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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: KRC Genk | Opening: 1990 | Capacity: 24,604 (4,200 standing)<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

The Luminus Arena, earlier called Cristal Arena, has grown out of the old Andr\u00e9 Dumontstadion, which until the 1990s used to be\u00a0the home of local club Thor Waterschei.<\/p>\n

After Waterschei merged with Winterslag to form KRC Genk in 1988, the newly formed club initially decided to use Winterslag\u2019s ground, but after two years the club moved back to the Andr\u00e9 Dumontstadion. In the meantime, a new main stand had been erected, and its name was changed to Thyl Gheyselinckstadion.<\/p>\n

The increased successes of the club in the late 1990s led to a major redevelopment program that aimed\u00a0to turn the stadium into a modern arena. In a first phase two new two-tiered covered stands were built. At the same time a sponsorship deal resulted in a name change to Fenix Stadion.<\/p>\n

In 2002, the South Stand got rebuilt in the style of the other new stands, and a few years later the main stand got extensively renovated, resulting in a fully enclosed stadium.<\/p>\n

After the renovation in 2007, the naming rights of the stadium were sold to beer brewer Alken-Maes, who named the stadium after local beer brand Cristal. In 2016, the stadium changed name to Luminus Arena following a new sponsorship deal.<\/p>\n

Genk has at times considered further expanding the Luminus\u00a0Arena to either 35,000 or 44,000 places, but currently no actual plans for this exist.<\/p>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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(photos of the present Cristal Arena below)<\/p>\n

How to get to the Luminus Arena<\/h3>\n

The Luminus\u00a0Arena is located on the northern edge of the city of Genk, approximately 5.5 kilometres from the city centre and main railway station.<\/p>\n

From the railway station, take\u00a0bus<\/a>\u00a0G1 in the direction of Zwartberg. Get off at stop Waterschei Kerkhof (or Nieuw Texas) after an approximate 28-minute journey. Buses generally go once every half an hour.<\/p>\n

Frequent direct trains<\/a> connect Genk with Hasselt, the regional capital, which has direct connections with Antwerp, Liege, and Brussels. The journey from Hasselt to Genk takes about 20 minutes. There is also an hourly direct train from Brussels Sud station to Genk, which takes about 1 hour 40 minutes. Nearby Dutch city Maastricht is furthermore about an hour away with bus 45.<\/p>\n

Address: Stadionplein 4, 3600 Genk<\/p>\n