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Vienna - Ernst Happel Stadium Hotels
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We have listed here a selection of well reviewed hotels in Vienna showing the distance of each hotel from the Ernst Happel Stadium. Some are hotels near the Ernst Happel Stadium whilst others may not be so near but are good Vienna hotels. Please see below for more information on the local area and scroll down to find the hotel listings.
Vienna is a cultural haven, with a district full of art museums, a dance center and a children's museum and theater. Music lovers can attend Vienna State Opera concerts and view the homes of composers like Mozart and Haydn. At the Hofburg Palace - home to museums, the Austrian President's office, the Vienna Boys Choir and the Spanish Riding School - visitors can watch the famous Lipizzan stallions perform. Architectural landmarks such as the gothic St. Stephen's Cathedral shouldn't be missed. For more information see our Vienna destination guide.
Price guide (US Dollars used for comparison purposes + prices are approximate lowest rates per room, per night at time of publishing. Do please click on the link to visit the hotel reservation website to find accurate pricing for your desired nights). We include budget hotels Vienna through to luxury hotels Vienna.
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The Ernst Happel Stadium ( Ernst Happel Stadion) lies within Leopoldstadt, the second district of the Austrian capital Vienna, is the largest stadium in Austria. The stadium was designed by the German architect Otto Ernst Schweizer and was built between 1929 and 1931 for the second Workers' Olympiad. The stadium was renamed Ernst Happel following the death of the famous Austrian football player and coach in 1992. The stadium hosted seven games in UEFA Euro 2008, including the final. The stadium is owned by the City of Vienna and managed a subsidiary of Wien Holding. For concerts in the Ernst Happel Stadion up to 19,000 seats may be added to the pitch.
Football
The Ernst Happel Stadium is home to the Austrian national football team. Club football matches are usually constrained to the domestic cup final and international matches featuring one of Vienna's top clubs, FK Austria Wien and SK Rapid Wien. Both of their regular stadiums are too small to host UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup matches.
The stadium is rated one of UEFA's Five Star Stadiums permitting it to host the UEFA Champions League final. The seating capacity was temporarily expanded to 53,008 for the UEFA Euro 2008 championship. The stadium also hosted 3 group games, 2 quarter-final matches, a semi-final and final.
Concerts
Ernst Happel Stadium has hosted a number of rock concerts, with crowds of up to 70,000 attending performances by Michael Jackson, AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Robbie Williams, Three Tenors, Rolling Stones, U2, Guns N' Roses, Pink Floyd and Tina Turner.
