AWD-Arena (Hanover)

Germany / Niedersachsen / Hanover / Arthur-Menge-Ufer, 5
 World Cup football stadium, football / soccer stadium, football second league

The AWD-Arena (stylized as AWDarena, known as Niedersachsenstadion until 2002) is a football stadium in the district Calenberger Neustadt in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, and competition venue of the German Bundesliga football club Hannover 96.
The original 86,000-seat 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.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannover_96
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Coordinates:   52°21'36"N   9°43'51"E

Comments

  • AWD arena is a silly designation not in general usage This stadium is properly referred to as "Niedersachsen Stadion"
  • The stadium is beautiful with great architecture