Glücksgas Stadium

Glücksgas Stadium
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Stadium Dresden
Former names	Güntz Wiesen, Sportplatz an der Lenèstraße, Illgenkampfbahn, Gauforum Sachsen, Dynamo-Stadium, Stadion Dresden, Rudolf Harbig- Stadium (Dresden)
Location	Dresden, Germany
Built	1922 to 1923
Opened	March 18, 1874 (1874-03-18) 1900 June 16, 1923 September 23, 1951 September 1990 September 15, 2009
Renovated	1951 (adjustment of World War II destruction) March 9, 1969 (floodlight pylons) July 6, 1979 (scoreboard) 1990 (Bundesliga standards) 2005 (fences and security)
Closed	1944–1951
Demolished	February 13, 1945 (Dresden bombing) November 2007 (new construction)
Owner	City of Dresden (Guarantor with tax money)
Operator	SG Dynamo Dresden e. V., Stadion Dresden Projektgesellschaft mbH & Co KG, HBM Stadien- und Sportstättenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Sportfive GmbH & Co. KG
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	1923: RM 500.000; 2009: € 45.000.000
Architect	Hermann Ilgen (1922–1923) Günter Schöneberg & Manfred Mortensen (1969)[1] b+p Projekt (2007–2009)[2]
Capacity	32,085 21,030 seats 11.055 admissions 2.000 guests 71 press 56 wheelchair 18 suits 700 parking[3] 27,190 (seating only) 36,000 (concert)
Executive suites	Boxes 18 VIP 1366 Businessclub 1 Promenade 1
Field dimensions	105m x 68m (7140m²)
Tenants
Dynamo Dresden

Glücksgas Stadium (German: Glücksgas-Stadion, German pronunciation: [ˈɡlʏksɡaːs ˈʃtaːdi̯ɔn]) is a football stadium in Dresden, Saxony. It is the current home of Dynamo Dresden. The facility is known as the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion or Dynamo Stadion. In December 2010 the naming rights were sold for 5 years for 500'000 Eur yearly to Bavarian engery company Goldgas which wanted to promote its Glücksgas brandname.^[4][5] Sports facilities have existed on the physical site of the stadium since 1874, and the site noted an attendance of 270,000 people during the 1885 festival.

History

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

In 1953, the Sportvereinigung Dynamo took over the stadium and on September 23, 1953, the stadium was renamed for 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). The usual capacity is often lowered where there are security concerns.

In 1990, the stadium was upgraded to meet German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund or German Football Association) and FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association or International Federation of Association Football) standards and the national building code. This included improved security measures 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. On May 9, 2007, German sports magazine kicker reported that an agreement has been reached with the City to finance the complete renovation of the stadium into a modern 32,400-seat arena by 2009.

The stadium in its new form was completely opened on 15 September 2009 with a sold out friendly match against Schalke 04, which Dynamo lost 1–2. Some building work is expected to continue until the end of the year, but this match opened the new stadium to full capacity.

The first and only concert staged at the venue was a Wolfgang Petry concert on July 17, 1999, with about 5,000 people in attendance.^[6]

2011 Women's World Cup host

On 30 September 2008, it was announced that Dresden had been chosen to be a host city for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. As a result, the old stadium that had stood on the site for over 100 years was torn down and completely rebuilt.^[7] The ceremonial "first kickoff" in the newly-rebuilt stadium was taken by the director of the German organizing committee for the World Cup, Steffi Jones^[8]

The director of the local Dresden organizing committee for the World Cup is Klaus Reichenbach (who is also president of Saxon Football Federation (SFV))^[9]

