Merkur Spiel-Arena
Merkur Spiel-Arena is a indoor arena in Stockum, Germany that opened in 2004. Its recorded capacity is 54,600.
Key facts
Merkur Spiel-Arena is a indoor arena in Stockum, Germany that opened in 2004. Its recorded capacity is 54,600. It is owned by City of Düsseldorf and Düsseldorf. It is operated by Düsseldorf Congress Sport & Event. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including LTU Arena, Esprit Arena. Current tenants are Fortuna Düsseldorf, Rhein Fire, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, East Germany national football team, KFC Uerdingen 05, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Rhein Fire.
- Location
- Stockum, Germany
- Type
- Indoor arena
- Capacity
- 54,600
- Opened
- 2004
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- City of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
- Roof
- Retractable roof
Merkur Spiel-Arena is at latitude 51.261539, longitude 6.733083, in Stockum, Germany. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 51.261539 |
| Longitude | 6.733083 |
| City | Stockum |
| Region | Stockum |
| Country | Germany |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roof | Retractable roof | Wikipedia category | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Merkur Spiel-Arena has carried 2 recorded names. LTU Arena (no sponsor) ran 2004 to 2009. Esprit Arena (no sponsor) ran 2009 to 2018. The average tenure of a name here is 7 years.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Düsseldorf | 2004 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | City of Düsseldorf | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Düsseldorf Congress Sport & Event | 2004 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Rhein Fire | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| East Germany national football team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| KFC Uerdingen 05 | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Not mapped | 2004 to present | Current | Source |
| Rhein Fire | Not mapped | 2004 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
22 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 632 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32837 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 662 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 66500 | 54600 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372086181 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Merkur_Spiel-Arena | Merkur Spiel-Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Esprit Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | LTU Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17684 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17683 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17682 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17681 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17680 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | sponsorships | (created) | not set | 21 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3708 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3707 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3706 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3705 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: