New Tivoli, Football stadium in Aachen, Germany.
The New Tivoli is a football stadium in Sportpark Soers with a rectangular bowl of yellow seats and a dark metal roof set low beneath the support structure. Its steep stands bring the first row just 80 cm above pitch level, with only 6 m to the sidelines and 7.5 m behind the goals. The capacity is 32,920, including 11,681 standing places.
Plans for a new stadium began around 2004; after debate over a site near Aachen-Merzbrück airport, a location at the old Tivoli in Sportpark Soers was chosen in May 2006. Tree felling started in February 2008 and the groundbreaking took place on 17 May 2008. The stadium, built for €50 million by the Hellmich group to a design by Stefan Nixdorf, opened on 12 August 2009 with a 2–2 friendly against Lierse SK. The city bought it from Alemannia for one euro on 28 January 2015.
The name comes from the old Tivoli ground and the 19th-century Villa Tivoli, once owned by photographer Jacob Wothly. Organized fan groups drafted two position papers on the new stadium, and their demands shaped the steep stands and the low-hanging yellow metal roof, placed under the support structure to amplify noise.
The stadium stands at Krefelder Straße 205 (B 57) in the Soers, on the northern edge of the city centre, next to the old Tivoli. The first row of seats is only 80 cm above pitch level, with 6 m to the touchline and 7.5 m behind the goals. For international matches the all-seater capacity drops to 27,250.
The first row of seats is only 80 cm above pitch level, with just 6 m to the touchline and 7.5 m behind the goals, the closest UEFA rules allow. Fans' groups drafted position papers during planning, and these distances were largely built in.
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