FORTUNA DUSSELDORF

FORTUNA DUSSELDORF

May 2nd 2009 Bairdstravel took in the Fortuna Dusseldorf Dynamo Dresden football match . It was a great day out . One of the best Stadium I have had the pleasure to visit .

The LTU arena is a multifunctional football stadium in Düsseldorf, Germany. It was built from 2002 to 2004 to replace the former Rheinstadion at the same site near the river Rhine. It hosts association football team Fortuna Düsseldorf (currently in the 3rd Liga), and also hosted the American football team Rhein Fire of NFL Europa until its disbanding in 2007. For the second half of the 2008-09 Bundesliga Season, the Arena will host Bayer Leverkusen, due to construction on Bayer's usual home ground.

The stadium holds 51,500 and has a closable roof. The special heating system allows comfortable events at the height of winter.

Here is our picture blog from the match.

The naming rights to the stadium are currently held by German airline LTU. The contract will expire on 30 June 2009. From 1 July 2009, the structure will be known as "Esprit Arena" after clothing manufacturer Esprit bought the naming rights for at least five years.

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