AOL Arena
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Football World Cup 2006 Germany
AOL Arena
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| Full name | AOL Arena (previously known as Volksparkstadion) |
| Opened | 2000 |
| Capacity | 55.989 |
| Home of |
Hamburger SV Hamburg Sea Devils |
| Pitch size | 105 x 68 m |
A view of the inside
AOL Arena is the main stadium of Hamburg, Germany. The arena is one of the 12 stadiums to be used in the 2006 World Cup. It will host four group games and a quarterfinal. The arena was known as the Volksparkstadion until 2001 when AOL Time Warner bought the naming rights.
History
HSV actually have nothing to do with the origins of the stadium, even though they own the current arena. Before the club moved to the current site they played at Sportplatz am Rothenbaum. Bahrenfelder Stadion was the first stadium to built on the site of the Volksparkstadion and the AOL Arena. It was inaugurated on September 13th 1925 with a match between FC Altona 93 and HSV, In front of a 25,000 strong crowd, HSV lost 2-3. At the time the stadium was also known as Altonaer Stadion however it was not the home ground of FC Altona 93 (it was Adolf-J
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