Warsteiner HockeyPark
Encyclopedia
Warsteiner HockeyPark is a multi-use stadium
in Mönchengladbach
, Germany
. It is currently used mostly for american football
and field hockey
matches and hosted the 2006 World Hockey Cup. The construction started in August 2004, the laying of the foundation stone was in October 2004, the arranging and naming celebration was in April 2005, and the official opening celebration took place on April 15, 2006 in the context of a Four Nation Tournament, featuring Argentina
, Germany
, India
and Spain
. The stadium is run by former German field hockey international Michael Hilgers
.
Two fields are available and there is one additional field on the backside of the grandstand. The additional field is also equipped with floodlights and a stand for 850 spectators that is made of turf steps. The main field is surrounded by five stands that offer space for more than 9.000 spectators. Mobile stages can be added to increase the number of spectators up to 14.000, which was the case at the Hockey World Cup in 2006, won by the host country Germany. It is also used by the American football
team Mönchengladbach Mavericks
.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is currently used mostly for american football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
matches and hosted the 2006 World Hockey Cup. The construction started in August 2004, the laying of the foundation stone was in October 2004, the arranging and naming celebration was in April 2005, and the official opening celebration took place on April 15, 2006 in the context of a Four Nation Tournament, featuring Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The stadium is run by former German field hockey international Michael Hilgers
Michael Hilgers
Michael Hilgers is a former field hockey forward from Germany, who won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, when Barcelona, Spain hosted the Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Men's National Team that captured the gold medal...
.
Two fields are available and there is one additional field on the backside of the grandstand. The additional field is also equipped with floodlights and a stand for 850 spectators that is made of turf steps. The main field is surrounded by five stands that offer space for more than 9.000 spectators. Mobile stages can be added to increase the number of spectators up to 14.000, which was the case at the Hockey World Cup in 2006, won by the host country Germany. It is also used by the American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team Mönchengladbach Mavericks
Mönchengladbach Mavericks
The Mönchengladbach Mavericks are an American football team from Mönchengladbach, Germany.The club won promotion to the German Football League in 2010, and qualified for the semi finals of the play-offs the following year, its greatest success.-History:...
.