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Key facts<\/h3>\n

Clubs: FC Z\u00fcrich &\u00a0Grasshopper CZ | Opening: 2007 | Capacity: 25,000<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Stadion Letzigrund was built in 2007 to replace the old Letzigrund stadium that had stood in its place since 1926.<\/p>\n

While plans had long existed to renovate the old Letzigrund, these plans got suddenly sped up when a proposed 30,000-stadium at Hardturm got delayed and Z\u00fcrich needed a stadium for the upcoming Euro 2008<\/a> championships.<\/p>\n

The old stadium got demolished in 2006, and one year later, on the 30th of August 2007, the new Letzigrund officially opened with the Weltklasse Z\u00fcrch athletics championships.<\/p>\n

A few weeks later, on the 23rd of September, the first football match was played at the stadium with the derby between FCZ and Grasshopper.<\/p>\n

During the Euro 2008 Championships,\u00a0three group matches were played at Letzigrund. For the tournament\u00a0capacity was temporarily increased to just over 30,000 seats.<\/p>\n

The old Letzigrund had been the home of FC Z\u00fcrich since its inauguration, but Grasshopper had always played its home matches at Stadion Hardturm.<\/p>\n

However, in 2007 Hardturm was closed in anticipation of the construction of a new stadium, and Grasshopper temporarily moved to Letzigrund. Various projects failed to come through though, and the city is currently working on the latest project which would include a new stadium, the Credit Suisse Arena,<\/a> with a capacity of 18,000 seats.<\/p>\n

Apart from hosting football matches, Letzigrund is also extensively used for athletics events, culminating in the annual Welklasse Z\u00fcrich, arguably the world\u2019s most important one-day athletics event.<\/p>\n

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