Red Bull Arena — Attraction in Leipzig

We went to see Elton John in concert here. The concert was pretty good and we enjoyed it very much. Before the concert we did a reconnaissance mission to find out about parking. We were told no problem blah blah. With an hour and half before the start we left our car parking space. The traffic was horrendous and when we finally got there the same man told us we had to book a place. We travelled back and parked further away from where we started. Using public transport we made it twenty minutes late. Tip event like this just take the public transport. After the concert it took another hour to get back to the hotel. It won't put us off going again as we are now wiser. The stadium looked pretty modern and had...

Red Bull Arena (German pronunciation: [ɹɛt ˈbʊl ʔaˌʁeːna]; formerly Zentralstadion German pronunciation: [tsɛnˈtʁaːlˌʃtaːdi̯ɔn] is a football facility located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It is the largest football stadium in eastern Germany, and has also hosted music concerts as well as football. Capacity 47,069 (league matches) / 42,600 (International matches). Opened in 2004, it is currently the home stadium for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, with FC Sachsen Leipzig having previously used the stadium from its opening until 2009. Due to UEFA sponsorship regulations, the stadium is known as the RB Arena for...

The stadium was clean and the staff was friendly, but the COVID handling was not executed so well.

Some sections (including mine) had to arrive 2 hours before the match started but then we had very limited concessions--literally only pretzels to eat.

You could only pay with a card, but you had to enter a PIN for even the smallest purchase when doing contactless payment (which means everyone is touching the same keypad).

Just make sure to eat well before you go or bring a snack with you until things get back to normal.

Overall a very nice experience, and it didn't hurt that RB Leipzig was...