Wiener Neustadt Arena is a stadium in

Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; Lower_Austria.html" ;"title=".e. Lower Austria">.e. Lower Austria , ) 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 administr ...

, Austria. It is used for

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matches and hosts the men's football team

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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 Aus ...

, 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

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. 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. In 2024, the

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played four of their

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home games in the Wiener Neustadt Arena.https://elfdata.eu/stadium/Wiener_Neustadt_ERGO_Arena/

References

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