MSV-Arena, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, is a football stadium in

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, built in 2004. The stadium is the home of

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and holds 31,500 people. It was built on the site of the old

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. The stadium was the venue of the 2005

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