Eintracht-Stadion

Eintracht Braunschweig ( football) New York Lions ( American football)

• DFB Cup Final 1955
• German Bowl in 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
• Euro Bowl 2002, 2003
• German Athletics Championships 2000, 2004, 2010

The Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig has 25,540 seats, including approximately 13,700 covered seats and approximately 11,300 covered standing places. In games of Eintracht Braunschweig are blocked for security reasons 800-1200 courts. It is the home stadium of football first division club Eintracht Braunschweig and the American Football Bundesliga New York Lions.

History

The stadium opened in 1923 originally had about 28,000 mostly standing room and a wooden stand. It was here, among others the final of the DFB - Cup 1955 between Karlsruher SC and FC Schalke 04 instead. After a modernization and expansion 1963/64, it had then about 40,000 mostly unprotected standing and some ( Grandstand ) seats. Beginning of June 1967 was celebrated here after a 4-1 victory over 1.FC Nuremberg German football championship of Eintracht Braunschweig.

In the early 1980s, the city acquired Brunswick until then club's stadium from Eintracht Braunschweig, henceforth the official name was Municipal Stadium at the Hamburg road.

In 1995, the stadium site was again completely rebuilt. New floodlights were erected, the old South Stand was demolished and rebuilt with covered standing areas again. The backstretch in the East, so far 10,000 standing and 2,000 seats offered, was converted into a pure seat grandstand. The inauguration of the scoreboard at November 3, 1996 ended the work on the basic renovation of the stadium. This old panel was sold in 2004 and removed, but a video wall was installed as part of the discharged in the stadium 104th Deutsche Athletics Championship, which remained in use.

On 3 June 2008 approved by the Administrative Committee of the City of Brunswick, that the naming rights of the stadium from the city to a group of five Eintracht sponsors ( Braunschweigische Landessparkasse, BS | ENERGY, Public Insurance Braunschweig Volksbank Braunschweig Wolfsburg and Volkswagen Financial Services AG) sold were. The continued municipal stadium was thus again operate under the traditional name Eintracht -Stadion. In June 2011, the concord with the sponsors agreed to extend the existing contract for another two years.

By revisiting modernization from July 2009 to June 2010 the still open north curve was reconsidered and expanded to the east; this first conversion work with a budget of 7.6 million euro were limited from shortage of money at first only on the north curve and the function rooms. Other planned extensions with the same volume ( VIP boxes, other function rooms, and a separate building for offices and restaurants) has returned. The capacity of the stadium increased by the conversion of the north curve only slightly by 1,000 to 25,540 seats, as a large part of the grandstand was converted from standing on seats. All construction work is carried out with limited stadium operation, ie rating curve could only be assigned to one-half each.

In Eintracht Stadium concerts and athletics competitions. Among other things, has been held in the years 2000, 2004 and 2010, the German Track and Field Championships. In 2014, the athletics team Championship will be held. In the 2009/2010 season of Goslar SC 08 was its home games in the Football League North from here.

Expansion of the grandstand

About the completed expansion of the north curve addition, since the mid- 2000s, an expansion and modernization of the main grandstand in conversation. An architectural competition in the summer of 2006, won the office Schulitz Partner. The winning design proposes to connect the stand to the North and the South Stand and so to combine the previously separate building at a stadium round. The space gained under the stands to be used among other things for VIP lounges, a business lounge and a restaurant. The two marathon goals will be built over and integrated into the stadium round. The temporary tent outside the stadium will disappear along with the ramp, currently viewers are directed to the stands on the. In their place, a square will be built with a cube, see the next to the office of the association is also a fan shop, football museum, a restaurant and a nursery place.

Because of the then descent from Eintracht Braunschweig from the 2nd Bundesliga and the precarious financial situation of the city 's plans for a long time were not implemented. On 6 February 2011, however, a citizen survey was held on the initiative of the CDU faction in the Brunswick Council. With a participation rate of 32.9 percent voted 60.3 percent for the stadium expansion. The result was not legally binding, but two weeks later, the City Council voted unanimously in favor of the reconstruction, which should begin in the fall of 2011, according to the stadium management. The estimated 14.5 million euro expansion of the grandstand will be financed from the city treasury; for the cube on the forecourt of the club Eintracht Braunschweig comes on. The completion of construction is planned for summer 2013.

Once in the tender process of the works " Lost " was to write out the engineering services in public construction works are about three months behind schedule. However, all boxes and seats will be available at the beginning of the 2013/14 season.

Regardless of the expansion of the grandstand beginning of June, new chairs on the backstretch. Of a total of 5,683 new blue and yellow seats 547 yellow seats form the logo BRUNSWICK on a blue background.

Approach

From the north, west and east, take over the A2 Hannover- Berlin until the motorway junction Braunschweig -Nord ( exit 55 ) and continue on the A 391 ( west bypass ) and A 392 ( northern bypass ) and exit at Hamburger Straße. From the south you cross the A 7 Kassel- Hanover to the interchange Salzgitter and continue on the A 39 and A 391, A 392 also to Exit Hamburger Straße. The large parking lot Schützenplatz is about 500 meters away from the city of Hamburg junction road ( follow the signs ), from there, the stadium is about five minutes walking distance.

By public transport the stadium with the tram lines M1 and 2 from the main train station and from the city center or to the M1 line of the P R car parks in the north can be reached. The trams stop right in front of the stadium ( line M1 ) or near (line 2, station health department ). There are bus on game day or at major events, additional special trains from Central Station to the stadium.