Waldstadion
Frankfurt, Germany
60,100
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Westfalenstadion, 80,667
Waldstadion in Frankfurt was a venue of the FIFA World Cup in 1974 and 2006. It is one of 48 stadiums on this site with a retractable roof.
It opened in 1925. It is the 6th-largest of the 70 listed stadiums in Germany. The nearest listed stadium is BBBank Arena, 8.7 km away.
- Listed for
- American football and football
- Tenants
- Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany national football team
- Surface
- Grass
- Roof
- Retractable roof
- Position
- 50.07° N, 8.65° E
Where it stands in Germany
- Westfalenstadion20,567 more80,667
- 1 more listed stadium
- Olympiastadion, Berlin14,375 more74,475
- Olympiastadion, Munich3,018 more63,118
- Arena AufSchalke2,171 more62,271
- Waldstadion60,100
- MHPArena42 fewer60,058
- Volksparkstadion3,100 fewer57,000
- Merkur Spiel-Arena5,500 fewer54,600
- 61 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1921
- Operator
- Eintracht Frankfurt Stadion GmbH
- Architect
- Marg and Partners Max Bögl
- Recorded construction cost
- € 150 million
- Record attendance
- 62,000 (2026)
- Opening order in Germany
- joint 16th of 70, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in Germany
- 2.9%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2005, more recent than 8 of the other 38 listed stadiums in Germany with such a year
- Compared with the median in Germany
- 2.4 times the median capacity of 25,036 across its 70 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1920s in Germany
- 17 of the 70 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 1925 in Germany
- Donaustadion
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Westfalenstadion, 179 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 1
Chronology
- 1925 Opened
- 1937 Renovated
- 1953 Renovated
- 1972 Renovated
- 1974 FIFA World Cup venue
- 2005 Renovated
- 2006 FIFA World Cup venue
Nearest listed stadiums
- BBBank Arena · north-east12,542 places, opened 19318.7 km
- Stadion am Bieberer Berg · east20,500 places, opened 201211.3 km
- Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor · south17,810 places, opened 192123.5 km
- Brita-Arena · west15,295 places, opened 200727.8 km
- Mewa Arena · west34,000 places, opened 201131.5 km
Source: Wikipedia, Waldstadion (Frankfurt).