January 2024
Temporary grandstands set a new spectator world record
On January 10, 2024, the European Handball Championship 2024 kicked off in Düsseldorf and immediately broke the spectator world record. More than 50,000 fans cheered on the opening matches in the MERKUS SPIEL-ARENA. NUSSLI equipped the stadium with 8,700 temporary grandstand seats for the handball spectacle and created a "witches' cauldron atmosphere".