The project of the building belongs to the Swiss office "Herzog & de Meuron".
At the official opening of the stadium on May 31, a match took place between the team of Bayern, the winner of the home championship, and the national team of Germany, the victory went to the hosts with a score of 4: 2.
The new arena will become Munich's premier soccer field, replacing the 1972 Olympic Stadium built by Gunter Benisch and Fry Otto. Unlike its predecessor, the new structure is built on the English model - the stands are no longer separated from the field by a treadmill, and the steeply rising rows of spectator seats should help create a more "thickened" atmosphere during the match.
But the main feature of the new sports facility was the design of its facades. It is thanks to the original external design that the Herzog & de Meuron project won first place in the corresponding competition in 2002. The volume of the building is covered with 2,874 diamond-shaped "cushions" made of plastic, in which fluorescent tubes are embedded. Therefore, the building can turn red when Bayern is playing there, blue when a match with TVS Munich 1860 is taking place, a second division team for which Allianz is also home, and white when Germany is playing. The polymer used to make the pillows is more than 100 times lighter than glass and transmits at least 95% of the light.
The uniform cladding gives the stadium the appearance of a monolithic volume of unusual texture, which puts it on a par with the best architectural monuments of the city in terms of attractiveness for tourists.
The design of the interior space is much more restrained, so as not to distract the attention of the audience from the game, decided mainly in gray tones. The stadium boasts a length of 258 m and a height of 50 m. In addition to 66,000 regular spectator seats and 2,200 business and press seats, there are 106 boxes, 28 food stalls, 2 huge cafes, 2 halls of fame. children's centers, shops, administrative premises and a press center.
