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The Allianz Arena has been built by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from 2002 to 2005.
It is the home of the two big Munich football clubs, FC Bayern München and TSV 1860 München.
Before the Allianz Arena was completed in 2005 the Munich Olympic Stadium, built for the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972, was used as football stadium. But as the Olympic Stadium is an athletics stadium, it was not longer suitable for the needs of a modern football stadium and it didn't comply with some FIFA requirements for the football WM 2006 in Germany. So the need for a new stadium was evident. After a long discussion - started in 1997- a referendum in October 2001 produced an overwhelming 65.8 percent majority for a new stadium and the decision was made. The planning process started the same year. After setting the foundation stone on October 21, 2002 the whole building was completed in April 30, 2005. The grand opening was on May 30 &31, 2005.
The roof and facade of the Allianz Arena consists of 2,874 rhomboidal inflated ETFE foil panels with cover a surface of 66,500 m². The foil has a thickness of 0.2 mm and a weight of 350 g/ m². They are designed for a Lifespan of approx. 25 years, they are non-flammable, exceptionally resistant to heat and cold and self-cleaning with rain. The size of the panels differ from 7.6 up to 40.7 m². It is the biggest membrane shell in the world.
Fans keep the panels inflated at a constant pressure of 0.035 bar (maximum possible pressure 0.08 bar). Left and right you can see the illumination panels with white, blue and red light. So, the Allianz Arena can be illuminated in these three colors. But, because of the adjacent highway, a constant and fast change of colors is not allowed in order to avoid accidents through distracted drivers.
Some more facts:
Construction costs: 340 millions €.
Capacity: 69,901
Catering facilities: 6,500 m²
Parking: multi-story car park, capacity of 9,800 cars, the largest in Europe.
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