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General Information

Other name(s): Coface Arena
Beginning of works: 5 May 2009
Completion: 3 July 2011
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Stadium / Arena

Location

Location: , ,
Address: Eugen-Salomon-Straße 1
Coordinates: 49° 59' 2.10" N    8° 13' 27.93" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

seats 34 000

Cost

cost of construction ca. Euro 60 000 000

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Mewa Arena (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːvaː ʔaˌʁeːnaː]; stylised as MEWA ARENA; also known as the 1. FSV Mainz 05 Arena due to UEFA sponsorship regulations) is a multi-purpose stadium in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany that was opened in July 2011. It is used for football matches, and hosts the home matches of the German Bundesliga side Mainz 05.

The stadium has a capacity of 34,034 people, of which 19,700 seated, and replaced the Bruchwegstadion. The stadium was originally named Coface Arena ([ˈkoːfas ʔaˌʁeːna]) after a sponsorship deal with COFACE. From May 2016 to June 2021 the stadium was known as Opel Arena ([ˈoːpl̩ ʔaˌʁeːnaː]) per a naming rights agreement with Opel.

It is known since July 2021 under its current name after a sponsorship agreement with the German company MEWA Textil-Service was reached.

Opening

As a way to celebrate the opening of the new stadium, FSV Mainz 05 (and the Coface-Arena) hosted the Ligatotal! Cup 2011, a short pre-season tournament. They invited the champions Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich. Borussia Dortmund won the tournament, FSV Mainz 05 finished last, after losing to Bayern Munich in the third-place play-off.

The first league goal scored in the new arena was scored by Tunisian International Sami Allagui for FSV Mainz 05 against Bayer Leverkusen on 7 August 2011.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Mewa Arena" and modified on January 14, 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20058711
  • Published on:
    22/10/2010
  • Last updated on:
    03/07/2017
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