 ALLIANZ ARENA
The Allianz Arena is a football stadium located in the north-Munich district of Frottmaning.
The arena opened end of April 2005 and is the new home to the German football clubs TSV 1860 Munchen and FC Bayern Munchen. The stadium was also host to the opening game of the 2006 World Cup. It replaced the Olympiastadion which had been used by the two clubs since 1972, and was designed by the Swiss architectural firm Herzog and de Meuron.
The Allianz Arena has a capacity of 70,000 , 3 day-care centres, fanshops and restaurants with a total area of about 6,500 mē. Next to the stadium is Europe's biggest car park, which can accommodate 11,000 cars.
The exterior shell is made of 2,874 0.2mm thick ETFE diamond shaped foil panels, each of which can be individually lit in different colours (red, blue or white), allowing a spectacular display of patterns. The stadium is the largest ETFE-covered structure in the world.
The Allianz group, a large financial services provider, paid to name the stadium for the next 30 years. However, during the 2006 World Cup it will be known as "FIFA WM-Stadion Munchen", as the FIFA does not allow any sponsoring of stadium names.
FC Bayern Munchen will also be required to cover up the stadium name during its Champions League season matches due to similar restrictions by the UEFA.
The total construction cost was 340 million Euro, half of which was paid by TSV 1860 Munchen and half by FC Bayern Munchen.
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