Stadion Schützenwiese

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The stadium Schützenwiese is a sports stadium in Winterthur, where the football club FC Winterthur plays its home games. The maximum capacity is 14,987 seats. The official capacity of 8550 seats, of which 1100 covered seats, 800 uncovered seats and 6650 standing uncovered. Next is home to the stadium under the stands the training room of Judo & Ju Jitsu Club Winterthur. The stadium is owned by the city of Winterthur. The lining is made of natural grass ( 105x68 m).

On 17 December 2010 Winterthur and FC Winterthur were presented the plans for the expansion and reconstruction of the stadium from the city. The concept of the Biel architectural firms Sollberger Bögli Architekten AG, which emerged from an architectural competition as the winner sees a reconstruction of the stages have Schützenwiese to a Super League suitable stadium with 10,000 covered seats ago ( about 2/3 seats). It is to be built in the first stage a counter grandstand with 2,000 covered seats. The existing Standing behind the goals, the beer and syrup curve as well as the guest sector, remain largely intact. The construction costs for this first stage expected to amount to 10 million Swiss francs, the conversion is planned for 2014. In a further stage the standing ramps to be behind the gates replaced by covered standee stands.

History

Early on, around 1900, the FC Winterthur played on the Schützenwiese, the then crown meadow was called. From 1911 the place was leased by the club. During the 1st World War from 1917 to 1919, a conversion of the field in a field by the members of the association could be almost prevented by managed a football pitch large field in Wiesendangen.

1922 a small wooden stand with 550 seats, has been created, the financing was secured by a cooperative grandstand, which was dissolved in 1935 and the FCW the whistle on left virtually debt free. 1936, the field was re- leveled and filled up as a counter Just a mound.

Launched in 1957, the cooperative sports field Schützenwiese (GSS ) on the money for the construction of the current grandstand. The stadium was then extended for the most successful period in their history to general admission grandstands, bringing the maximum capacity of 14'987 places has been reached. The stadium record was set at a field handball match between Switzerland and Germany. Officially at that time were present 23,000 spectators. In the 1980s, the GSS was unable to raise the money for a renovation, so the stadium passed into the possession of the city of Winterthur, which was henceforth responsible for the upkeep. By 2004, the stadium itself was managed by the GSS. This is the responsibility since 1 January 2005 is also the city of Winterthur.

Swell

• Werner Brunner ( Eds.): 50 Years of Football Club Winterthur 1896-1946. Anniversary publication. Winterthur 1946, pp. 106-115.