Stadion Lachen is a multi-use

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

Thun Thun () is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the administrative district of Thun (administrative district), Thun in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Bern, Bern in Switzerland. ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

American Football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

matches of the Thun Tigers. The stadium served as the home ground of

FC Thun Fussballclub Thun 1898 is a Swiss association football, football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club plays in the Swiss Super League from 2025–26, the top tier of the Swiss football league system, following promotion from the ...

from 1954 to 2011 until the

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deemed it unfit for top-tier football, prompting the club to construct a new stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 10,350 and opened in 1954. The stadium has areas for both sitting and standing. The Thun Tigers play home matches at the Stadium since 2012 in the Nationalliga A (American football) the top-level league for American football in Switzerland. 20050823 Thun floods

Lachen Sports venues in the Canton of Bern Sports venues completed in 1954 1954 establishments in Switzerland FC Thun 20th-century architecture in Switzerland Sport in Thun

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