 41. [ GNFS 6] The GNFS was responsible for all the construction of the stadium related tasks (liaising with investors and planners, the building permit, etc.). They also created the valid start operating concept and planned the construction of the Operating Company Arena Thun AG. [ GNFS 4]
Arena Thun AG
The Arena Thun AG ( ATAG ), which was established on 25 March 2010 under the name Stadion Thun AG, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the cooperative Arena Thun. The marketing of Stockhornstrasse Arena and, initially, the FC Thun was one of the main tasks of ATAG. She was responsible at the beginning for the entire stadium operations and consequently also for the implementation of the football matches of clubs. [ Md 7] Increasing tension between the Arena Thun AG and FC Thun AG meant that you look at July 25, 2012 on, it was agreed that to mix the Board of Directors of the two independent public companies. There should be two board members are designated to hold a seat in both the FC Thun AG as well as in the Arena Thun AG and one president who only projects his company and the casting vote falls. [ Md 8] However, this concept was not successful. Beginning in March 2013, it was announced that the arena Thun AG transfers all related to the schedule of the football club duties from 1 July 2013, the FC Thun AG, including the marketing and ticketing. [ Md 9] Since July 2013, the arena Thun AG therefore only responsible for the organization and implementation of a variety of other events.
FC Thun AG
The Football Club Thun has no shares in the Stock Horn Arena. He has only a right of use. From opening of the stadium, up to and including the end of 2012/13 season the club had also no duties in connection with the implementation of the home games. Since the FCT thus could also generate no revenue through ticketing, he was paid by the Arena Thun AG with annual re -defined amount, which was based on the gross profit of the Arena dependent. The less money the arena took so overall, the less stood for the sports. For this reason, the FC Thun AG was eligible to play for the Super League in danger and urged at the arena on adjustments, which took effect on 1 July 2013. Since then, the Football Club is again responsible for the marketing and ticketing, the Arena Thun AG must however pay new rent. [ Md 9]
Prehistory
Carlos Reinhard, the first Chairman of the Cooperative Arena Thun, was a former director of FC Thun AG (formerly FC Thun operation AG). He had this mandate from May 2007 to June 2008 holds, and thus had of February 2008 ( establishing cooperative) to June 2008 ( elections FC Thun AG) a dual mandate. During this time, both parties signed an agreement under which the cooperative FC Thun third of the share capital of 10,000 shares ( ie 3'334 ) for CHF 500,000 could buy. In a later patch supplementary treaty was stipulated that the shares are not immediately sold, since the cooperative as a potential buyer at the time could not be sure whether the FC Thun AG the then impending bankruptcy would be able to prevent. [ Md 10]
The elected in May 2008, the Board of Directors (BoD ) of the FC Thun AG wanted to achieve that investors, the cooperative and the FC Thun AG represent three parity forces as possible, trying at the 2008 Annual General Meeting, to counteract a rise of the cooperative by a voting power limit to be introduced should. In future General Assemblies would otherwise have been easy for the cooperative to reject amendments to the Statutes of the FC Thun AG, for the VR would have a two-thirds majority needed. In these efforts, the Board of Directors saw the investors, as a representative of the cooperative, a breach of contract. This had in fact agreed to let the FC Thun for three years to get a loan of one million francs per season. Only thanks to this total was in early 2008 the matches of the first team to be maintained. [ Md 10] In return for this financial aid, the investors secured from current and future players rights and insisted on other decisions to be able to take an effect. [ Md 11] At the meeting on October 28, 2008 approved the shareholders of FC Thun AG finally a negotiated by the parties involved compromise: buy the cooperative football stadium Thun -South was thus under the contract 30 percent of the shares of FC Thun AG [ md 12]. Nearly a year later, on 22 October 2009, planning permission for the stadium in Thun -South was present and became, as announced by the investors who converted the loan into a donation. [ md 10]
History
Construction
The public funding of a new stadium for FC Thun as a substitute for the stadium laughter joined in the 2006 voting citizens rejection. The project was financed by the company, therefore, HRS. After the signing of the treaties in 2007 and approved in a vote rezoning of the proposed building ground in 2008, construction began in early 2010 and was completed in the summer of next year. The same applies to the included Project Shopping panoramic Center. [ Md 13]
Opening
On 9 July 2011, the stock horn Arena was inaugurated with a friendly match between FC Thun and the 1st FC Cologne. The Cologne completed their pre-season training in Austria, and placed before a brief stop in the Bernese Oberland one. The discharged before 8,000 spectators game ended in a 2-2 draw. The first goal in the new stadium shot of Cologne's Milivoje Novakovič after just five minutes. The first goal for the Thun shot Dennis Hediger ( 72 ) and Milaim Rama ( 78 ). [ Ag 3] As part of the open day, visitors were given this weekend also provide insight into the stadium infrastructure.
