Due to UEFA's sponsorship regulations, the stadium is named AZ Stadion in European matches.

AZ won the first Eredivisie game in its new home, 8–1 over NAC Breda,[3] with German midfielder Simon Cziommer scoring a hat-trick.

[5] To further grow the club's budget, the AZ Board decided to increase the stadium's capacity to 30,000 seats.

[6] As a result, AZ spent the rest of the year playing home matches at the Cars Jeans Stadion in The Hague.

A new roof has been put into place with a greater surface and the capacity was increased to hold around 19,500 fans.