http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e3/FC_Twente.svg/165px-FC_Twente.svg.png
FC Twente'65

Winner Eredivisie: 2010
Runner's-Up: 1974, 2008, 2009, 2011

Cup Winner:
1977, 2001, 2011
Runner's-Up: 1975, 1979, 2004, 2009

UEFA Cup
Runner-up: 1975
UEFA Intertoto Cup (1x)

Winnaar: 2006
Poulewinnaar: 1983



Footbal Club Twente from Enschede, the Netherlands is planning a huge expand of it's home base.
The original stadium, built in 1998 had 13.250 seats, this remained to be until 2008.
The football club kept on gaining succes in the Eredivisie (highest football division) and decided to expand the building in several phases.
In the first phase (2008) the building's capacity was extended to 24.000 seats.
In the second phase (this year), another 10.000 seats will be added.
With The Netherlands and Belgium being one of the candidates for the 2018/2022 World Championships-
and The Grolsch Veste being one of the match-cities, the stadium will face it's final expansion, to 44.000 seats.

The stadium as built in 1998 (Former name: Arke Stadion)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2659421792_f24cca3f06_o.jpg

1st phase expansion (Completed September 2008):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Grolsch_Veste_wedstrijd.JPG/800px-Grolsch_Veste_wedstrijd.JPG

2nd phase expansion (Construction start: summer 2010):

http://www.stadiumconsultancy.com/media/GrolschVesteU_000.jpg

Final expansion (44.000):

http://www.tctubantia.nl/multimedia/archive/01347/twente3_1347105b.JPG

http://www.tctubantia.nl/multimedia/archive/01347/twente2_1347107b.JPG

http://www.tctubantia.nl/multimedia/archive/01347/twente1_1347106b.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grolsch_Veste
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Twente
http://www.fctwente.nl/

wow, looks great!!

wrong place for this thread.

i don't like the new main stand
it destroys my dream of a 3rd tier :D

Thanks for adjusting and moving the thread, should have informed myself better.

Adjustment:

Winner Eredivisie: 2010

Looks like clown McClaren find good place for job :)

Looks like clown McClaren find good place for job :)
<offtopic>Consider him a clown or not, he managed to become champion in his first year with this material. I noticed that he is still blamed for not qualifying with England for Euro 2008 but Louis van Gaal also did not manage to qualify our Dutch team for the World Cup 2002 and look what van Gaal is doing now :cheers:</offtopic>
The Grolsch Veste looks impressive and it will be even more impressive once the 32.000 expansion will be finalised. I dont like the final result though, the curve is ugly in the render. ( Although the quality of the render is also very poor )

Maartendev

Of course he's clown not for Boro or Twente :)
Well,Eredivisie not strong championship now especially when PSV and Feyenoord looks poor.He have only one competitor - Ajax.Don't compare him to Van Gaal or Guus Hiddink who also did not manage to qualify our Russia team,they just different class managers.

BTW

This stadium remind me big version of the Stade La Maladière in Swiss

http://www.linternaute.com/savoir/magazine/photo/10-nouveaux-stades-dans-le-monde/image/stade-maladiere-suisse-227607.jpg

Besides the dominant red colour there is in my opinion no resemblance between La Maladière and the Grolsche Veste.

Some information about the status quo:
After the joint bid of Netherlands and Belgium for the 2018 worldcup wasn´t sucessful, in summer 2011 De Grolsche Veste was expanded to a capacity of around 30.000. There are still plans for a further expansion to around 44.000 seats until 2015.