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AOL Arena is the main stadium of Hamburg, Germany. The arena is one of the 12 stadiums to be used in the 2006 World Cup. It will host four group games and a quarterfinal. The arena was known as the Volksparkstadion until 2001 when AOL Time Warner bought the naming rights. Image File history File linksMetadata AOL-Arena. ...
1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...
July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...
This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ...
Hamburger SV is a German football club based in Hamburg. ...
The 2006 FIFA World Cup began on June 9, 2006 and will end on July 9, 2006. ...
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Veltins Arena during a Pur concert. ...
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Frankenstadion Nuremberg The Frankenstadion was inaugurated in 1928 in Nuremberg as home stadium to the Bundesliga club 1. ...
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The Zentralstadion, located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany is the home of FC Sachsen Leipzig. ...
The smaller Alster lake at dusk Hamburg (German pronounciation: []; Low German: Hamborg, [haË‘mbÉ”Ëχ]) is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port, Hamburg is also the second largest port city in the European Union. ...
The 2006 FIFA World Cup began on June 9, 2006 and will end on July 9, 2006. ...
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Map Coordinates: 53,35,13 N. & 09,53,55 E.
History HSV actually have nothing to do with the origins of the stadium, even though they own the current arena. Before the club moved to the current site they played at Sportplatz am Rothenbaum. Bahrenfelder Stadion was the first stadium to built on the site of the Volksparkstadion and the AOL Arena. It was inaugurated on September 13th 1925 with a match between FC Altona 93 and HSV, In front of a 25,000 strong crowd, HSV lost 2-3. At the time the stadium was also known as Altonaer Stadion however it was not the home ground of FC Altona 93 (it was Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn). Altona was a large club of Germany that has long been surpassed by HSV.
After a long break the stadium was finally renovated. Between 1951 and 1953 the stadium was rebuilt. On July 12th the stadium was opened under its new name Volksparkstadion (Peoples Park Stadium). Most of the building materials came from the ruins of Elmsbüttel, a district of Hamburg destroyed under Allied bombing. The new stadium could hold up to 75,000 and was continued to be used for the various sporting events of the city. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...
Strategic Bombing during World War II was unlike anything the world had previously witnessed. ...
In 1963 HSV qualified for the newly created Bundesliga, with this they moved into the Volksparkstadion, a stadium that was both larger and more modern then Rothenbaum. At this time FC Altona missed out and has struggled since. HSV begin to see some success in the Bundesliga and manage to maintain their status for years to come. HSV took titles in 1979, 1982, and 1983.
In May of 1998 HSV decided to replace the unpopular Volksparkstadion with a brand new stadium. Not only to help Germany get ready to host the World Cup but also because it was getting harder and harder to meet the safety standards with such an old stadium. The old stadium was totally demolished and the new arena was rotated 90° to provide an equal viewing experience for all the stands and to take advantage of sunlight. The estimated cost of the new stadium was anywhere from 90-100 million Euros. The new arena serves both as a football ground and a concert hall. The capacity of the stadium during club matches is 55,000 and 50,000 during international matches when the standing sections in the north grandstand are converted into seated areas. The building permit for the new arena was issued on the 30 April 1998.The new stadium got rid of the track and field facilities that increases the distance between the pitch and the stands. The stadium was inaugurated in 2000 when Germany played Greece, the home team won 2-0. With the new stadium HSV has managed to attain a 50,000 average atendance. In 2004 a museum dedicated to the history of HSV was opened. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
In 2001 AOL bought the naming rights to the Volksparkstadion for 30 million marks or 15.3 million euros. This contract, with HSV, runs out in 2006 but has a provision to be renewed. However, as in many cases when naming rights are sold to corporate giants, many locals still refer to the stadium with its former name. AOL LLC (formerly America Online, Inc) is an American-based online service provider, Internet service provider, and media company operated by Time Warner. ...
The Deutsche Mark (DM, DEM) was the official currency of West and, from 1990, unified Germany. ...
The euro (symbol: €; banking code: EUR) is the official currency of the European Union and single currency for over 300 million Europeans in the following twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; collectively also known as the Eurozone. ...
1974 World Cup The 1974 World Cup was held in West Germany and the Volksparkstadion was one of the stadiums used in the tournament. In combination with the Berlin Olympic Stadium the two stadiums held all of the group A games of the first phase. Three of those were played at the Volksparkstadion. The first game played was the match between East Germany and Australia where attendance dipped to a low of only 17,000. The next game saw a bounceback with 53,300 in attendance. This was the natural result of home side West Germany playing Australia. The attendance grew for the next match coming to 60,200 as home side West Germany played neighbors East Germany, East Germany won the close game 1-0 with an 80th minute goal. Qualifying countries The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany. ...
The Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium) is a sports stadium in Berlin. ...
Euro 88 In 1988 the European Football Championship came to West Germany. The Volksparkstadion was chosen to be one of the host stadiums. At the time the stadium could hold 61,200 spectators. The only game of the tournament that was played at the stadium was a semi-final that saw hosts West Germany go down to the Netherlands 1-2. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ruud Gullit lifts the trophy after winning the cup with the Netherlands The 1988 European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held in West Germany. ...
2006 FIFA World Cup The stadium is one of the venues for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, due to sponsorship contracts, the arena will be called FIFA World Cup Stadium Hamburg during the World Cup. The 2006 FIFA World Cup began on June 9, 2006 and will end on July 9, 2006. ...
The following games will be played at the stadium during the World Cup of 2006:
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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Recent Matches of Importance The record attendance was attained in Hamburg's victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach (2-0) on the 9th of April, 2006, where 56,750 people were counted. The date marked the 40th birthday of Hamburg manager Thomas Doll. Borussia Mönchengladbach is one of the most famous and most supported German soccer clubs. ...
Thomas Doll (born April 9, 1966 in Malchin, East Germany) is a former German football (soccer) player, the current head coach of Hamburger SV. Doll played for the East German national team until German Reunification, when he was then selected for the full German national team. ...
Awards The AOL Arena is one of UEFA's 5 star stadiums which enables it to host the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League Final. UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced /juËeɪfÉ™/ (you-AY-fuh) or /uËeɪfÉ™/ (oo-Ay-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ...
UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ...
Official logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ...
Facilities The pitch is heated via undersoil heaters. There are 22 positions for cameras to provide quite a few angles for TV viewers. This makes it one of the most modern stadiums in the world.
External links Coordinates: 53.5884° N 9.9006° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
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