{"id":5137,"date":"2012-03-31T00:28:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T00:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/?p=5137"},"modified":"2017-04-16T19:53:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T19:53:38","slug":"gerhardhanappistadion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/gerhardhanappistadion\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerhard Hanappi Stadion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: SK Rapid Wien | Opening: 1977 | Closing: 2014 | Final capacity: 17,500 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Gerhard Hanappi Stadion opened on 10 May 1977 with a friendly match between Rapid and the Austrian national team. The stadium was then still called Weststadion and could hold 19,600 spectators.<\/p>\n

The construction of the stadium had been a project of former Rapid captain Gerhard Hanappi, who had gone into architecture after his retirement from football. The stadium received his name after his death in 1980.<\/p>\n

Gerhard Hanappi Stadion underwent a major redevelopment between 2001 and 2003, during which Rapid was forced to play at\u00a0Ernst Happel Stadion<\/a>. The works included the installation of roofs on all the stands and the removal of the perimeter fencing.<\/p>\n

However, the stadium still did not proved fit for modern times, and Rapid therefore decided to build a new stadium in its place, the Allianz Stadion<\/a>. The last match at the stadium was a friendly versus Celtic in July 2014, and three months later demolition works commenced. The new Allianz Stadion\u00a0was inaugurated in the summer of 2016.<\/p>\n

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Photos of Gerhard Hanappi Stadium<\/h3>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t