Soccertext

By Julia French | June 8, 2006, 11:35 pm | 0 Comments

Soccertext!

The whole world is waiting, okay maybe not everyone in the US, but most of Europe and the rest of the world is counting down the days to the first World Cup Game in 4 years.

Opening day brings the opening of a new stadium, the Olympiastadion. The original Olympic Stadium in Berlin was carefully reconstructed and updated to hold VIP and Sky executive boxes, Business Seats, a Hertha BSC megastore, underground warm-up facility and an underground car park. The main goal of the renovation was to make the stadium more comfortable. With 74,200 seats now covered, versus only 27,000 seats previously protected from the elements. Price tag for the make-over, a cool 242 million Euro.

The stadium was originally designed by architect Werner March and built between 1934-36 for around 42 million Reichsmark.

The first match is on Friday between Germany (they get to be in the first game for hosting) and Costa Rica.

Random Facts

In the Hamburg Fan Park, for example, there will be a Beach Club with international food in addition to a replica of the legendary former fish-market on the banks of the Elbe.

In Germany and want to hang out with other Fußballer Folk – The FAN FEST Map:

Berlin: Brandenburger Tor/Strasse des 17. Juni
Dortmund: Friedensplatz und Westfalenhallen
Frankfurt: ‘Schwimmende Fussballarena’ zwischen Eisernem Steg und Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke
Gelsenkirchen: Glückauf-Kampfbahn
Hamburg: Heiligengeistfeld
Hannover: Waterloo Platz
Kaiserslautern: Stiftsplatz und Platz an der Barbarossastrasse
Cologne: Heumarkt and Roncalliplatz
Leipzig: Augustusplatz
Munich: Olympiapark
Stuttgart: Schlossplatz
Nuremberg: Volksfestplatz an der Bayernstrasse