The Sportplatz Leipzig was between 1892 and 1936 the largest sports complex in
Leipzig
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, Germany. Today, the Kleinmesse and partly the RB Leipzig Training Center are located on the former grounds of the sports field.
History
The largest
football
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field on the site was gradually expanded to a stadium that could hold up to 20,000 spectators and corresponded to the former international court standards. This plant took the name '' Wettspielfeld '' from the inner surface of the velodrome. Several Leipzig football clubs, including the
SV Lipsia 1893, the
Leipziger BC 1893, the
SC Wacker Leipzig and the