Audi-Sportpark

• FC Ingolstadt 04

• Home games of FC Ingolstadt 04
• Opening ceremony with Blitz on July 24, 2010 with the VfL ​​Wolfsburg, FC Augsburg and FC Ingolstadt
• U21 European Championship qualifying match Germany against Northern Ireland on 7 September 2010
• U21 European Championship qualifying match between Germany and Bosnia - Herzegovina on October 6, 2011

Audi Sportpark is the name of a football stadium, which stands on the former bayernoil site in Ingolstadt. It is located southeast of the city of Ingolstadt, in the direction of Manching.

Introduction

The Audi Sport Park is next to the Bezirkssportanlage Southeast (FC Stadium ) until 2008, ESV -Stadion, then Tuya Stadium and the district sports facility center ( MTV Stadium ) is one of three major well-known football stadiums in Ingolstadt. The cost of construction amounted to about 20 million euros.

History

When the FC Ingolstadt founded from the football departments of MTV and ESV Ingolstadt on 5 February 2004 04 in the 2007/ 08 season to qualify for the new third soccer league took his sights, the club was already known that this move from a MTV was the inevitable ESV -Stadion. For the old MTV Stadium the requirements of the German Football Association for the new league were too high. When, at the end of the season was even made ​​it into the 2nd Bundesliga, the purpose competent DFL gave himself a converted ESV Stadium ( which was renamed after the change in Tuya Stadium ) only a two -year exemption Game approval.

Thus, therefore, it was clear that the club until the 2010/11 season needed a new stadium, he wanted to lay down in the 2nd Bundesliga. On 12 June 2008 it was decided that the necessary new venue is actually built. As a land plot was planned on the former refinery site of bayernoil. First, construction costs of about 24 million euros were estimated, which will be supplied by the club with the main sponsor Audi in the back itself. For the transport infrastructural development of the stadium, the city of Ingolstadt will pay. In addition to the stadium, the construction of two training courses for the time being Audi Sportpark said complex was planned.

In early July led the competent District Government of Upper Bavaria is known as a regional planning process for the site. Within this process should be examined to what extent the stadium will have on nature, water management and road construction. For this purpose, relevant authorities and affected communities were consulted. In early October, the procedure was completed, and the district government gave the green light for the project. A total of 43 clubs, associations, government agencies and local authorities had been consulted.

However, end of November 2008 a dispute erupted between the city, which wanted to buy the stadium land, and the previous owner bayernoil the remediation of contaminated sites of the area. After a first draft contract, the company wanted to make the renovation only within the minimum legal requirements, but the city feared still more contaminated sites in deeper soil layers. In addition, a clause bayernoil should give exclusive building rights, the company also wanted to prohibit the city to hold an alternative location as building land.

After both parties had in mid-January of 2009 approached, in early February 2009 was then reached a final agreement. This stipulated that bayernoil comes up indefinitely for the rehabilitation of the full plot. The city held it firmly at the original location for the new stadium. The City Council approved the new contract too quickly, so that the club could imagine even a day later with the Hellmich group of companies the builder of the new arena.

Thus, should be started with the construction in May 2009, and until July 2010 was a 15,000 -seat stadium forming on the former refinery site. The number is made up of 9,000 seats and 6,000 standing places. The new home of FC Ingolstadt was built so that it can be extended if necessary. In a first stage, to 22,000 spectators, the roof could be raised and three to four additional spectator seating will be installed. For a further expansion to 30,000 spectators, the club would have to remove the roof completely and allow to build a bigger one. In addition to the stadium and two practice courts is planned for the future is to build more soccer fields for the second team and the youth of the association.

The groundbreaking ceremony took place then as planned on May 22, 2009 in a ceremony in which the club's management and representatives of the city and local politics were present. From that day on, the association remained another 14 months until the new home of FC should be completed 04. After the civil works were completed, one could see the first concrete components on site in the height grown by the end of August 2009.

The foundation stone for the arena took place in November 2009. Until then also work on south and east stand were already completed. The harsh winter delayed the schedule of construction activities only slightly: In December, the leaders concreted already the second floor of the stadium, and then the shell could be completed in January 2010. The roofs of the south stand and the back straight are already completed. This was followed by the construction work in and around the building and function in the kiosks, which are located around the Audi -Sportpark.

Was on 17 and 18 June 2010 with the turf delivered the last section. After his transfer, the project was completed, and on 24 July, the stadium was officially opened. During the opening ceremony, a blitz tournament was held, the VfL ​​Wolfsburg could win. Other participants were hosted FC Ingolstadt and FC Augsburg.

On 21 May 2011, the German national women won against the North Korean national women's 2-0 - the first of four international matches (as hardness test ) before the domestic championship.

Internationals

Spectator seats

The stadium is 15,445 spectators, spread over 9,621 seats and 5,824 standing places. The audience seats are fully covered. In the belt of the stadium there is a Fanraum, which is open on normal working days. There are also 04 about 1,200 business seats and 18 VIP booths for sponsors and partners of FC Ingolstadt. Among the covered grandstands there are some kiosks and toilets. On the west side of the property a large piazza is created.