Zentralstadion (1956)
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| Full name | Zentralstadion |
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| Former names | Frankfurter Wiesen Stadion der Hunderttausend Sportforum Leipzig |
| Location | Leipzig, Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E / 51.3457944°N 12.3482194°ECoordinates: 51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E / 51.3457944°N 12.3482194°E |
| Owner | German Democratic Republic |
| Operator | Leipzig |
| Capacity | 120,000 |
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| Built | 4 March 1955 |
| Opened | 4 August 1956 |
| Renovated | 2004 as Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) |
| Closed | 2000 |
| Demolished | seats, fences and floodlights only |
| Construction cost | 9mio USD |
| Architect | Werner March (sketch), Eitel Jackowski (complete), Heinz Schütze (complete),Rudolf Lossner (buildings) |
| Project manager | Walter Ulbricht |
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Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund DHFK Leipzig Trade Sports- Associations of sports societies in the GDR |
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Central Stadium (German: Zentralstadion, German pronunciation: [tsɛnˈtra:lˈʃta:di̯ɔn]) was a multi-use stadium in Leipzig, Germany. It was initially used as the stadium of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig matches. In 2004, it was renovated into the current Zentralstadion. The capacity of the stadium was 120,000 spectators. The stands were built of the 1,5 million Cubic metre debris of Bombing of Leipzig in World War II. The name came after the Soviet society which was using the term for their stadiums within the towns.
After the 1896 Summer Olympics, the city of Leipzig begun to plan a stadium in its town. The Zentralstadion was built first for the sports students within the Sportforum Leipzig, as the stadium of 100,000. Beside it was the Olympic style swimming stadium. After the sports university, rowing channel and the swimming stadium, they began to plan for a new stadium downtown. The citizens wanted to get the Olympic Games for Leipzig. They used the blueprints of the architect Werner March, the architect of the Olympiastadion (Berlin). To finish the plan, they needed only 15 months. The reason is that 180,000 volunteers worked there without salary. Walter Ulbricht himself named the stadium into "Stadion der Hunderttausend" (stadium of 100,000). He decided that the German Gym and Sports Celebrations must take place there only.Willy Tröger was a disabled player who played with an amputated right arm and shot a final goal for the GDR national team, 1957. First soccer teams from other cities and towns were the Honved Budapest and 1.FC Kaiserslautern. The next event with filled stadium is the Friedensfahrt. The state actor Uwe Steimle told:" It is not a noticeable society with power." The best club soccer event there was the won semifinal match of the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup. The only one match in Leipzig that soccer fans still know. Up to 1987, the stadium was still up to date. 1977 they got better flood lights with more lumens, but had the problem that the houses of beside the stadium had power cuts during matches. Peoples had no light in their flats (Leipzig Waldstraßen District). It is still the German stadium with the most spectators during a match. For matches of the GDR national team attendance is regularly 80,000 up to 120,000 spectators.
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