Max-Morlock-Stadion, Football stadium in Nuremberg, Germany.
Max-Morlock-Stadion is a football stadium with an athletics track in Nuremberg, built from 1925 to 1928 to plans by Otto Ernst Schweizer. Its footprint is an irregular octagon. Two covered stands with red seats and flat roof canopies face each other across the green pitch, where white goal frames stand at each end. It holds about 50,000 spectators.
Built from 1925 to 1928 to plans by Otto Ernst Schweizer, the ground opened as the Städtisches Stadion with 50,000 places and an irregular octagonal footprint. Its opening match saw a Nuremberg city selection lose 1-0 to Fürth. From 1933 the Nazi regime used it for Hitler Youth rallies, and after 1945 the US Army ran it as Victory Stadium. Renamed Frankenstadion in 1991, it took the name Max-Morlock-Stadion in 2017.
The venue is named after a legendary player and is seen by football fans as the home of their club. It is more than just a place to watch; people gather here to share moments that matter to the city.
The stadium lies on the former Reich Party Rally Grounds, not in the city centre. Frankenstadion S-Bahn station (line S3) is about 400 metres away, a five-minute walk; bus line 55 stops at Max-Morlock-Platz directly in front. Dutzendteich tram and S-Bahn stop is roughly 1,300 metres off, Messe U-Bahn station about 1,800 metres.
The stadium's 1928 main stand was designed by Otto Ernst Schweizer in the Bauhaus style for 2,600 spectators. During the 1987-1991 rebuild it collapsed, although it was meant to be kept. The pitch was lowered by 1.50 m for the 2006 World Cup, and the seats changed from yellow to red.
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