Regenboogstadion – design description

Which stands have been rebuilt at the Waregem stadium?

Shortly after the end of the 2013/14 league season, the first works started at the stadium in Waregem. First, those adapting the facility for UEFA competitions, and then the groundworks for the construction of the first new stand. The first to go was the south stand and the adjacent south-east corner.

The new sectors were built at a rapid pace, between June and November 2014. The changes entailed the removal of the athletics track. As part of the second phase, the north stand (temporary) was removed and in its place in the first half of 2016 a new stand, almost twin to the one to the south, albeit without the corner and with standing places, was erected.

What were the further plans for the redevelopment of the Waregem stadium?

In further phases, the popular 'Essevee' planned to keep the two stands along the pitch, although they intended to completely modernize them, partially rebuild them and equip them with new vomitories and stairs.

The resulting new stadium was to accommodate 13,400 spectators with standing room (1,400) or 13,000 with seats only. Of these numbers, 900 seats were visitor seats and 200 were for the disabled. Twenty-six skyboxes were to be built on the crown of the auditorium.

The project worth approx. 25 million € also envisaged surrounding the rectangular stadium with an elliptical façade. In addition to the stands, this would hide the club's offices (2115 m²), banquet rooms (1200 m²), commercial areas (855 m²) and a restaurant (590 m²). There should also be a bowling alley, a fitness club and a new SV Z-W shop.

When was the corner with boxes at the SV Zulte Waregem stadium built?

Ambitious projects for further redevelopment have been shelved for the time being, however. Between 2017 and 2018, only the corner building with boxes was built in the south-west section.