Rhein-Neckar-Arena (), currently known as PreZero Arena and previously as
Wirsol
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Rhein-Neckar-Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
in
Sinsheim
Sinsheim (, South Franconian: ''Sinse'') is a town in south-western Germany, in the Rhine Neckar Area of the state Baden-Württemberg about south-east of Heidelberg and about north-west of Heilbronn in the district Rhein-Neckar.
Geography
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,
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
, Germany. It is used mostly for
football matches and hosts the home matches of
1899 Hoffenheim
Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg.
Originally founded in 189 ...
. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people.
It replaced TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's former ground, the
Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion.
The stadium is the largest in the
Rhine-Neckar
The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (german: Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar, ), often referred to as Rhein-Neckar-Triangle, is a polycentric metropolitan region located in south western Germany, between the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region to the North ...
metropolitan area, although it is situated in a town with only 36,000 inhabitants.
The first competitive match was played on 31 January 2009 against
FC Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...
, and ended in a 2–0 win for Hoffenheim. The stadium hosted international matches at the
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
[ The Rhein-Neckar-Arena hosted the "2017 DEL Winter Game", an outdoor ]ice hockey
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game between Adler Mannheim and the Schwenningen Wild Wings on 7 January 2017.
Traffic connection
The Sinsheim-Museum/Arena S-Bahn stop at the Elsenz Valley Railway ''(Elsenztalbahn)'' is just over a kilometre's walk away''Großer Bahnhof für den Fußball.''
In: ''stimme.de'' and there are shuttle buses from
Sinsheim main station. The stadium can be reached by car via the newly built ''Sinsheim-Süd'' junction of the
federal motorway 6.
International football matches
Gallery
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File:Stadion Rhein-Neckar-Arena Sinsheim.JPG
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References
External links
Stadium information and photos
3D model of the Rhein-Neckar-ArenaStadium plans from club website
World Stadiums
{{2011 FIFA Women's World Cup stadiums
Football venues in Germany
Sports venues in Baden-Württemberg
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Multi-purpose stadiums in Germany
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup stadiums
Buildings and structures in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
2009 establishments in Germany
Sports venues completed in 2009