Waldstadion
Eintracht Frankfurt's Forest Stadium, opened in 1925 and now known as Deutsche Bank Park.
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The Waldstadion, or Forest Stadium, is the home ground of Eintracht Frankfurt, sponsored today as Deutsche Bank Park. It sits within a city-owned sports complex that also has a swimming pool, tennis courts, a beach volleyball court and a winter sports hall, and it has its own station, Frankfurt Stadion. Its hosting record runs from two FIFA World Cup tournaments and a Women's World Cup final to UEFA Euro 2024.
Quick Facts
- Address
- Mörfelder Landstraße 362
- Location
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Groundbreaking
- 1921
- Opened
- 21 May 1925
- Renovated
- 1937, 1953, 1972, 2005
- Owner
- Waldstadion Frankfurt Gesellschaft für Projektentwicklung
- Operator
- Eintracht Frankfurt Stadion GmbH
- Roof
- Retractable
Facts from the source article.
Background
The original ground opened on 21 May 1925 on a former military shooting range, after four years of building at a cost of 3.7 million marks, and held 35,000. Most of its stands were earth banks; only the north stand was concrete, fronted like an ancient Greek theatre. Weeks later it staged the German championship final, won 1:0 by 1. FC Nürnberg over FSV Frankfurt, and the 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad followed. Capacity reached 55,000 in 1937. After almost 70,000 tickets were sold for a 1953 Eintracht Frankfurt match with Nürnberg, and 200 fans were hurt, the ground was enlarged and reopened on 14 May 1955. A record crowd of 81,000 watched Eintracht beat FK Pirmasens during the 1959 run to the final.
Did You Know?
- Muhammad Ali knocked out Karl Mildenberger here on 10 September 1966 in the 12th round.
- Eintracht Frankfurt's ice hockey team played on a rink inside the velodrome oval until 1981.
- It was home to the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europa from 1991 to 2007.
- In 2023 it staged two regular season NFL games.
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