General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-supported structure |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Stadium / Arena |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete structure Prestressed concrete structure |
Location
| Location: |
Düsseldorf-Stockum, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
|---|---|
| Part of: | |
| Replaced by: |
Merkur Spiel-Arena (2004)
|
| Coordinates: | 51° 15' 37" N 6° 44' 3" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 225 m | |
| height | 44 m | |
| length | 300 m | |
| seats | 34 000 |
Materials
| building structure |
prestressed concrete
reinforced concrete |
|---|
Chronology
| 18 August 2002 | A demolition test is executed where dynamite is placed in one column. |
|---|---|
| 12 September 2002 | Two tiers of the stands are demolished. |
| 7 November 2002 | The last section of the stands is blown up. |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Rheinstadion was a multi-purpose stadium, in Düsseldorf, Germany. The stadium was built, near the Rhine, in 1926 and held 55,900 people, at the end of ist life.
It was the home ground for Fortuna Düsseldorf from 1953 to 1970 and 1972–2002. It was used during the 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1988 European Championships. In 1995, the Rhein Fire, of the World League of American Football became tenants in their inaugural season. It hosted World Bowl '99 and World Bowl X.
Metallica performed at the stadium during their Nowhere Else to Roam Tour on May 20, 1993, with The Cult & Suicidal Tendencies as their opening act.
It was demolished in the summer of 2002, after the World Bowl X championship game, to be replaced by the Esprit Arena in 2005.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Rheinstadion" and modified on July 22, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1970): Fußballstadien für die Fußballweltmeisterschaft 1974 in Deutschland. In: Stahlbau, v. 39, n. 7 (July 1970), pp. 213-215.
- (2003): Rheinstadion Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf (Germany).
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20002512 - Published on:
13/12/2001 - Last updated on:
22/07/2014