Due to the large logistical challenge has been decided not to join the opening ceremony with a concert. This was made up in early September. [ Md 14] The well-known Swiss dialect rockers Gölä attracted 20,000 spectators to the first major show in the Stockhornstrasse Arena. Other performers were Polo Hofer and Hanery Amman and the Thun blues musician Philipp Fankhauser. Not least, Florian Ast appeared as a guest musician on together with Gölä. [ Md 15]
Name
During construction, the new stadium of FC Thun was based on the proximity to the motorway exit called " football stadium Thun Süd ". Even before the completion of the stadium trying to find a title sponsor of the arena manager. However, the amount of the required sum and the desire for a long-term commitment ( at least 8-10 years) deterred potential buyers. Since the search was unsuccessful, the stadium was given the neutral name " Arena Thun ". [ Md 16]
In February 2014, the Stockhornbahn AG acquired the naming rights to the stadium of FC Thun. The effective immediately entered into force of the Treaty [ ag 4] has a term until the year 2025. Aside from the financial framework agreed upon, the parties disclosed. The nachgeschobene baptism and consecration of the Stockhornstrasse Arena is in the league match against FC Aarau on the weekend of 12-13. April 2014 to take place. [ 17 md ]
Noise dispute
Because of exceeding the permissible noise levels by two decibels, broke out in the summer of 2012 from a dispute between the stadium builders and some of Thun citizens. FC Thun, as not directly involved party, an audience restriction was imposed because of the dispute. The dispute has now been settled, lifted the restriction.
In Switzerland, the German sports facilities - Noise Ordinance is applied, be counted in the 50 decibels allowed (as compared with an average lawn mower: 70 decibels ). Measurements of the specialist unit noise acoustic / laser technology, the Canton police revealed that the value at 6000 spectators were just observed. With sold-out ranks the value will, however, exceeded by about two decibels. Because the then Thun government governor had issued the stadium operators at the opening of the arena only a provisional operating license - including the requirement to implement additional noise abatement measures, it is too loud - was supported by the HRS, to close the gap between the stadium floor and grandstand roof. This prompted the company had not followed, on the grounds that the majority of the noise on the roof dodge. [ Md 18]
Also relevant is the average attendance of FC Thun in the assessment of noise exposure. This was in season 2010/11 at 4792 persons, in the following season in 6100 and 2012/13 in 5328, which shows that the noise level was exceeded only in exceptional cases. Specifically: the only games where the viewer section of the FC Thun exceeds the mark of 6,000 spectators each distinctive, and is expected to nearly sold-out stadium and thus exceeded the noise level, the twice per season discharged derbies against the Berne Young Boys (YB ). So the stadium was sold out in the direct meeting of 10 December 2011 and at the game from May 13, 2012 attended at least 9118 spectators the arena.
After the FC Thun had already played two home games in the 2012/13 season, without incorporating protested against the lack of noise barriers, and the home game against Young Boys decency (27 September 2012), erwirkten some Thun a super temporary injunction ( issued by the construction, transport and energy management ) because of no more than 6,000 tickets were to be sold for the Bernese Derby. [ md 19] [ md 20] because the Thun government governor there under left in the episode, disposed of him lifting the audience restriction and a project change relative to publish noise abatement measures, the judiciary, community and Churches ( JGK ) handed the dossier in March 2013 the government governorship Bern -Mittelland after the complaining residents had made a rejection desire. [ md 21] For the play-off game the Europa League against Partizan Belgrade on 29 August 2013, the restriction was lifted, as for the three home games of the group stage. [ md 22] on December 13, 2013 was finally able to reach an agreement in the dispute noise can be achieved. [ 23 md ]
Gallery
Panorama