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| There will be eight stadiums used for Euro 2008 in Austria & Switzerland. Each country will be represented by four venues each. Scroll down for further stadium details, stadium history, capacity details and photographs of each of the eight stadiums that will be used during the Euro 2008 football championships. |
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Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium
Austria - Stadium Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim
Austria - Stadium Tivoli NEU
Austria - Worthersee Stadium |
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Switzerland - St. Jakob-Park
Switzerland - Letzigrund Stadium
Switzerland - Stade de Suisse Wankdorf
Switzerland - Stade de GenËve |
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| The Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna was known as the Prater Stadium (PraterStadium) prior to 1992. It was built between 1929 and 1931 for the second Workers' Olympiad to the design of German architect Otto Ernst Schweizer. The stadium was renamed in honour of Ernst Happel following his death in 1992.The Ernst Happel Stadium is the largest football stadium in Austria. It is the home of the Austrian national football team. |
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| The EM Stadium Wals-Siezenheim is a football stadium in Wals-Siezenheim, a suburb of Salzburg, Austria. It was officially opened in March 2003 and is the home ground of Red Bull Salzburg. Its current seating capacity is 18,200. For the 2008 European Football Championship, it will be expanded to 30,000. The "EM Stadium Wals-Siezenheim" is the only stadium in the Austrian Bundesliga which uses artificial turf. |
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| Tivoli Neu is a multi-use stadium in Innsbruck, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Wacker Tirol. The stadium holds 17,400 and was built in 2000. It will be expanded to hold 30,000 people for the 2008 European Football Championship. Tivoli Neu includes the renovated Olympic ice hall Olympiahalle, a new ice hall Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena and Landessportcenter Tirol. |
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| The Worthersee Stadium is the name of two multi-use stadiums in Klagenfurt, Austria. The old one had a capacity of 11,500 and was demolished in 2005. It will able to hold 32,000 people for the 2008 European Football Championship. The future home of FC Karnten will take shape in the immediate vicinity of Wˆrthersee. In addition to the football stadium, the sports park is also due to house a hotel, business facilities and a shopping centre. |
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| St. Jakob Park is the stadium where FC Basel play. "Joggeli" as it is nicknamed, has a current capacity of 39,000 seats. The capacity will be increased to 42,500 in time for Euro 2008, which will be hosted in Switzerland and Austria. The stadium is divided into four blocks, A B C and D, each block is a whole side of the stadium. The stadium itself is managed by "Basel United" and cost around 220 million Swiss Francs to build. |
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| Letzigrund stadium in Zurich has a maximum capacity of 23,605. It is the home of the football club FC Zurich. The annual athletics meet Weltklasse Zurichópart of the IAAF Golden Leagueótakes place at the Letzigrund, as well as frequent open air concerts. It opened February 22, 1925 owned by the FC Zurich football club. During the Great Depression, ownership changed to the city of Zurich in 1937 which has operated it since. |
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| Stade de Suisse Wankdorf is a football stadium in the town of Bern in Switzerland. It is the home ground of the Swiss football team BSC Young Boys, and is currently the second biggest all-seater football stadium in Switzerland. The Stade de Suisse was built on the grounds of the former Wankdorf Stadium, which had been demolished in 2001. The new stadium has a capacity for 32,000 spectators with the added bonus of all covered seats. |
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| Stade de GenËve is a stadium in Geneva, Switzerland. It has a capacity of 30,084. The stadium was completed in 2003 after nearly three years of construction. Normally the home venue of Servette, a Swiss football team, the stadium hosted international friendlies between Argentina and England on November 12 2005. This venue will be used to host three group-stage matches for Group A during the Euro 2008 Championships. |
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