The Volksparkstadion has additionally served as the home ground for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in continental competition during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and as a stadium for the Germany national football team.

Recently, it has served as a host stadium for both the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.

In 1963, when HSV qualified for the newly created Bundesliga, they moved into the Volksparkstadion, a stadium that was both larger and more modern than Rothenbaum.

HSV then began to see some success[vague] in the Bundesliga, and managed to[tone] maintain their status for years to come.

Volksparkstadion with a brand new stadium, not only to help Germany get ready to host the Football World Cup, but also because it was getting increasingly more[tone] difficult to meet the safety standards with such an old facility.

The old stadium was demolished, and the new arena was rotated 90° to provide an equal viewing experience for all the stands and to take advantage of sunlight.

The record attendance was attained in Hamburger SV's victory over Bayern Munich (1–0) on 30 January 2009, when 57,000 paying spectators were counted.

The new stadium removed the track and field facilities that increased the distance between the pitch and the stands.

A large clock was added to the northwest corner in 2001 to commemorate HSV's status as the only club to have played continuously in the Bundesliga since its foundation.

[3] Due to UEFA regulations, when the stadium had a sponsored name, it was referred to as the Hamburg Arena [ˈhambʊʁk ʔaˌʁeːnaː] for European matches.

[4] The 1974 FIFA World Cup was held in West Germany and the Volksparkstadion was one of the stadiums used in the tournament.

The only game of the tournament that was played at the stadium was a semi-final that saw hosts West Germany lose to the Netherlands 1–2.

The stadium hosted the heavyweight unification boxing match between Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye on 2 July 2011.

The stadium hosted the German leg of the worldwide concert event Live Earth on 7 July 2007.