Avnet Arena is a
multi-purpose stadium
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in
Magdeburg
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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...
,
Germany
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. It has been completed and opened to the public in December 2006, replacing the old
Ernst-Grube-Stadion
Ernst Grube Stadium () was a multi-use stadium in Magdeburg, Germany. It was mostly used for football matches. The stadium had a capacity of 25,800 people and was built in 1955. The ground was demolished in 2005 to make room for a new stadium ...
. It is mostly used for
football
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matches and hosts the home matches of
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German Association football Football club (association football), club based in Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of the Sports club (East Germany), sports club ''SC Magdeburg'' and has bee ...
.
In European competitions, the stadium is known as 1. FC Magdeburg Arena due to advertising rules.
Stadium Facts
The stadium is a fully covered football-only stadium, i.e. without an athletics track. It has a capacity of 30,098 people. The stadium has 64 seats for
persons with disabilities
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. Furthermore, 40
press
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...
seats are available. The maximum distance from the pitch is 32 meters. The floodlight is attached to the stadium's roof, as well as the two 30m
2 screens. The pitch is long and wide, it has
under-soil heating
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. Total cost of construction was €31 million. In the 2016–17 3. Liga season, Magdeburg drew the highest average home attendance (17,100), followed by
MSV Duisburg
Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...
(14,175) and
Hansa Rostock
FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...
(11,433).
History
The first stadium at this location had been inaugurated on 14 April 1912 as the home of
SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg. In 1914, it hosted the
final to the German championship between
Spielvereinigung Fürth and