Rhein-Neckar-Arena (), currently known as SNP Arena and previously as PreZero Arena and Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of TSG Hoffenheim. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people. It replaced TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's former ground, the Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion.
The stadium is the largest in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan area, although it is situated in a town with only 3,600 inhabitants.
The first competitive match was played on 31 January 2009 against FC Energie Cottbus, and ended in a 2–0 win for Hoffenheim. The stadium hosted international matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. The Rhein-Neckar-Arena hosted the "2017 DEL Winter Game", an outdoor ice hockey game between Adler Mannheim and the Schwenningen Wild Wings on 7 January 2017.
Traffic connection The Sinsheim-Museum/Arena S-Bahn stop at the Elsenz Valley Railway (Elsenztalbahn) is just over a kilometre walk awayGroßer Bahnhof für den Fußball. In: stimme.de and there are shuttle buses from Sinsheim main station. The stadium can be reached by car via the newly built Sinsheim-Süd junction of the federal motorway 6.
International football matches Date Competition Team Result Team Attendance 9 September 2018Friendly 2–1 25,494 26 March 2022 2–0 25,600 10 October 2025 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 4–0 25,249
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup DateTime (CET)Team #1ResultTeam #2RoundSpectators26 June 201125,4752 July 201125,4755 July 201120,45116 July 201125,475
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See also
List of football stadiums in Germany Lists of stadiums
References
External links
Stadium information and photos 3D model of the Rhein-Neckar-Arena Stadium plans from club website World Stadiums