Leipzig's Central Stadium - facts and figures

History

Plans for Leipzig's Central Stadium were presented as early as 1939 by architect Werner March who had also designed the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. World War II, however prevented the implementation of the design project.

In part based on these early plans, an athletics and soccer stadium and auxiliary facilities were built between 1954 and 1956.

Figures relating to the old stadium:

• capacity: 100,000 spectators
  
• construction time: 15 months
  
• 750,000 man-hours of unpaid labour
  
• height of the wall built from rubble of buildings destroyed during the war: 23 metres
  
• venue for more than:
  
• 50 international matches
  
• 50 UEFA Cup soccer matches
  
• 26 major national and international athletics competitions
  
• 7 athletics and sports festivals, including the 1st Turnfest (2002)
  

Construction history

Disused in its original condition as of 1994. The foundation stone for the new stadium was laid in 2000 in a joint ceremony on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the German Soccer Federation (DFB) in Leipzig.

The stadium is operated by "Zentralstadion Leipzig" Betreibergesellschaft mbH (ZSL).

Figures relating to the new stadium:

• approx. 45,000 sheltered seats
  
• modern equipment to FIFA requirements
  
• overall project costs: 88.5 million euros
  
• venue for matches of the Soccer FIFA World Cup 2006 and the Confederations Cup 2005
  

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