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The Home Deluxe Arena is a multi-use stadium in Paderborn, Germany, that was built between July 2005 and July 2008, as a replacement for the Hermann-Löns-Stadion.
The opening match between SC Paderborn and Borussia Dortmund was attended by 15,000 spectators, the stadium's full capacity.
In the season 2018-19, the stadium held an average of 11,508 spectators who had attended the matches of SC Paderborn in the 2. Bundesliga.
Initial planning for a new stadium for SC Paderborn date back to 2001 when it became clearer that the previous special license for the Hermann-Löns-Stadion as a regular football stadium would soon terminate.
In 2003, the city's sports committee declared the end of the Hermann-Löns-Stadion for the near future.
Subsequently, various suggestions for the new stadiums were put forth.
In 2004, a new location was found and on 12 July 2005, building of the stadium holding 15,000 visitors by construction company "Bremer AG" started.
Later in 2005 however, construction was halted due to a withdrawal of the building license following lawsuits filed by residents.
A new construction plan had to be arranged and in December 2007, construction continued.
Construction was yet again in January 2008 due to the city of Paderborn not granting a transfer of €3.4 million.
More lawsuits were filed and all settled in March 2008, following the payment by the city.
On 30 June 2008, the stadium was handed over to SC Paderborn.
In June 2009, the stadium was renamed Energieteam Arena and in July 2012 Benteler-Arena, after a naming agreement with Austrian company Benteler.
In 2022, a ten-year naming agreement with online retailer Home Deluxe was signed to rename the stadium Home Deluxe Arena.
Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the turn of the millennium, becoming a fixture in the 2. Bundesliga before securing promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2013-14 season.
They suffered a hasty fall from grace, however, being relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after only a season in the top division, and then again to the 3. Liga the season after.
This relegation streak almost continued as low as the Regionalliga West, but were saved in the 2016-17 season because 1860 Munich were refused a license.
The club returned to 2. Bundesliga, reaching 2nd place in the 2018-19 season and was promoted to the Bundesliga.
The club finished 18th in the 2019-20 season and returned to the 2. Bundesliga.
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