HDI-Arena

at , Hanover , 30169 Germany

1. Sports Venue & Stadium

The HDI-Arena, formerly known as Niedersachsenstadion and AWD-Arena , is a football stadium in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, and competition venue of the German Bundesliga football club Hannover 96.The original 86,000 capacity stadium was completed in 1954 and has since been rebuilt several times for various major football events. Today it has 49,000 covered seats. During the World Cup 2006 the stadium was named FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover.In 2002, Hannover 96 leased the name right at the Lower Saxony Stadium for five years to the Financial Services AWD. In 2007 the contract was extended for another five years to June 2012.HistoryThe stadium was originally known as Niedersachsenstadion , 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 26 September 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 league championship games , 2 DFB Supercup finals and 8 DFB Cup finals .

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HDI-Arena is Hanover based place and this enity listed in Sports Venue & Stadium category. 30169.