The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium located in Berlin, Germany. It is a part of the Olympiapark Berlin and is mainly used for football matches.
Olympiastadion, officially named Olympiastadion Berlin, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Berlin, Germany. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Hertha BSC, its tenant.
Opened on 1 August 1936 for the Summer Olympics, it replaced the previous Deutsches Stadion which had 33,000 seats. The seating capacity of the new stadium is currently set at 74,475. The stadium was designed by Werner March and had a construction cost of 43 million Reichsmark.
A UEFA category four stadium and one of the biggest stadiums by capacity in Europe (the biggest in Berlin), Olympiastadion hosted several matches of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, including its final, as well as the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and the 2015 UEFA Champions League Finals. It was elected as a UEFA five-star stadium in 2004. By its seventy-fifth birthday, Olympiastadion Berlin had welcomed more than 76 million spectators. The stadium is one of the potential venues for the UEFA Euro 2024, which Germany is set to host.
'Olympiastadion (1936)' (in German): Details about the history and architecture of the Olympiastadion, highlighting its role in the 1936 Summer Olympics. https://www.herthabsc.de/en/
'Olympiastadion (Das Olymp) – until 2003': Detailed history and overview of the Olympiastadion until the year 2003. http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/ger/olympiastadion
'Das Olymp leuchtet nicht aus, Prefácio, Prime Books, 2003': An in-depth analysis of the Olympiastadion, its significance and its role in Berlin's history. https://www.primebooks.pt/
'Hertha Berliner Sport Club 100 glorreiche Jahre - Die Geschichte 1, Edição e Conteúdos, S.A., 2003': A comprehensive history of the Hertha Berliner Sport Club and its association with the Olympiastadion. https://www.edicoesconteudos.pt/
