Allianz Arena is most popularly known as the home-ground of Bavarian giants Bayern Munich, but it is also shared by another Munich club TSV 1860 Munich. Bayern have 50% share of the stadium and have an agreement with TSV 1860 Munich till 2025 to share the ground. Nicknamed “Schlauchboot” (“inflatable boat”), the stadium hosted World Cup matches in 2006 and also hosted the final match of UEFA Champions League in 2012.
Address: Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25, 80939 München, Germany
Capacity: 75,021
Opened: May 30, 2005
Teams : FC Bayern Munich, Germany national football team, TSV 1860 Munich
Field Size: 105mx68m
Phone: +49 89 69931222
HISTORY
Allianz Arena was built in the site of the historic Olympiastadion Munich in 2005. After Germany was declared as the hosts for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich made a joint approach to the city council to build a new stadium. At first, Olympiastadion Munich was considered to be expanded but later on, the decision was taken to build a completely new stadium. The construction expenditure for the stadium was €340m and it was designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron. Construction started in late 2002 and the stadium was opened on May 30, 2005. TSV 1860 Munich played a friendly match against FC Nuremberg in the opening day. The stadium is named after financial service provider Allianz, who bought the naming rights to the stadium for 30 years.
FEATURES
Allianz Arena is famous for its luminous colour-changing exterior made of inflated ETFE plastic panels. The exteriors are red when Bayern hosts a match in the arena, blue when TMV plays and white when Germany national team plays in it. The stadium is basically a three-tiered ring-shaped construction. The lower tier has 20,000 seats, 10,400 of them can be converted to a standing room to create space for 3,120 more spectators.
Away fans are seated in the third tier of the North Stand. Bayern usually allocated 3,500 away tickets during UCL matches.
HOW TO GO
You can take the metro (U-Bahn) with line 6 from Marienplatz in the direction of Garching-Hochbrück and stop at Fröttmaning, which is a 10-minute walk from Allianz Arena.