State cup- and international matches

National FDGB-Cup finals

2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Date	Local Time	Home	Final score (Halftime score)	Visitor	Game Type	Attendance
2010-07-14	15:00	Switzerland	0:4 (0:2) Goals scored: Ji, So Yun (KOR) 34', Lee, Hyun Young (KOR) 42', Ji, So Yun (KOR) 52', Ji, So Yun (KOR) 64' – Television: Eurosport, FIFA	South Korea	2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group D – Referee: Silvia Reyes (PER)	9,430[12]
2010-07-14	18:00	United States	1:1 (0:1) Goals scored: Elizabeth Cudjoe (GHA) 7', Sydney Leroux (USA) 70' – Television: Eurosport, FIFA	Ghana	2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group D – Referee: Dagmar Damkova (CZE)	9,430[13]
2010-07-17	15:00	Ghana	2:4 (1:1) Goals scored: Deborah Afriyie (GHA) 28', Ji, So Yun (KOR) 41', Elizabeth Cudjoe (GHA) 56', Kim, Narae (KOR) 62', Kim, Jin Young (KOR) 70', Ji, So Yun (KOR) 87' – Television: Eurosport, FIFA	South Korea	2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group D – Referee: Christina Pedersen (NOR)	17,234[14]
2010-07-17	18:00	United States	5:0 (3:0) Goals scored: Kristie Mewis (USA) 4', Sydney Leroux (USA) 23', Zakiya Bywaters (USA) 25', Sydney Leroux (USA) 52', Sydney Leroux (USA) 76' – Television: Eurosport, FIFA	Switzerland	2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group D – Referee: Etsuko Fukano (JPN)	17,234[15]
2010-07-20	11:30	Costa Rica	0:3 (0:2) Goals scored: Daniela Montoya (COL) 24', Daniela Montoya (COL) 40', Yorely Rincon (COL) 90'+3 (penalty) – Television: Eurosport, FIFA	Colombia	2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group A – Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (ROU)	12,863[16]
2010-07-20	14:30	New Zealand	1:4 (0:1) Goals scored: Ludmila (BRA) 25', Leah (BRA) 59', Debora (BRA) 87', Rosie White (NZL) 89', Debora (BRA) 90' – Television: Eurosport, FIFA	Brazil	2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group B – Referee: Dagmar Damkova (CZE)	12,863[17]
2010-07-25	18:30	Mexico	1:3 (0:2) Goals scored: Lee, Hyun Young (KOR) 14', Ji, So Yun (KOR) 28', Lee, Hyun Young (KOR) 67', Natalia Gomez Junco (MEX) 83' – Television: Eurosport, FIFA	South Korea	2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Quarterfinals – Referee: Dagmar Damkova (CZE)	21,146[18]

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Date	Local Time	Home	Final score (Halftime score)	Visitor	Game Type	Attendance
2011-06-28	18:15	United States	2:0 (0:0) Goals scored:Cheney (USA) 54', Buehler (USA) 76': – Television:ESPN (USA)	North Korea	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C – Referee:Bibiana Steinhaus (GER)	21,859[19]
2011-07-01	18:15	New Zealand	1:2 (1:0) Goals scored: Gregorius (NZL) 18', Scott (ENG) 63', Clarke (ENG) 81' – Television:ESPN (USA)	England	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B– Referee: Therese Neguel (CMR)	19,110 [20]
2011-07-05	20:45	Canada	0:1 (0:0) Goals scored: Nkwocha (NGA) 73' – Television: ESPN (USA)	Nigeria	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A – Referee: Finau Vulivuli (FIJ)	13,638[21]
2011-07-10	17:30	Brazil	2:2 a.e.t. (3:5 PSO) (0:1) Goals scored: Daiane (BRA) 2' OG, Marta (BRA) 68'(Pen), 92', Wambach (USA) 120'+2 – Television: ESPN(USA)	United States	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinals – Referee:Jacqui Melksham (AUS)	25,598[22]

