Ludwigsparkstadion

The Ludwig Park Stadium is a competition venue in Saarbrucken, temporarily SV Elversberg is primarily used for games of the 1st FC Saarbrücken, Saarland Hurricanes as well.

History

The stadium was opened on August 2, 1953 and with a capacity of 35,303 spectators (of which 8303 seats) is currently the largest football stadium in the Saarland. It was on May 29, 1993 Venue last time a Premier League game ( 1.FC Saarbrücken - VfB Stuttgart 1:4).

On 28 March 1954, the Ludwig Park Stadium was the venue of the international match ( World Cup Qualifiers) Saarland Germany (1:3) - in front of a record crowd of 53,000 spectators.

For the 2013/2014 season of SV Elversberg plays its home games at the Louis Park Stadium, as the forest Stadium Kaiserlinde is rebuilt.

Blocks

The D1 -Block is the traditional fan block the FCS fans. However, it was from some fan groups from the season 2005/ 06 the block E2, declared under the name of your choice Virage Est, as a fan block. Thus there are now two blocks mood. Guests blocks are the blocks C1 and C2, where C2 is only open when large crowds. Seats are available on the grandstand and on the Victor's grandstand. The Victor's Vortribüne is partly used as a space for wheelchair users.

New construction and renovation plans

Within the existing grandstands of the Saarbrücken Ludwig parks a new stadium to be built, similar to the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig. As the former president of the 1st FC Saarbrücken, Horst Berger Hinsch, announced private investors are interested to build a stadium for the whole Saarland.

Said investors have apparently already been commissioned architects with creating plans for the construction of a football stadium in the style of the Wiesbaden Brita - Arena. The new building will hold 20,000 spectators and do not cost more than 20 million euros. The FCS will lease the stadium for its home games by investors. Other clubs may use the property. In addition, the arena is also available for non- sporting events.

In December 2011 it was announced that the Ludwigsparkstadion to be rebuilt for around 28 million euros. The Saarland Prime Minister Annegret Kramp - carts Bauer ( CDU) and the Saarbrücken Mayor Charlotte Britz (SPD ) are said to have agreed this in an interview. The start of construction is not expected before the end of 2014.