The Esprit arena is a multifunctional football stadium in Düsseldorf, Germany. The stadium holds 51,500 and has a closable roof. The special heating system allows comfortable events at the height of winter.
It was built from 2002 to 2004 to replace the former Rheinstadion at the same site near the river Rhine. It hosts association football team Fortuna Düsseldorf (currently in the second division - 2. Fußball-Bundesliga), and also hosted the Amer...
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The Esprit arena is a multifunctional football stadium in Düsseldorf, Germany. The stadium holds 51,500 and has a closable roof. The special heating system allows comfortable events at the height of winter.
It was built from 2002 to 2004 to replace the former Rheinstadion at the same site near the river Rhine. It hosts association football team Fortuna Düsseldorf (currently in the second division - 2. Fußball-Bundesliga), and also hosted the American football team Rhein Fire of NFL Europa until its disbanding in 2007.
The stadium regularly hosted both first-round matches of the German League Cup every July between 2005 and 2007.
The first round of the 2005 German League Cup was held in the Arena on 23 July 2005. In the first match of the day, Werder Bremen recorded a 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen, with Ivan Klasnić scoring the only goal after 18 minutes of the game had passed. The second match of the day was contested between Hertha BSC and Stuttgart, with Stuttgart winning 4-3 in...
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