Olympic Stadium (Munich)
| Olympiastadion | |
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 The Munich Olympiastadion |
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| Location |  Munich, Germany |
| Broke ground | 1968 |
| Opened | 26 May 1972 |
| Owner | State |
| Operator | Olympiapark Munich GmbH |
| Surface | Grass pitch |
| Architect | Frei Otto Günther Behnisch Hermann Peltz Carlo Weber |
| Capacity | 69,250[1] |
| Tenants | |
| 1972 Summer Olympics FC Bayern Munich (1972–2005) TSV 1860 Munich (1972–2005) |
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The Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
With an original capacity of 80,000, the stadium also hosted many major football matches including the 1974 World Cup Final and the Euro '88 Final. It hosted the European Cup Finals of 1979, 1993 and 1997.
Until the construction of the Allianz Arena for the 2006 World Cup, the stadium was home to Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich. Today, the Olympiastadion holds 69,250.[1]
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Design
Designed by the German architect Günther Behnisch and the engineer Frei Otto, the Olympiastadion was considered revolutionary for its time. This included large sweeping canopies of acrylic glass stabilized by steel cables that were used for the first time in a large scale. The idea was to imitate the Alps and to set a counterpart to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, held during the Nazi-Regime. The sweeping and transparent canopy was to symbolize the new, democratic and optimistic Germany. This is reflected in the official motto: "The Happy Games" ("Die Heiteren Spiele").
Construction
The stadium was built by Bilfinger Berger and completed in time for the games in 1972.[2][3]
Post Olympic legacy
Following the Olympics, the stadium became the home of FC Bayern Munich, with their rival TSV 1860 Munich moving in during the 1990s. These two teams coexisted in the Olympiastadion until 2005, when both clubs moved to the purpose built Allianz Arena.
Since 2005, it is the host of the yearly air and style snowboard event.
On December 31, 2006, the stadium made history as being the first venue to host the Tour de Ski cross country skiing competition. The individual sprint events, held at 1100 m, were won by Norway's Marit Bjørgen (women) and Switzerland's Christoph Eigenmann (men). The snow was made in the stadium by combining the hot air with the cold refrigerated water that causes the snow to act like the icy type you would see in the Alps.
It went unused in the 2006 FIFA World Cup due to the Allianz Arena being the host stadium in Munich.
On June 23 to June 24, 2007, the stadium played host to the Spar European Cup 2007, a yearly athletics event featuring the top 8 countries from around Europe.
1974 FIFA World Cup
The stadium was one of the venues for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
The following games were played at the stadium during the World Cup of 1974:
| Date | Time (CEST) | Team #1 | Res. | Team #2 | Round | Spectators |
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| 1974-06-15 | 18.00 |  Italy |
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Group 4 | 51,100 |
| 1974-06-19 | 19.30 | Haiti |
0–7 |  Poland |
Group 4 | 23,400 |
| 1974-06-23 | 16.00 |  Argentina |
4–1 | Haiti |
Group 4 | 24,000 |
| 1974-07-06 | 16.00 |  Brazil |
0–1 | Poland |
Third place match | 74,100 |
| 1974-07-07 | 16.00 |  Netherlands |
1–2 | West Germany |
Final | 74,100 |
UEFA Euro 1988
The stadium was one of the venues for the UEFA Euro 1988.
The following games were played at the stadium during the Euro 1988:
| Date | Time (CEST) | Team #1 | Res. | Team #2 | Round | Spectators |
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| 1988-06-17 | 20.15 | West Germany |
2–0 |  Spain |
Group A | 72,308 |
| 1988-06-25 | 15.30 |  Soviet Union |
0–2 | Netherlands |
Final | 72,308 |
German and West German national football team matches held at the stadium [4]
- 26 May 1972 West Germany - USSR 4-1 (Friendly, stadium opener)
- 9 May 1973 West Germany - Yugoslavia 0-1 (Friendly)
- 7 July 1974 West Germany - Netherlands 2-1 (1974 World Cup Final)
- 22 May 1976 West Germany Spain 2-0 (Euro 1976 Qualifier)
- 22 February 1978 West Germany - England 2-1 (Friendly)
- 2 April 1980 West Germany - Austria 1-0 Friendly)
- 22 September 1982 West Germany - Belgium 0-0 (Friendly)
- 17 November 1985 West Germany - Czechoslovakia 2-2 (1986 World Cup qualifier)
- 17 June 1988 West Germany - Spain 2-0 (Euro 1988 Group match)
- 19 October 1988 West Germany - Netherlands 0-0 (1990 World Cup qualifier)
- 26 March 1996 Germany - Denmark 2-0 (Friendly)
- 9 October 1999 Germany - Turkey 0-0 (Euro 2000 qualifier)
- 1 September 2001 Germany - England 1-5 (2002 World Cup qualifier)
Other uses
In addition to being a sports venue, the Olympic Stadium and Olympic Riding Stadium (Olympia-Reitstadion) have played host to many open-air concerts by the likes of Madonna, Michael Jackson, Queen, Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, U2, Tina Turner, Celine Dion, AC/DC, Brings, Cane, Muse, Roxette, Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses, Robbie Williams, Metallica, Genesis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Police, Fiction Plane, Green Day & The Rolling Stones.
Guns N' Roses filmed parts of their Estranged video there when they visited Munich in June 1993.
Parts of the 1975 film Rollerball were shot on the (then) futuristic site surrounding the stadium.
See also
- Tensile and membrane structures
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Daten
- ↑ Bilfinger Berger Corporate history animation
- ↑ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 180-2.
- ↑ Alle spiele der nationalmanshaft im Olympiastadion
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