Hardturm
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The Hardturm is a football stadium located in Zurich (Kreis 5). Since 1929 it is the home of the Grasshopper-Club Zurich and was a host stadium for the Football World Cup 1954.
When the stadium was opened in 1929 it could hold 27,500 spectators. After many reconstructions the capacity was 38,000 in 1986, on time for the 100-Year Anniversary of the Grasshopper-Club Zurich. Nowadays the Hardturm holds 17,600 spectators.
[edit] New Stadium
A new stadium with a capacity of 30,000 is planned on the ground of the Hardturm in the next 5 years. The home ground of FC Zurich, the Letzigrund, is undergoing construction and thus the city rival has moved into the Hardturm for the 2006/2007 season. This has led to protest by Grasshopper fans. The FC Zurich fangroups, namely the "Südkurve" fangroup request the western fan corner for their home games. The security council at the Hardturm rejected this for security reasons. The western fan corner has until then been used for the fans of the away team. Grasshopper-Club Zürich offered to give the FCZ fans their own "east" fan corner. This is where traditionally the Grasshopper fans are. Both fangroups have protested this motion. However it is likely that the FCZ fans will be moving into the eastern fancorner anyway.