Owner GVG Construction cost 60 Mio € Opened 14 June 2011 | Surface Grass Capacity 34,000 | |
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Former names Coface Arena (2011–2016) Location Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Architect agn Niederberghaus & Partner Address Eugen-Salomon-Straße 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany Similar Bruchwegstadion, Weser‑Stadion, Rhein‑Neckar‑Arena, Augsburg Arena, BayArena | ||
The Opel Arena (stylised as OPEL ARENA; also known as the 1. FSV Mainz 05 Arena due to UEFA sponsorship regulations) is a multi-purpose stadium in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany that was opened in 2011. It is used for football matches and hosts the home matches of the German Bundesliga side Mainz 05. The stadium has a capacity of 34,034 people, of which 19,700 seated, and replaces the Bruchweg stadium, Stadion am Bruchweg.
The stadium was originally named Coface Arena (German pronunciation: [ˈkoːfas ʔaˌʁeːnaː]) after a sponsorship deal with COFACE. In July 2016, the stadium arrived at its current name, per a naming rights agreement with Opel.
Ligatotal!-Cup 2011
As a way to celebrate the opening of the new stadium, FSV Mainz 05 (and the coface-Arena) were the hosts of the Ligatotal!-cup 2011, which is a short pre-season tournament. They invited the champions Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich. Dortmund won the tournament, Mainz was last after losing to Bayern Munich in the third place play-off.
The first league goal scored in the new arena was scored by Tunisian International Sami Allagui for FSV Mainz 05 against Bayer Leverkusen on 7 August 2011.