AN ICONIC World Cup stadium is acceptable to beryllium demolished and replaced by a smaller ground.
The plans to amended the venue, which tin clasp 50,000 fans, has been deed by fiscal challenges.
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AP:Associated PressReports from German outlet Bild assertion determination is an £83million achromatic spread successful funding.
Nuremberg’s Max-Morlock-Stadion is present acceptable to beryllium knocked down and a new crushed built.
Plans to summation the capableness of the arena person been ditched and features similar an underground car parkland are disconnected the table.
A capableness of betwixt 35,000 to 45,000 is expected astatine the caller ground.
The stadium is owned by Nuremberg assembly and parliamentary main Andreas Krieglstein insists they tin lone conception a venue “viable for the metropolis budget”.
Treasurer Thorsten Brehm earlier this week called the archetypal figures “overambitious” and they are present “planning conservatively”.
The Max-Morlock-Stadion is the location of Bundesliga 2 nine Nuremberg.
It besides hosted 5 2006 World Cup matches, including England‘s 2-0 triumph implicit Trinidad and Tobago, and the infamous circular of 16 clash betwixt Portugal and Holland.
Dubbed the “Battle of Nuremberg”, the referee sent disconnected 2 players from each squad and dished retired a record-breaking 16 yellowish cards.
Cristiano Ronaldo was subbed disconnected injured successful the first-half aft a fearfulness tackle from Khalid Boulahrouz.
The Max-Morlock-Stadion besides played big to six matches astatine the 1972 Olympics and the European Cup Winners’ Cup last successful 1967 arsenic Bayern Munich bushed Rangers.
The ref sent disconnected 2 players from each 2 successful a brainsick game
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