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"Finally z" Haus "said Friday night in Austria. After two years in exile, the traditional football club Favoriten returns to his homeland in the tenth district of Vienna. The renewed Generali Arena all around is supposed to shine in all its glory as congratulations have lined up in the opening match (19.00 / live ORF Sport +) Borussia Dortmund.
10.17, 12 July 2018
Markus Kraetschmer was downright euphoric. The Austrias Council conjured in the days before the match the "beginning of a new era" and had raptures. "The hype around this game, completely exhausted for days and weeks, goes beyond anything we know about the Champions League and the Europa League." 17,500 fans are expected against the German top club. The new house is exhausted.
The opening should become a real party in purple. Austrias player, Herbert Prohaska, will appear as a singer and will offer visitors a full support program starting at 2pm. The honorary send shot will be made by the young Austrian fan Kevin. Donations were collected for two years for boys with left hemiparesis.
Austria has invested a total of 42 million euros in the arena. 9,400 tons of structural steel and 32,500 cubic meters of concrete were installed, 9,000 square meters of laid slabs. The old north and west grandstand was completely demolished and rebuilt on two floors. The Südtribüne remains unchanged, but has been modernized as the existing stand since 2008 Est. Attention has been paid to sustainability. Thus, the power comes from a photovoltaic system on the roof of the stadium. A question of taste can be the purple artificial turf of the playing field.
A four-star stadium was created according to UEFA criteria. In international games, 15,000 visitors are admitted. National initially targets 10,000 visitors per game. In the medium term, it should be 12,500. It should also help the existing since this year subway connection. During the last season, the average attendance of Austria was not intoxicating. Only 6795 people per match came to the stadium Ernst Happel, unloved. A home arena was practically never the Prater-Oval.
In the beginning, celebrities will come mainly from politics. In addition to the Minister of Sport, Heinz Christian Strache and the Minister of Infrastructure, Norbert Hofer, also announced the former Mayor of Vienna, Michael Häupl, and his successor, Michael Ludwig. Especially in Austria, they looked forward to "the guest of honor" Peter Stöger. During the 2012/13 season, the 52-year-old Viennese has been the last Viennese champion to date.
During the last season, Stöger led Dortmund's guests in a six-month stay in the Champions League. His contract was not extended after that. The successor Lucien Favre did not start with Borussia until Monday. It still misses the different participants in the World Cup.
Austria has been training for three and a half weeks, the team having recently been renewed after a failed participation in the European Cup at the Seeboden training camp. For coach Thomas Letsch now begins the "final phase of preparation". On July 22, he will be in the first round of the ÖFB Cup against the league of the city Austria XIII, July 27 is the first competitive match in the new Arena Generali with the kickoff of the league against Wacker Innsbruck .
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