The AWD-Arena is a football stadium located in Hanover, Germany. The 49,000 capacity stadium is the home ground of the Bundesliga club Hannover 96.
The stadium was originally known as Niedersachsenstadion (Eng: Lower Saxony Stadium), built between 1952-1954, with an original capacity of 86,000. Huge amounts of debris from the houses in Hannover destroyed during World War II were used as the foundations of the stadium, with a total construction co...
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The AWD-Arena is a football stadium located in Hanover, Germany. The 49,000 capacity stadium is the home ground of the Bundesliga club Hannover 96.
The stadium was originally known as Niedersachsenstadion (Eng: Lower Saxony Stadium), built between 1952-1954, with an original capacity of 86,000. Huge amounts of debris from the houses in Hannover destroyed during World War II were used as the foundations of the stadium, with a total construction cost of 4 million Deutschmark. The stadium officially opened on September 26, 1954.
Hannover 96 moved permanently to the stadium from the Eilenriedestadion in 1959. Other local clubs, such as Arminia Hannover, OSV Hannover, TSV Havelse and Sportfreunde Ricklingen have also played matches there. In addition, the stadium has hosted numerous international matches, 4 (old) league championship games (1955,57,58,61), 2 DFB Supercup finals (1991-92) and 8 DFB Cup finals (1962,63,65,70,72,75,77,79).
Aside from football, the stadium was also the scene of...
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