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General Information

Beginning of works: 1968
Completion: 1975
Status: demolished (2002)

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Part of:
Replaced by: Merkur Spiel-Arena (2004)
Coordinates: 51° 15' 37" N    6° 44' 3" E
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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 22 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20002512
  • Published on:
    13/12/2001
  • Last updated on:
    22/07/2014
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