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The Home Deluxe Arena is a multi-use stadium in

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

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, that was built between July 2005 and July 2008, as a replacement for the

Hermann-Löns-Stadion The Hermann-Löns-Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Paderborn, Germany located in the area Schloß Neuhaus and was opened in 1957. It had a capacity of up to 12,000 and was the home stadium of SC Paderborn 07 football club up until 2008 when ...

. The opening match between

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...

and

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(1–2) was attended by 15,000 spectators, the stadium's full capacity. In the season 2018–19, the stadium held an average of 11,508 spectators who had attended the matches of SC Paderborn in the

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History

Initial planning for a new stadium for

date back to 2001 when it became clearer that the previous special license for the

as a regular football stadium would soon terminate. In 2003, the city's sports committee declared the end of the

for the near future. Subsequently, various suggestions for the new stadiums were put forth. In 2004, a new location was found and on 12 July 2005, building of the stadium holding 15,000 visitors by construction company "Bremer AG" started. Later in 2005 however, construction was halted due to a withdrawal of the building license following lawsuits filed by residents. A new construction plan had to be arranged and in December 2007, construction continued. Construction was yet again in January 2008 due to the city of Paderborn not granting a transfer of € 3.4 million. More lawsuits were filed and all settled in March 2008, following the payment by the city. On 30 June 2008, the stadium was handed over to SC Paderborn. The stadium was named ''paragon arena'' in 2005 after a local electronics enterprise, hosted its first game on 16 July 2008 and celebrated its official inauguration on 20 July 2008 during a match between SC Paderborn and

which resulted 1–2. In June 2009, the stadium was renamed ''Energieteam Arena'' and in July 2012 ''Benteler-Arena'', after a naming agreement with Austrian company Benteler. In June 2020,

SC Verl SC Verl is a German association football club based in Verl, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded on 6 September 1924, and since 1970 has consistently played in the higher echelons of amateur football. The club was promoted to the profe ...

won the promotion play-off vs.

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to earn a spot in the

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. To meet the requirements, SC Verl will play their home matches at the Benteler-Arena. In 2022, a ten-year naming agreement with online retailer Home Deluxe was signed to rename the stadium ''Home Deluxe Arena''.

References

External links

Stadium on club website

Stadium images
Football venues in Germany SC Paderborn 07 Sports venues in North Rhine-Westphalia Buildings and structures in Paderborn (district) {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub