Ruhrstadion
Sign in to saveRuhrstadion () is a football stadium in Bochum, Germany. It is the home ground for the VfL Bochum and has a capacity of 27,599. It was known as rewirpowerSTADION (or, rarely, ) from 2006 to 2016, also for sponsorship reasons.
Key facts
- Venue.name
- Ruhrstadion
- Venue.image
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- Venue.fullname
- Vonovia Ruhrstadion
- Venue.location
- Castroper Straße 145, 44791 Bochum, Germany
- Venue.built
- 1921
- Venue.former_names
- SuS-Sportplatz an der Castroper Straße (1911–1919)TuS-Sportplatz an der Castroper Straße (1919–1921)Stadion an der Castroper Straße (1921–1979)Ruhrstadion (1979–2006)rewirpowerSTADION (2006–2016)
- Venue.renovated
- 1997
- Venue.expanded
- March 1976 – July 1979
- Venue.opened
- 8 October 1911
- Venue.owner
- VfL Bochum
- Venue.operator
- VfL Bochum
- Venue.surface
- grass
- Venue.tenants
- VfL Bochum (1938–present)TuS Bochum (1919–1938)SuS Bochum (1911–1919)Germany national football team (selected matches)
- Venue.seating_capacity
- 26,000
- Venue.dimensions
- 105 × 68 m
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Ruhrstadion () is a football stadium in Bochum, Germany. It is the home ground for the VfL Bochum and has a capacity of 27,599. It was known as rewirpowerSTADION (or, rarely, ) from 2006 to 2016, also for sponsorship reasons.
==History== In 1911 the Spiel und Sport Bochum leased a meadow from a local farmer as their new home ground. The club played the first match at the new venue against the VfB Hamm in front of 500 spectators. The TuS Bochum did not build a stadium until after World War I as late as 1921.