New construction of the stadium in Essen
- Design:WOLFF GRUPPE GmbH
- GFA|Gr.Vol|NIA:10,300 m² | 48,300 m³ | 5,900 m²
- Visitor seating:20,500, expandable to 26,000 or 35,000 depending on expansion stage
- Services:General planning, HOAI LPH 2 - 8, project management AHO 1 -5
- Completion:Q4/2013
- Client:Grundstücksverwaltung Stadt Essen GmbH (GVE)
Project description
The building inaugurated in 1939 as the "Stadion an der Hafenstraße", later named Georg-Melches-Stadion and used as a venue for the Rot-Weiss Essen e.V. soccer club, was dilapidated and therefore demolished. In order to be able to continue playing without interruption, the WOLFF GRUPPE realized the new construction slightly offset from the old stadium.
In the first stage of expansion, the city of Essen received a future-proof, modern single-tier stadium with 32 rows of seats and a total capacity of around 20,000. The stadium will offer around 9,000 standing places, around 11,000 seats, 136 press seats, business seats, box seats and wheelchair-accessible seats with companion seats.
In a second expansion phase, a further seats will be added by extending the corners expaning the total capacity to 27,000 seats. Again, WOLFF GRUPPE is commissioned with the project, which is due to start construction in 20206.
By adding a second tier, the total capacity could even be increased to around 35,000 seats in a possible third expansion phase.
WOLFF GRUPPE GmbH merges PLAN FORWARD GmbH, W+P Gesellschaft für Projektrealisierung mbH, and ARIQQA GmbH into a single legal entity under its umbrella, in accordance with Sections 2 and 20 of the German Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz – UmwG). The business activities of the previously independent companies are fully continued within WOLFF GRUPPE GmbH under the business divisions PLANNING, MANAGING and CONSULTING.