Carl-Benz-Stadion
- SV Waldhof Mannheim
The Carl- Benz - Stadion is a located in the district of Mannheim Oststadt 27,000 spectators comprehensive football stadium. It is the home stadium of SV Waldhof Mannheim.
Stadium
The stadium is completely covered and has 27,000 courts ( 15,000 Sitzplätze/16 wheelchair spaces ). It has floodlights, but has no soil heating. The stadium was opened in 1994; It stands beside the Rhein- Neckar- Arena of Forest Höfer local rivals VfR Mannheim and was built according to plans of Fiebiger GmbH architects engineers under the direction of architect Folker Fiebiger.
Eponym
The stadium was named after the automobile inventor Carl Benz, in Mannheim had his workshop. In the course of naming the company Daimler Benz AG contributed funds for the purchase of a scoreboard. The naming rights were granted without a time limit, so that a further sale is no longer possible.
History
At the site of today's Carl- Benz -Stadion, the stadium Mannheim was completed in 1927. It had an athletics career, summed 35,000 spectators and was, among other things 1929 scene of an international match between Germany and Switzerland. The stadium had one of the few 500m cinder tracks, which is why there spilled records could not be recognized because the web is not the regulations of Athletics corresponded (curve radius too large ). In 1959 the stadium Mannheim a new grandstand and 1963 it was renamed Rhein- Neckar -Stadion. 1971 a pure football stadium was built in the neighborhood, which also received the name Rhein- Neckar Stadium and home of VfR Mannheim was.
The first thought for a professional and as good as new football stadium in Mannheim began in 1979 with plans for a reconstruction of the old Rhein- Neckar -Stadion. After another mind games and a number of legal arguments finally began in July 1992, the demolition of the old Rhein- Neckar -Stadion.
The new Carl- Benz-Stadion was the second league match SV Waldhof Mannheim in February 1994 - opened Hertha BSC (2-2 ).
Due to residents complaints may in the stadium every year, only 27 events take place, so that it can always be used per season only one club. Games in European club competitions are not affected by this limitation. This special scheme was agreed in 2001 with the local residents, as the SV Waldhof had chances to move up in the Bundesliga. The City of Mannheim has decreed that the stadium will always put the highest ranking Mannheim football club available. Since the beginning it was therefore used by SV Waldhof Mannheim.
In addition, the Carl - Benz-Stadion two matches of the men were held in 1996 played the German national team against Liechtenstein and 1998 against Luxembourg. Also in 1996 there was the DFB - Supercup final place (Borussia Dortmund 4:3 1.FC Kaiserslautern iE ( 1-1 aet ) ) and the DFB - League Cup final 2001 ( Hertha BSC 4-1 FC Schalke 04). During the U-21 European Football Championships 2004, three preliminary matches were aligned in Mannheim Stadium.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim was in 2008 in the first round of the Bundesliga nine home games at the Carl- Benz-Stadion from. To meet the requirements of the German Bundesliga football league, before a 400,000 euro expensive video wall was installed and invested a further 600,000 euros in the construction exercise, media workstations and safety devices. The costs took over as stadium owner, the City of Mannheim in anticipation of a sponsorship agreement with Daimler AG.
Twice were held at the Carl - Benz-Stadion matches of the German women's national team, in 2009 against Japan and in 2012 against Spain.