Liga season, Magdeburg drew the highest average home attendance (17,100), followed by MSV Duisburg (14,175) and Hansa Rostock (11,433).

[2] The first stadium at this location had been inaugurated on 14 April 1912 as the home of SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg.

After World War II the city of Magdeburg planned to erect a sports center consisting among others of a stadium with a capacity for 80,000 people and a natatorium.

In order to erect the stands, about 5.3 million cubic ft of rubble were transported from the ruins of the city.

Over the years, it was upgraded several times, parts of the stands were put under a roof, and floodlights were installed.

However, after the reunification of Germany the stadium fell into disrepair and in 2004 the city council decided to build a new one at the same site.

FC Magdeburg lost 0–3 to Bundesliga side SV Werder Bremen, this time 24,300 spectators had come.

The first international match was held on 29 July 2007 when the German women's national team beat their Danish counterparts 4–0 in front of 10,735 spectators.

[7] The kick-off spot grass patch from the 2014–15 Regionalliga promotion round match against Kickers Offenbach on 27 May 2015, was auctioned on eBay on 30 May 2016.