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Merkur Arena

home of the football clubs SK Sturm Graz and Grazer AK
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Summary

Merkur Arena is an association football venue[1]. It draws 1,266 Wikipedia views per month (association football venue category, ranking #215 of 1,755).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Liebenau[3]
  • Country: Austria[4]
  • Owned by: Graz[5]
  • Named after: Merkur Versicherung[6]
  • Commons category: Liebenauer Stadium[7]
  • Occupant: SK Sturm Graz[8], Grazer AK[9]
  • Inception: January 1, 1997[10]
  • Sport: association football[11]
  • Maximum capacity: 15,400[12]
  • Official name: Merkur Arena[13]
  • Date of official opening: 1997[14]

Why It Matters

Merkur Arena has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Arnold Schwarzenegger Austria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_merkur-arena_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Merkur Arena}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/merkur-arena}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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  1. 2d ago · Arch2bot bot · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maximum capacity → {'amount': '+15400'}
    Instance of → association football venue
    Inception → —
    Named after → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Commons category: UPC-Arena, Redirects to another Commons Category"
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