MHPArena
football stadium in Stuttgart, Germany
(Redirected from Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart))
MHPArena (German pronunciation: [ɛmhaːpeː ʔaˌʁeːnaː]) is a stadium located in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and home to German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
Former names | Stuttgarter Kampfbahn (1929–1933) Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn (1933–1945) Century Stadium (1945–1949) Neckarstadion (1949–1993) Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion (1993–2008) Mercedes-Benz Arena (2008–2023) |
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Location | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Owner | Stadion NeckarPark GmbH & Co.KG |
Operator | VfB Stuttgart Arena Betriebs GmbH |
Capacity | 60,441[4] (league matches), 54,906 (international matches) |
Record attendance | 97,553 (Germany-Switzerland, 22 November 1950) |
Surface | natural grass |
Construction | |
Built | 1929–1933 |
Opened | 23 July 1933 |
Renovated | 1949–1951, 1999–2003, 2004–2005 ('asp' architekten Stuttgart) |
Expanded | 1993, 2009–2011 ('asp' architekten Stuttgart) |
Construction cost | €63.5 million (2009–2011 expansion)[1] €58 million (2004–2005 renovation)[2] €5.2 million (2001)[3] |
Architect | 'asp' architekten Stuttgart (2004–2005, 2009–2011) |
Project manager | Stefan Heim, Martin Rau |
Tenants | |
VfB Stuttgart (1933–present) Germany national football team (selected matches) |
Before 1993 it was called Neckarstadion [ˈnɛkaʁˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn], named after the nearby river Neckar and between 1993 and July 2008 it was called Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion [ˌɡɔtliːpˈdaɪmlɐˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn]. From the 2008–09 season, the stadium was renamed the Mercedes-Benz Arena.[5] On 1 July 2023, it was renamed the MHPArena.[6]
References
change- ↑ Mercedes-Benz Arena Stuttgart Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine ASP Architekten Arat
- ↑ Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine ASP Architekten Arat
- ↑ Parkhaus Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Stuttgart Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine ASP Architekten Arat
- ↑ "Mercedes-Benz Arena – StadiumDB.com". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ↑ Arsenal: Friendly against VfB Stuttgart announced Archived 18 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Porsche, MHP and VfB Stuttgart AG sign position paper". porsche.com. Porsche. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.