Zentralstadion (1956)

Zentralstadion
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Full name	Zentralstadion
Former names	Frankfurter Wiesen; Stadion der Hunderttausend; Sportforum Leipzig
Location	Leipzig, Germany
Coordinates	51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E / 51.3457944°N 12.3482194°E
Owner	German Democratic Republic
Operator	Leipzig
Capacity	120,000
Record attendance	100,000 (SC Rotation Leipzig - SC Lokomotive Leipzig, 9 September 1956)
Construction
Built	4 March 1955
Opened	4 August 1956
Closed	2000
Demolished	Seats, fences and floodlights only
Construction cost	$9 million
Architect	Werner March (sketch); Eitel Jackowski (complete); Heinz Schütze (complete); Rudolf Lossner (buildings);
Project manager	Walter Ulbricht
Tenants
	Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund; DHfK Leipzig; VfB Leipzig (1992–1995); Trade Sports- Associations of sports societies in the GDR

Central Stadium (German: Zentralstadion, pronounced [tsɛnˈtra:lˈʃta:di̯ɔn] ^ⓘ) was a stadium with a capacity of 120,000 in Leipzig which was initially used for matches of SC Rotation Leipzig.

About 1.5 million cubic metres of debris from the World War II bombing of Leipzig was used in the stadium's construction. Its name derives from the Soviet "Central Stadium".

^ ^a ^b Andreas Debski; Michael Kraske; Ingolf Rackwitz (2006). Zentralstadion Leipzig. Vom Stadion der Hunderttausend zum Fussballtempel. Das Neue Berlin. p. 20. ISBN 978-3360012807.
^ Andreas Debski; Michael Kraske; Ingolf Rackwitz (2006). Zentralstadion Leipzig. Vom Stadion der Hunderttausend zum Fussballtempel. Das Neue Berlin. p. 25. ISBN 978-3360012807.
^ "2. 1956 Leipzig vor 120000 Zuschauern /// FussballFanSeiten.de". 26 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2021.