Euro 2008 Stadiums with speciality.

Tivoli-Neu (help·info) is a multi-use stadium in Innsbruck, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Wacker Tirol. The stadium holds 17,400 and was built in 2000. It will be expanded to 30,000 people for the 2008 European Football Championship.

Tivoli Neu was named after the original Tivoli stadium, which could be found on a different place next to the Sill River. It was closed down in 2004, four years after Tivoli Neu was opened.

Stade de Genève is a stadium in the greater Geneva, Switzerland area (located in Lancy, south of the city). It has a capacity of 30,084[1]. The stadium was completed in 2003 after nearly three years of construction. Normally the home venue of Geneva's Servette FC, a Swiss football team, the stadium hosted international friendlies between Argentina and England on November 12 2005, which England won 3-2 and between New Zealand and Brazil on June 4, 2006, which Brazil won 4-0. The venue will also be used to host three group-stage matches for Group A during the next UEFA European Football Championship in 2008 (see Euro 2008.

The stadium was also used for rugby union, with a 2006-07 Heineken Cup clash between Bourgoin and Munster being moved from Bourgoin's home ground.

Location Basel, Switzerland
Opened 15 March 2001 (Football)
Owner Genossenschaft S.J.P
Operator FC Basel
Surface Grass
Construction cost CHF220 million
Tenants FC Basel
Capacity 42,500

St. Jakob Park (help·info) is a Swiss sports stadium. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to the FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 39,000 seats.[1] The capacity has now been increased to 42,500 for the Euro 2008, which will be hosted in Switzerland and Austria.


Name: Bullen-Arena

Inauguration: March 2003
First match: Red Bull Salzburg-FC Karnten
Capacity: 18,700 (5,000 standing places)
Pitch dimensions: 105*68
Address: Aigner Straße 12, 5020 Salzburg
Inauguration: 1933
Postal address:
Red Bull Salzburg
EM-Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
Stadionstraße 1 / Stiege 3
A 5071 Wals-Siezenheim
Tel: +43/(0)662 / 43 33 32
Fax: +43/(0)662 / 43 33 32 20
Email: feedback@austria-salzburg.at


Full name Ernst-Happel-Stadion

Location Vienna
Broke ground 1929
Built 1929-1931
Opened 1931
Owner City of Vienna
Operator Wiener Stadthalle Betriebs- und Veranstaltungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Architect Otto Ernst Schweizer
Former names Prater Stadium (Praterstadion)
Tenants Austrian national football team
Austria Vienna (UEFA-organised games only)
Rapid Vienna (UEFA-organised games only)
Capacity 53,008)

The Ernst Happel Stadium is the largest football stadium in Austria. It is the home of the Austrian national football team. Club football matches are generally limited to the domestic cup and international competitions featuring one of Vienna's top clubs, FK Austria Wien and SK Rapid Wien, as their regular stadiums are too small to host UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup matches. Local derbies between FK Austria and SK Rapid have also been played in the stadium.


Location Papiermühlestrasse 71
CH-3014 Bern
Broke ground 1925
Opened October 18, 1925
Closed July 7, 2001
Demolished August 3, 2001
Surface Grass
Tenants BSC Young Boys (Super League) (1925-2001)
Capacity 22,000-64,000

The original Wankdorf stadium was opened in 1925 after a construction period of seven months. It offered 22,000 places, of which 1,200 covered seats and covered standing room for another 5,000 people. The first international match took place on November 8, 1925; 18,000 spectators witnessed the 2:0 victory of the Swiss national team against Austria.