FC Lokomotive Leipzig) at various points in the 20th century (including large-scale European matches in the 1970s and domestic football in the 1990s).

From the outset, the new team outlined their wish to move into the tenant-less Zentralstadion and rename it the "Red Bull Arena".

[vague] The team has pledged to upgrade the seating, install video advertising boards and make changes to the boxes and the VIP area.

[vague][5][6] In the 2010–11 season, Hallescher FC played between three and five games at the Zentralstadion due to their own Kurt-Wabbel Stadion being renovated.

[tone] New plans were made to expand the stadium to 57,000 seats, involving Viennese architect Albert Wimmer.

[10] In December 2016, RB Leipzig proposed that the stadium would be sold from former owner Michael Kölmel to the club to continue the plans from the 2015 agenda.

Tina Turner (2000), Paul McCartney (2004), Herbert Grönemeyer (2007, 2011), Genesis (2007), Bon Jovi (2008), Depeche Mode (2009, 2013), AC/DC (2009, 2016), Mario Barth (2011), Coldplay (2012, 2017), Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (2013), Helene Fischer (2015, 2018), Rammstein (2022) and P!nk (2024) have all played at this venue.