Wiener Neustadt Arenaia a stadium in
Wiener Neustadt
Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land D ...
, Austria. It is used for
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
matches and hosts the men's football team
SC Wiener Neustadt and the women's national team.
History
The stadium opened on 28 September 2019, effectively replacing the
Stadion Wiener Neustadt
Stadion Wiener Neustadt, also known as the Magna Arena, was a stadium in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. It was used for association football matches and motorcycle speedway. The football team SC Wiener Neustadt played at the stadium as did former Au ...
, the latter was demolished shortly afterwards during 2020.
The first game was played on 28 September 2019 between the Wiener Neustädter SC amateurs and SC Felixdorf in front of 400 spectators. It currently offers space for 4,000 visitors and is located on the northern outskirts of Wiener Neustadt, directly in an industrial area. Next to the stadium on the east side are the Aqua Nova indoor swimming pool and the SCWN training ground and on the west side the
Arena Nova
Arena Nova is an indoor multi-purpose stadium located in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. The arena has an overall seating capacity of approximately 5,000.
This is the biggest event arena in Lower Austria, and it is used to hold sporting events, exhibiti ...
. Just two years after construction, the club decided, together with the Austrian Football Association, to adapt the arena in order to achieve the standard for international games.
References
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Football venues in Austria
Sports venues in Lower Austria
Buildings and structures in Wiener Neustadt
1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008)
2019 establishments in Austria
Sports venues completed in 2019
21st-century architecture in Austria
Sport in Wiener Neustadt