Wildparkstadion

Karlsruher SC

  • 2.1 Internationals
  • 2.2 Venue of playoffs
  • 2.3 Memorable Games

History

Development since 1955

The FC Phoenix, one of the two predecessor clubs of the KSC, received from the city of Karlsruhe in 1921 on lease for 50 years providing a property in the Hardt forest available to the to 1923 a system with three soccer fields, two tennis courts, a 400 - meter track and throw - and jumping facilities has been created. After the merger of FC Phoenix and VfB Mühlburg to KSC of the now 30-year old Phoenix facilities with the construction of a modern stadium in 1952 instead begun.

The first event was an International Athletics Festival on July 17, 1955, on 7 August 1955, the remodeled stadium was officially opened by Mayor of Karlsruhe Gunther Klotz at Karlsruher SC. In the opening game on the same day, the reigning Cup winner KSC parted in front of 45,000 spectators from the German champions Rot-Weiss Essen 2-2 draw.

Early 1990s was made with the construction of a new grandstand which to this day last major structural change to the stadium. On the built according to the plans of architect Thomas Grossmann and Lucy Hillebrand grandstand seats are for a maximum of 6400 spectators and 24 business lodges. The inauguration of the new grandstand in 1993 with a 3-0 success against Karlsruher SC Borussia Dortmund.

Floodlights

The Wildlife Park Stadium since 1957 has floodlights. Since the 1970s, the luminosity of the old system was no longer enough to brighten the stadium for TV coverage sufficient ( the DFB wrote at a light intensity of 100 lux before ) the Building Department of the city of Karlsruhe was commissioned to design a new floodlights. From lighting considerations, and the boundary condition that the new floodlights a later full canopy of the stadium should not stand in the way, it was decided to build the new towers directly behind the rampart of the stadium. The four tubular steel structures protrude at an angle of 15 ° up to 54 meters in height and are set up with concrete anchors in the outer slope of the stadium wall. The new floodlights was built in 1978 and cost the equivalent of 1.11 million euros.

Expansion plans

In the spring of 2006 was announced by the City of Karlsruhe and the Karlsruhe SC, that the Wildlife Park stadium in time from May 2007 to August 2008 (of which 5,000 standing) is to be converted into a pure football stadium with approximately 35,000 to 40,000 covered seats. The grandstand of the Wildlife Park stadium would remain and be integrated into the new arena.

On August 23, 2006, however, those responsible for the KSC had to give a press conference that the club financially could not participate in the reconstruction of the stadium. It was said that in the case of an investment on the part of the KSC an old contract from the time of the presidential Roland Schmiders to compel the association, payment of compensation to the architects, the 1996 one - to provide elaborated draft of a new wildlife park stadium - now no longer to be implemented. Such a financial risk - including the licensing - did not want to go to.

After months of negotiations between the city and the Karlsruher SC on the financing of the prized 58 million euro renovation project, the Karlsruhe City Council voted on 27 February 2007 by a large majority for the completion of construction works. The negotiated financing plan provides for the allocation of costs as follows: 30 million euros will come from the city treasury, the state of Baden -Württemberg is contributing a grant of a further 10 million euros, while the remaining 18 million euros flow through low-interest to local authorities in the project be. Not yet clarified is the later lease between the City as the owner of the stadium and the KSC, which is decisive for the form of rental payments of the association. At this juncture, is a joint operating company planned, the income from which the rent is to be transferred to the city, but this is not in conformity with the statutes of the DFL.

The originally planned start of construction in the summer of 2007 was not observed after subsequent planning of the reconstruction in the summer of 2009 to begin.

Meanwhile, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has expressed interest from acquiring the area of the stadium to expand to. Thus, the reconstruction plans were shattered. For a newly built football stadium would have to be found, a new location, which was proposed in the past by local politicians and KSC members.

Major football matches

Internationals

To date, six caps of the German men's national team and one of the German women's national team were held in Karlsruhe Wildlife Park Stadium.

Venue of playoffs

  • On August 5, 1956, in the Deer Park stadium held the final of the DFB - Pokal. The KSC defeated Hamburg SV 3-1 and defended the title obtained previously in the year.
  • On 1 August 1978, the team of Borussia Mönchengladbach faced off in the second leg of the World Cup finals in 1977 (which for the European continental champions Liverpool FC was nachgerückt ) and across from Copa Libertadores winners Boca Juniors. The game decided the Argentines 0-3 for themselves and thus won the World Cup.
  • On 31 July 1990, the stadium hosted the final of the DFB - Supercup; Bayern Munich defeated the 1st FC Kaiserslautern 4-1.

Memorable Games

  • On 2 November 1993, the KSC beat FC Valencia in the second leg of the second round of the UEFA Cup after losing the first leg 7-0 and moved into the next round. ( See also: Miracle on the Wild Park )
  • The Wildlife Park Stadium witnessed the mid-1990s another significant home wins of the KSC in the UEFA Cup against high-level opponents. So the club in 1993 won in the second round against Girondins Bordeaux (including with Zinédine Zidane ) 3-0, and three years later against AS Roma also 3-0.
  • On 2 May 1998, the stadium underwent a period of about nine years, his last Premiership game; KSC defeated in the penultimate round in front of 33,600 spectators VfB Stuttgart 4-2, but still got off at the end of the season.

Data

  • Total area of ​​approximately 14.2 hectares (of which about 7.5 hectares for the Wild Park Stadium )
  • Pitch (100 m × 70 m)
  • 4 grass training pitches, 1 synthetic pitch, Sporthalle 1
  • Capacity: 29 699 seats, of which 8,940 covered seats, 6,217 non- covered seats, 4,462 covered standing areas not covered 10,000 standing places, 80 places for wheelchair users
  • 2 VIP rooms and 24 boxes
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