Volksparkstadion

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Volksparkstadion is Hamburger SV’s football ground in Altonaer Volkspark, Hamburg, and also hosts concerts.

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Volksparkstadion — Full stadium interior with illuminated roof and pitch niko_stra · CC BY-SA 2.0 · edited
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What's on here

Why go

  • Hamburg’s largest stadium hosted matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and five UEFA Euro 2024 matches, including a quarter-final.
  • Atlético Madrid beat Fulham 2–1 here in the 2010 Europa League final.
  • A sold-out heavyweight unification fight between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye took place here in 2011.
  • Taylor Swift performed here on 23 and 24 July 2024.

Opening hours

Today10:00 – 18:00Show all
Monday10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday10:00 – 18:00
Thursday10:00 – 18:00
Friday10:00 – 18:00
Saturday10:00 – 18:00
Sunday10:00 – 18:00

The hall

Club-match capacity
57,000 Includes 10,000 standing places.
International-match capacity
51,500 All seated; folding seats replace the standing areas.
Business seats
3,400

Tickets and box office

  • Tickets are sold online through the stadium’s own website.

Interesting facts3

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  1. 40 sections

    The transparent roof has 40 sections, each covering 800 square metres.

    Volksparkstadion - Wikipedia
  2. 1979

    HSV won league titles here in 1979, 1982 and 1983.

    Volksparkstadion - Wikipedia
  3. 1951

    Much of the material used for the 1951–1953 rebuild came from wartime ruins in Hamburg’s Eimsbüttel district.

    Volksparkstadion - Wikipedia

Shorts

History

Sponsorship deals brought the names AOL Arena, HSH Nordbank Arena and Imtech Arena before Volksparkstadion returned in 2015.

  1. 1925The first stadium on the site opened as Bahrenfelder Stadion.
  2. 1951–1953The stadium was rebuilt and named Volksparkstadion, after its location at Altona Volkspark.
  3. 1963Hamburger SV moved its home matches here from the Rothenbaum sports ground after qualifying for the Bundesliga.
  4. 1998–2000The stadium was converted into a football-only arena. The field was rotated 90 degrees to improve sightlines and use of sunlight.
  5. 2 September 2000The present stadium opened with Germany beating Greece 2–0.
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  1. September 2026Expansion to more than 60,000 places was approved, with work due to start in October.

How to get there

  • TrainThe nearest station is Stellingen, served by S-Bahn lines S3 and S5 and AKN trains.
  • BusEvent shuttle buses run free from Stellingen and Othmarschen stations to the stadium.
  • CarReach the stadium from the A7 via the Hamburg-Volkspark exit.

Sources: Volksparkstadion - Wikipedia · Volksparkstadion - Wikipedia · Volksparkstadion - Wikipedia · checked 28 Sep 2026

Where
Sylvesterallee 7, Hamburg

Questions and answers

Is there an HSV museum at Volksparkstadion?

A museum devoted to Hamburger SV’s history opened inside the stadium in 2004.

Has another club used Volksparkstadion as its home ground?

Shakhtar Donetsk played its 2023–24 Champions League home matches here because it could not use its usual ground.

What happened to the clock at Volksparkstadion?

It tracked time since the Bundesliga began. After the 2018–19 season, it was replaced by the stadium’s coordinates.

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