Rhein-Neckar-Arena (), currently known as PreZero Arena and previously as
Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a
multi-purpose stadium
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in
Sinsheim,
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
, Germany. It is used mostly for
football
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matches and hosts the home matches of
TSG Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people.
It replaced TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's former ground, the
Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion.
The stadium is the largest in the
Rhine-Neckar
The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (, ), often referred to as the Rhein-Neckar Triangle, is a polycentric Metropolitan regions in Germany, metropolitan region located in south western Germany, between the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region to the nor ...
metropolitan area, although it is situated in a town with only 3,600 inhabitants.
The first competitive match was played on 31 January 2009 against
FC Energie Cottbus, and ended in a 2–0 win for Hoffenheim. The stadium hosted international matches at the
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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.
[ The Rhein-Neckar-Arena hosted the "2017 DEL Winter Game", an outdoor ]ice hockey
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game between Adler Mannheim
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and the Schwenningen Wild Wings on 7 January 2017.
Traffic connection
The Sinsheim-Museum/Arena S-Bahn stop at the Elsenz Valley Railway ''(Elsenztalbahn)'' is just over a kilometre walk away''Großer Bahnhof für den Fußball.''
In: ''stimme.de'' and there are shuttle buses from
Sinsheim main station. The stadium can be reached by car via the newly built ''Sinsheim-Süd'' junction of the
federal motorway 6.
International football matches
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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Gallery
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File:Stadion Rhein-Neckar-Arena Sinsheim.JPG
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See also
*
List of football stadiums in Germany
*
Lists of stadiums
The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues.
Combined lists
*List of stadiums by capacity
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References
External links
Stadium information and photos
3D model of the Rhein-Neckar-ArenaStadium plans from club website
World Stadiums
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Football venues in Germany
Sports venues in Baden-Württemberg
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Multi-purpose stadiums in Germany
Buildings and structures in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
2009 establishments in Germany
Sports venues completed in 2009
European League of Football venues