The Nuremberg Stadium  

Between 1926 and 1928, designed by Otto Ernst Schweizer, a sports and leisure park, including an open-air swimming pool, playing fields and festival grounds, as well as football fields, athletics grounds, tennis courts and the municipal stadium for 50,000 spectators was established. The sports grounds were then considered to be the "world's most beautiful stadium" and were honoured with a gold medal in the Artistic Competition of Nations on the occasion of the IX. Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928.

From 1933 to 1938, the National Socialists included the stadium in their annual Party Rally events. For their purposes, they built marching grounds and megalomaniac buildings, such as the Congress Hall and the Zeppelin Grandstand, in the area around Dutzendteich lake. Since 2001, the Documentation Centre Party Rally Grounds has provided extensive information on the history and repercussions of the former Party Rally Grounds.

After 1945, the stadium served as a sports arena for the US Army. Since 1963, it has been the venue for the Federal League home matches of 1. FC Nürnberg.

Starting in 1987, the municipal stadium was extensively refurbished, and in 1991 was re-opened with a public festival and renamed "Franken-Stadion".

On November 10, 2003, the foundation stone was laid for a Function Building, marking the start of the refurbishment of the Franken-Stadium to get ready for the 2006 FIFA Football World Cup™. For 56 million Euros, the stadium was further modernised, and equipped with state-of-the-art technology. It now provides 44,308 roofed seats. On 24 April, 2005 the stadium was officially re-opened with an Open Day and the Federal League match 1. FC Nürnberg vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach, and it was ready for the Confederations Cup in June 2005.

In March 2006, Norisbank acquired the naming right for the stadium for a period of five years, dubbing the sports arena "easyCredit-Stadion".

Since May 2006, an Information System has provided explanations on the grounds and on the built heritage from the National Socialist era.

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