Germany
BayArena
The BayArena is a football stadium in Leverkusen, which has been the home ground of Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 1958. The stadium was originally known as the Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, named after a former chairman of Bayer AG, the club's founders. In 1986, a rebuilding project began to convert the stadium into a modern football facility. The project continued intermittently over the following decade. The project was completed in 1997, making the stadium an ultramodern all-seater with a capacity of 22 000. The stadium was renamed BayArena in 1998. In 1999, a hotel attached to the stadium was completed, with some rooms having a view of the pitch. The stadium complex also includes a high-class restaurant, which also overlooks the pitch.
