Details for Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern

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The Fritz Walter Stadion is home to Bundesliga club '1. FC Kaiserslautern' the stadium holds a total of 48,500 spectators and is to be used as a venue at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The stadium is named after Fritz Walter who was a famous German footballer and captain of the German squad who won the 1954 World Cup. Fritz Walter plas a '1. FC Kaiserslautern' player for his entire career and is considered a local hero.

The stadium was renovated in 2002 for the World Cup 2006 event, during this period 18,000 standing places were removed and seats added and the capacity was increased from 46,000 to 48,000. In addition to this a new media center and floodlight system was put in place at the ground. The redevelopment work was finally completed in 2005 taking a total of 3 years to complete and at a cost of €48million

The Fritz Walter Stadion is due to hold five games at the 2006 world cup, these are between Australia and Japan on 12th Jun, Italy Vs. USA on 17th Jun, Paraguay Vs. Trinidad & Tobago on 20th Jun, Saudi Arabia Vs. Spain on 23rd Jun and the Winning game of Groups E and F on 26th Jun

This is an aerial view of the Fritz Walter Stadion prior to redevelopment

Submitted By: starms on 2005-04-27

A railway station has been specifically built in close proximity to the ground for the World Cup events.