Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

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Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

Location	Dresden, Germany
Opened	June 16, 1923
Closed	Open
Owner	City of Dresden
Operator	Eigenbetrieb Sportstätten- und Bäderbetrieb Dresden
Surface	Grass
Former names
Illgenkampfbahn, Dynamo-Stadium
Tenants
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Monarchs
Capacity
23,940

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Dresden, Saxony, Germany with facilities for athletics, football, and American football .

The stadium is located in southeast Dresden near the Dresden Hauptbahnhof and is well-serviced by surrounding roadways. Dresden's Großer Garten is located to the east of the stadium, and other nearby attractions include the German Hygiene Museum, Volkswagen's Transparent Factory and the city zoo.

1 History
2 Floodlights and scoreboard
3 Clubs that use the stadium
4 Admission prices for Dynamo Dresden games (2007)
5 International Matches
6 External links

[edit] History

The stadium is between parks and meadows

The stadium was completed on June 16, 1923 at a cost of 500,000 German reichsmark allocated for the expansion of the existing Illgenkampfbahn centrally located in the inner city. The football club Dresdensia was the first organization to use the new facility.

In 1951, the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, or Stasi, took over the stadium and on September 23, 1952, the stadium was re-named for the athlete Rudolf Harbig. In the summer of 1971, it was renamed Dynamo-Stadion for the football club Dynamo Dresden which used the stadium as its home ground. The capacity of the stadium was twice expanded: to 36,000 in 1976 and then to 38,500 in 1980. The current capacity is approximately 23,940 seats (220 roofed and 10,670 open). This capacity is often lowered where there are security concerns.

In 1990, the stadium was upgraded to meet DFB and FIFA standards and the national building code. This included improved security measures (reinforcement of palisades) to help protect players and referees. Benches have been replaced by individual seats and the pitch was re-sodded, the first time since 1956 that the playing surface has been renewed with the €375,000 cost being borne by the city of Dresden. That same year, the facility was again named for Rudolf Harbig. Currently it is used primarily for football matches and still serves as the home of Dynamo Dresden.

Since January 1, 1992, the stadium has been under the control of the City of Dresden in order to protect the site should Dynamo Dresden ever face financial problems.

The first and only concert staged at the venue was a Wolfgang Petry show on July 17, 1999 with about 5,000 people in attendance.

[edit] Floodlights and scoreboard

The new floodlights were first used during a match involving Germany's national football team. The floodlights were built by PGH Electro-Construction Dresden. The four floodlight pylons have a height of 60 meters, an incline of 20 degrees, and a weight of 60 tons. Each mast has six stages, which are equipped with 26 x 6.7 lux floodlights.

The electric scoreboard was first used on July 6, 1979 during a match involving the 1. FC Magdeburg football club. The display device consists over 4,333 lamps, and is driven by a computer. The custom software was developed in 1994.

[edit] Clubs that use the stadium

Game and sport organization of Dresden (soccer)
Police sport club Elbe (soccer)
Sport club of the Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden Monarchs (American football and soccer)
Business sport general place health insurance company Saxony r.a. (soccer)
Physical education r.a.
Dynamo supporters r.a. (soccer)
SA Dynamo Dresden r.a. (soccer)

[edit] Admission prices for Dynamo Dresden games (2007)

Area	Yearly-card	Day-ticket
Seat	180,00 Euro	13,00 Euro
Reduced-price ticket	150,00 Euro	10,00 Euro
Seat block A+B	210,00 Euro	14,00 Euro
Seat member	170,00 Euro	-
Standing room	125,00 Euro	8,00 Euro
Standing room child	60,00 Euro	4,00 Euro
Standing room member	115,00 Euro	-

[edit] International Matches

Date	Time (MET)	Team Home	Res.	Team Guest	Variety	Spectators
1953-06-14	one evening	Germany	0:0 (0:0)	Bulgaria	friendly match	.*
1959-05-01	one evening	Germany	0:1 (0:1)	Hungary	friendly match	.*
1962-04-16	one evening	Germany	2:1 (1:0)	Wales	FIFA world cup qualifier	.*
1969-09-03	one evening	Dresden	2:3 (?:?)	Germany	soccer club versus national soccer team	.*
1970-11-11	one evening	Germany	1:0 (0:0)	Netherlands	European champ. qual.	.*
1972-10-07	one evening	Germany	5:0 (0:0)	Finland	European champ. qual.	.*
1974-03-27	one evening	Germany	Goal: 1:0 Joachim Streich (13.) 1:0 (1:0)	Czechoslovakia	friendly match; referee: Valentin Lipatov (URS)	13.000
1976-11-17	one evening	Germany	1:1 (1:1) Goals: 1:0 Peter Kotte (3., Penalty) and 1:1 Cemil Turan (31.)	Turkey	FIFA world cup qualifier; referee: Patrick Partridge (ENG)	18.000
1983-02-23	one evening	Germany	2:1 (2:1) Goals: 1:0 Hans Richter (18.), 1:1 Christos Ardizoglou (30.) and 2:1 Joachim Streich (33.)	Greece	friendly match; referee: Gregr (TCH)	8.000
1989-03-22	one evening	Germany	1:1 (0:1) Goals: 0:1 Mika Lipponen (29.) and 1:1 Andreas Trautmann (54.)	Finland	friendly match; referee: Jozef Marko (TCH)	14.000
1992-10-14	20:15	Germany	1:1 (0:0)	Mexico	friendly match	27.000
2006-07-17	19:00	Germany	44:0 (21:0)	Czech	American football friendly match	2.100
2006-10-25	.	Germany	dropout because of lacking oraganization	England	woman soccer friendly match	0