The Fritz Walter Stadion is the home to the Second Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and is located in the city of Kaiserslautern. It was also one of the stadiums to be used in the 2006 World Cup. Named after Fritz Walter, the captain of the West German side that won the 1954 World Cup, who played for the club throughout his career. The Stadium was built on the Betzenberg Hill, hence its nickname “Betze”, and was inaugurated in 1920.

Renovation

In preparation for the FIFA World Cup 2006 renovation of the stadium took place from 2002 on. Before its 2002 renovation the stadium had a capacity of 38,500. 18,600 of those were standing. With the renovation the capacity has been increased to 48,500, of which 16,363 are standing. The expansion also included a new floodlight system and a media center. The cost of the expansion was 76,5 million Euros.

2006 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was one of the venues for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

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