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Also known as rewirpowerSTADION

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.

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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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Bochum
Owned by
VfL Bochum
Operator
VfL Bochum
Image
Vonovia Ruhrstadion 12a.jpg
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Commons category
Ruhrstadion
occupant
VfL Bochum
maximum capacity
29299
date of official opening
1911-10-08
native label
Ruhrstadion
inception
1911-10-08
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • History
  • [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
  • See also
  • References
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruhrstadion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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