Other international football matches

Date	Local Time	Home	Final score (Halftime score)	Visitor	Game Type	Attendance
1911-10-09	16:00	Germany	1:2 (0:0) Goals scored: Schmieger (AUT) '25, Willi Worpitzky (GER) '35, Neumann (AUT) '49	Austria	Exhibition game – Referee: Herbert James Willing (NED)	7,500[23][24]
1923-08-12	16:00	Germany	1:2 (0:0) Goals scored: Henry Müller own goal (GER) 10', Linna (FIN) 27', Walter Claus-Oehler (GER) 31'	Finland	Exhibition game – Referee: Johannes Mutters (NED)	25,000[25]
1992-10-14	18:00	Germany	1:1 (0:0) Goals scored: Rudi Völler (GER) 58', Carlos Hermosillo (MEX) 72' – Television: Das Erste	Mexico	Exhibition game – Referee: Jozef Marko (CZE)	27,000[26]
2010-04-22	18:00	Germany (Women)	*:* (*:*) Cancelled (2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull)	Sweden (Women)	Exhibition game	N/A[27]
2010-09-15	18:00	Germany (Women)	5:0 (1:0) Goals scored: Inka Grings (GER) 2' (penalty), Fatmire Bajramaj (GER) 54', Alexandra Popp (GER) 76', Melanie Behringer (GER) 79', Celia Okoyino da Mbabi (GER) 83' – Television: Das Erste, DFB TV	Canada (Women)	Exhibition game, U-20 World Champion winner ceremony, Birthday of Helmut Schön, Honor for Inka Grings – Referee: Dagmar Damkova (CZE)	20,431[27]

Statistics

• Area: 72,000m²
• Stadium: 190m x 150m x 32m (912,000m³)
• Bar inside the north stand: 220 persons
• Professional video camera stand positions: 7 with 1 space for aerial work platform
• Distance from top seat: 89m
• Trapezoidal tin: 14,000m²
• Corrugated galvanised iron: 5200m² with a length of 624m
• Emergency power system: 2x for 2000lux for floodlights (sport)
• Underfloor field heating: 25,000 m small water tube made in elastic plastic -must start 6 days before with 180,000 Euro costs^[28]
• Arched roof: 19,400m² (7,500,000 Euro) with 14,600m² Soprema slide
  • Transparent plastic roof: 4800m²
  • Steel: 1700 tons
  • Steel-beams: 67
  • Soundproofing: 1000m² The noise mitigation reduces noise to 100 decibel.
  • Circumference: 680m
• Steel precasts: 7000 units
• Concrete: 2500m³ = 333 In-transit mixers
  • Stair block: 250kg
  • Concrete beam: 78t
  • Grout: 17,000m polyurethane and acryl
• Basements: 5
  • Ground floor: entrance, conference room, athletes, special tickets, referee, kitchen, merchandising, catering
  • First floor: VIP promenade
  • Second floor: Grandstand entrance, business panorama seats, 240 VIP seats
  • Third floor: 196 loges
  • Fourth floor: police department with Staatsschutz and Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, fire department, emergency management with 1. German Red Cross 2. Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe 3. Malteser Hilfsdienst 4. Technisches Hilfswerk, steward, engineering
  • Fifth heating, air conditioning, ventilation (95,000m³/h)
• Playing field: 105m x 68m (7140m²)
• Scoreboard: 2x 45,36m² (1x=3,5t [full color Light-emitting diodes])
• Capacity: 32,085
  • 36,000 concert
  • 21,030 seats
  • 11,055 admissions
  • 2000 guests (variable seats), 71 (television, radio, press), 56 wheelchair, only 700 ("699") parking spaces
  • 27,190 (seating only), 18 suites, 1366 VIP, 1 club, 1 promenade^[29]

Media

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glücksgas Stadion.

Gallery

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  Postcard showing the stadium as it appeared in 1900.

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  Postcard showing a stadium map from 1922.

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  The stadium as it appeared in 2009

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  An exhibition game between the German and Canadian women's national teams.

Panorama taken during the rehearsal for the 33rd German evangelical church congress

Movies about

• New Media Group Enterprises (Dresden): "Dynamo's Kultstätte": Documentation The New Stadium (Trailer) – Dresden: September 30, 2009 (German)

Literature about

Maps or cards about

See also

• Heinz Steyer Stadion
• List of European stadia by capacity

References

External links

• Pro RHS (German)
• FIFA 2011 (English)
• The "New Gauforum Dresden" (German)
• Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion: Progressive Architecture for FC "Dynamo Dresden" (German)
• Actually date targets & results (German)
• "Emergency solved for new DFB licensing!" (HBM- Constructions Düsseldorf) (German)
• Schüco Partner (German)
• Radeberger CUP finals (German)
• CAD
• Official (German)

Coordinates: 51°02′25″N 13°44′52″E / 51.04028°N 13.74778°E / 51.04028; 13.74778