Lidl Arena (until 2013 and from 2019 to 2022: Stadion Bergholz; from 2013 to 2019: IGP Arena) is located in the city of Wil in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen and is the home ground of the football club FC Wil and the Heveltic Guards. The football stadium is owned by the city of Wil.
The facility offers a total of 6,000 seats. Of these, 700 are seated and 5,300 are standing. The playing surface is artificial turf. The stadium has four 38-metre-high floodlight masts, which have a total of 126 lamps and provide an illuminance of 700 lux on the pitch. In the 2012/13 season, the stadium was renovated into a "Sportpark Bergholz". Therefore, FC Wil's home matches during the 2012/13 Swiss Football Championship were played at the AFG Arena in St. Gallen.[1]
In November 2013, the Wils-based company IGP Pulvertechnik acquired the sponsorship rights to the Sportpark. The football stadium was thus officially called "IGP Arena". The company paid CHF 100,000 per year for this. At the end of 2019, the name sponsor withdrew from the contract. After a three-year search, a new name sponsor was found in 2022 in the form of the retailer Lidl Switzerland. The stadium has since been called Lidl Arena.[2][3][4]
It is part of the eponymous sports facility, which also contains swimming pools and an ice hockey rink, that was newly built at the site of their old ground in 2013, for the cost of around 11 million Swiss francs. Between 2013 and 2020 it bore the name of its sponsor IGP Pulvertechnik,[5] before reverting to its initial name.[6]
Referencesedit
^"Infrastruktur / Trainingsbetrieb – FC WIL 1900" (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^"Wiler Fussballarena getauft". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). 27 November 2013. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^"Vorzeitiger Ausstieg: IGP bald nicht mehr Bergholz-Namensgeber". Hallowil.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^"Lidl Schweiz wird neuer Naming-Right Partner". FC Wil, ein Sportverein, Fussball Club und Nachwuchsförderer (in German). 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^. fcwil.ch. FC Wil 1900 AG. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
lidl, arena, until, 2013, from, 2019, 2022, stadion, bergholz, from, 2013, 2019, arena, located, city, swiss, canton, gallen, home, ground, football, club, heveltic, guards, football, stadium, owned, city, former, namesstadion, bergholz, arena, 2013, 2019, add. Lidl Arena until 2013 and from 2019 to 2022 Stadion Bergholz from 2013 to 2019 IGP Arena is located in the city of Wil in the Swiss canton of St Gallen and is the home ground of the football club FC Wil and the Heveltic Guards The football stadium is owned by the city of Wil Lidl ArenaFormer namesStadion Bergholz IGP Arena 2013 2019 AddressFeldstrasse 40WilSwitzerlandCoordinates47 27 30 N 9 02 14 E 47 458333 N 9 037222 E 47 458333 9 037222OwnerCity of WilCapacity6048ConstructionBuilt1963Opened1963Websitehttps fcwil ch wir sportpark bergholz Stadium editThe facility offers a total of 6 000 seats Of these 700 are seated and 5 300 are standing The playing surface is artificial turf The stadium has four 38 metre high floodlight masts which have a total of 126 lamps and provide an illuminance of 700 lux on the pitch In the 2012 13 season the stadium was renovated into a Sportpark Bergholz Therefore FC Wil s home matches during the 2012 13 Swiss Football Championship were played at the AFG Arena in St Gallen 1 In November 2013 the Wils based company IGP Pulvertechnik acquired the sponsorship rights to the Sportpark The football stadium was thus officially called IGP Arena The company paid CHF 100 000 per year for this At the end of 2019 the name sponsor withdrew from the contract After a three year search a new name sponsor was found in 2022 in the form of the retailer Lidl Switzerland The stadium has since been called Lidl Arena 2 3 4 It is part of the eponymous sports facility which also contains swimming pools and an ice hockey rink that was newly built at the site of their old ground in 2013 for the cost of around 11 million Swiss francs Between 2013 and 2020 it bore the name of its sponsor IGP Pulvertechnik 5 before reverting to its initial name 6 References edit Infrastruktur Trainingsbetrieb FC WIL 1900 in Swiss High German Retrieved 2022 10 30 Wiler Fussballarena getauft St Galler Tagblatt in German 27 November 2013 Retrieved 2022 10 30 Vorzeitiger Ausstieg IGP bald nicht mehr Bergholz Namensgeber Hallowil ch in German Retrieved 2022 10 30 Lidl Schweiz wird neuer Naming Right Partner FC Wil ein Sportverein Fussball Club und Nachwuchsforderer in German 2022 06 08 Retrieved 2022 10 30 IGP sichert sich Naming Right am Wiler Bergholz fcwil ch FC Wil 1900 AG Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 Retrieved 28 November 2013 Sportpark Bergholz FC Wil External links editOfficial webpage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lidl Arena amp oldid 1167270065, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
