Hannover
Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony, is one of the most important international fair venues in Europe and in the year 2000 was the home of The World Exhibition, EXPO 2000 After successfully playing host to matches in both the 1974 World Cup and EURO 88, Hannover is looking forward to hosting matches during World Cup 2006. At the beginning of 1999 the city council committed itself to providing a stadium suitable for a World Cup. To this end in the region of 100 million marks is being spent on the modernisation of the Niedersachsen Stadium The first phase of this work was completed in time for EXPO 2000, with work n the whole project being finished in the summer of 2002 Population : 525,000 The Stadium : Niedersachsen Stadion Seating Capacity : 50,000 seats Matches in Hannover
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