Steigerwaldstadion
FC Rot -Weiß Erfurt
- Matches of the German national football team of women
- European Football Championship Women 2001
- German Athletics Championships: 1994, 1999, 2007
- Track and Field Championships in the GDR: 1984
- U23 European Athletics Championships: 2005
The Steigerwald Stadium is a football and athletics stadium in the Löbervorstadt in the south of Erfurt. It has a capacity of 17,500 spectators ( 6,000 seats, of which 4,000 covered) and is the second largest stadium in Thuringia after Skatbank Arena in Altenburg, it is also the home stadium of FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt. His name has received the stadium from the nearby Steigerwald. The stadium should be by 2016 for 35 million euros extensively renovated and converted into a multi-functional venue.
History
The Steigerwald stadium was opened on 17 May 1931 as Daberstädter jump, according to Erfurt sports companies, however, even at this stage as a means German arena .. The stadium was not initially intended as a home for a football club, but offered as a typical multi-purpose stadium, a 500 -meter-long career and an 8 -meter-wide turf track for riding. Mid-1930s it was called the Central German arena and has been increased by a wooden stand for a further 1,270 spectators. It summed for a total of 35,000 spectators. On August 25, 1935 Germany and Romania denied the first international match ( 4:2 ) in Erfurt Stadium.
After the end of World War II, the game was shut down first, the Soviet occupation forces took advantage of the venue, among other things for potato cultivation. On November 6, 1948, the stadium was opened after application of a new lawn again, now under the name of Georgi Dimitrov Stadium. In the 1950s, the previously valid attendance record was set. The DDR - Oberliga match Turbine Erfurt - Chemie Leipzig (1:2) was attended by 47,390 spectators.
In addition to the football games of turbine / FC Rot -Weiß Erfurt, the stadium was used in the communist era also repeated for the stage arrivals of a cycling stage race, the "International Peace Race ", and for the implementation of athletics events. In 1969, the athletic track was shortened to 400 meters and covered with tartan. The stadium received an electronic scoreboard and floodlights with 1000 lux This was on 6 October 1970 with the friendly match FC Rot-Weiß - Vasas Budapest inaugurated ( 2:2 ) with 14,000 spectators.
The national football team of the GDR made the following five matches of the Dimitrov Stadium:
In 1991, the sports venue after a survey of the population of Erfurt its present name Steigerwaldstadion. In 1992 the old wooden grandstand was demolished and it was until 1994 a new grandstand, which can accommodate 4,000 spectators. Also in 1994 found the first time the German Athletics Championships held at Steigerwald stadium. On 13 June 1996, the first open-air concert was - the U.S. rockers Bon Jovi started here their former Germany Tour - History of the stadium instead. In this type of use, provides a number of around 45,000 spectators is the upper limit, as became clear at a concert of Herbert Grönemeyer on 1 June 2003.
In 1999, the floodlight system was completely renewed. Shortly before the opening of the new flood light in the Game against FC Erzgebirge Aue on 4 December 1999, however, snapped one of the four towers on the basis of a material error. After years of disputes over the question of guilt and a new reconstruction of the floodlights, the new floodlights on 7 March 2003 was finally inaugurated the match against 1.FC Saarbrücken. The question of guilt has not yet been clarified until today legally.
As part of the Women's Football Championship 2001, which was held in Germany, the following three preliminary matches were held in Steigerwaldstadion:
Reconstruction measures
A new turf heating system was put into operation at the stadium on December 13, 2010.
2011, a reconstruction of the stadium, it was decided to form a multifunctional sports and entertainment arena for up to 120 event days per year, which was originally to be completed by the end of 2013 and should cost around 27 million euros. Ambiguity about the legal compliance of the funding allowance of Thuringia amounting 29.5 million euros with EU law could be clarified only in March 2013. Thus, the start of construction for the spring of 2014 and the completion of mid-2015 was planned. The total capacity will be 21,700 after completion and the costs amount to 35.2 million euros. The tender for the construction had to be done a second time after it had apparently given 2013 error in the original tender in June. This means that the start of construction was delayed further. On August 8, 2013 announced Erfurt Mayor Andreas Bausewein that the conversion now start in late summer or fall of 2014 and should be completed in 2016.
Stadium blocks
During operation of the FC Rot -Weiß Erfurt is the block E2, in the main stand, the " fan block " of Erfurt trailer and home of the sangesfreudigen followers (including the Erfordia Ultras ). By the end of the season 2012/2013 Block 3 was the " fan block ". This standing room block is located (as well as the blocks 4,5 and 6) in the South Stand and is maintained since moving end of the 2012/2013 season by only a few groups of fans as " fan block ". Block 3 dissolved the former East Stand from the location of the "hard core " of the fans.
The audience from the visiting team found in blocks 1 and 2 space. If a very large number of guests followers is expected on this, the Marathon blocks F and G are available ( eg, Dynamo Dresden and FC Carl Zeiss Jena ) are. The Marathon still has two more blocks, H and I. The grandstand of the stadium includes the blocks A to E. Here is another fan block in the block E is provided. In general, all the blocks that are labeled with letters, equipped with seats, while all the blocks marked with numbers are for standing room only. A special feature of the block 7 dar. In it is at home matches of FC Rot-Weiß a VIP tent, and the block is accessible to spectators.
Panorama of the stadium
Grandstand
Athletics
Since the reunification of Germany three times the German Athletics Championships were held in Steigerwaldstadion. In July 2005, here the U23 European Championships were held.