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2024

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  29.05.2024 Austria: Sturm will play in Champions League in Klagenfurt. Stadium argument in background

  In the past season Sturm played against clubs such as Raków Częstochowa, Slovan Bratislava and Lille. In the next season appetites are for Inter Milan, Bayer Leverkusen or Real Madrid. Despite the huge success, the club from Graz will have to travel to the south of Austria. Why?

2019

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  06.09.2019 Austria: Forest replaced field, football left outside

  It's ready for opening: almost 300 trees have been planted inside one of Austria's most expensive stadiums. This means home team was downgraded to nearby training field, which is being expanded to allow matchday use.

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  15.02.2019 Austria: Forest to grow on the field in Klagenfurt

  It's not a metaphor, rather Austria's “largest ever art project”. For two months in 2019 football team Austria Klagenfurt is barred from the stadium because a forest of 200 trees will be planted inside.

2016

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  25.11.2016 Austria: Too expensive and too empty. Harsh report for Klagenfurt

  Carinthian Court of Audit released its report regarding Wörthersee Stadion. The Euro 2008 venue proved 43% more expensive than planned, while it’s half full barely once a season.

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  14.01.2016 Austria: Court opens Klagenfurt stadium, but on conditions…

  The “temporary” seats built for Euro 2008 may be used again, but only if the stadium is made less onerous to local residents. MeinBezirk.at report.

2015

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  02.09.2015 Austria: Scandal in Klagenfurt, court finds stands “illegal”

  Euro 2008 host ground in Klagenfurt is costing the city way too much, both financially and in terms of bad publicity. Court has now closed most sections of the building and important games are cancelled.

2013

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  06.05.2013 Austria: Klagenfurt stadium to be renovated by late 2013

  Dismantling the temporary upper stands would cost the city of Klagenfurt more than upgrading them to become a permanent structure. All works to improve Hypo Arena are to be done by the end of 2013, according to Kleine Zeitung.

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  15.03.2013 Austria: 'Temporary' stadiums proving quite a problem

  They were supposed to be downsized to avoid the so-called 'white elephant effect', but implementing the new solution of temporary stands proved to be more problematic than building too big stadia in the first place.