The Tivoli Neu Stadium- the host of the 2008 Football Championship
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Tivoli Neu is a multi-use stadium in Innsbruck, Austria, located south of Munich and south-west of Salzburg. The Tivoli NEU lies in the heart of the Tirol mountains. It is a multi-purpose arena, but is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground to the renamed FC Wacker Tirol. The Tivoli Neu Stadium will host Group D matches between Spain, Russia, and Sweden. It was built in 2000 to replace the existing Tivoli Stadium. It currently only holds 17,400 but will be expanded in time for the 2008 European Football Championship. An upper tier has been added to the South, West and North stands for Euro 2008, taking the all-seater capacity up to 30,000 people. The games that are assigned to the Tivoli Neu Stadium are three matches matches from Group D:
Match schedule at Euro 2008:
Tue. 10th June 18:00 - Spain vs Russia
Sat 14th June 18:00 - Sweden vs Spain
Wed 18th June 20:45 - Russia vs Sweden
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. Under the financing of the city of Innsbruck, Tyrol, the Republic of Austria under the construction of ISpA (Innsbrucker sports facilities deployment and recovery GmbH), a new sports and leisure park called Tivoli was built. In 2008 Tivoli Neu was opened. Innsbruck lies in a valley, surrounded by mountains, while the stadium itself is just to the southeast of the city centre, about a mile and a half from the railway station. The stadium can be reached using public transport and is only a few kilometers from Innsbruck airport.
The Tivoli Neu Stadium itself is part of the Olympiaworld Innsbruck complex which contains the Olympiahalle ice hall, the Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena, a sports centre called the Landessportcentre Tirol, and the stadium itself. Olympiaworld has two ice rinks (one small and one large) and a speed skating track. The large ice rink was one of the venues for the 2005 Ice Hockey World Championships.
The Tivoli Neu stadium boasts a 10,000-square metre arcade, including facilities such as clubrooms, sports stores and fitness centres, several football pitches, an open air swimming pool. The Tivoli-Neu is a multifunctional arena that can also be used for concerts and large events.