Niedersachsenstadion, Football stadium in Hanover, Germany
The Niedersachsenstadion, now called Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena, is a football stadium in the Calenberger Neustadt district of Hanover, near the Maschsee lake. Its oval bowl has steeply tiered stands under a flat roof carried on steel beams and cables, with blue, grey and red seats; white seats in the upper tier spell "HANNOVER" and "1896". Advertising boards reading "Conti" and "Continental" line the pitch.
The stadium opened in 1954 and initially served as a large sports venue with capacity for over 80,000 people. It underwent major upgrades in the early 2000s that reshaped its current form.
The venue serves as a gathering place where the city comes together to support its football team on match days. Fans create an energetic environment that reflects the sporting pride of the region.
The stadium stands in the Sportpark Hannover in the Calenberger Neustadt, close to the Maschsee lake. A metro station named Niedersachsenstadion sits right by the ground, and car parks fill quickly on match days. The pitch has a drainage system and under-soil heating, and the roof holds 160 single headlights giving 1500 lux.
The stadium's western embankment was raised on rubble from Hanover buildings destroyed in World War II air raids, and by the 2003-04 rebuild its rear side had grown over with trees around 50 years old. Only this wall, holding nearly 20,000 seats, survived the demolition that removed about 70 percent of the ground.
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