Its current
seating capacity is 30,188. The stadium's original capacity was 18,200, but it was heavily expanded to over 30,000 to accommodate the
2008 European Football Championships. The "EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim" was the only stadium in the
Austrian Bundesliga which used
artificial turf.
Polytan's
FIFA 2-Star Recommended 40mm surface Ligaturf with a 25mm elastic layer was installed in 2005, but since summer 2008 natural lawn has been used. From the
2018-19 Austrian Football Bundesliga season onwards, the majority of the upper stand remains closed, therefore limiting capacity to 17,218. This was done in order to improve the atmosphere, which was often considered as “weak“ during Salzburg‘s national home games. This reduction in capacity only applies for Bundesliga matches. ==Euro 2008 Matches==