Letzigrund (help·info) is a stadium in Zurich (German: Zürich), Switzerland, and the home of the football club FC Zürich. It is also temporarily home to the football club Grasshopper-Club Zürich while their stadium (Stadion Zürich) is under construction. The annual athletics meet Weltklasse Zürich—part of the IAAF Diamond League—takes place at the Letzigrund, as well as frequent open air concerts.
It opened November 22, 1925 owned by the FC Zürich football club. During the Great Depression, ownership changed to the city of Zurich in 1937 which has operated it since. It underwent extensive remodelling in 1947, 1958, 1973, and 1984. Lighting was added in 1973. The first open air concert was in 1996.
The capacity is 25,000. The main pitch is 105 by 68 metres with athletics facilities. There are also three other playing fields: 2 lawns, 1 artificial turf and a small packed sand field. A bar and a restaurant are within the stadium.
For concerts, it has a high capacity, in 1997, during her Falling Into You Tour, Celine Dion played a sold out concert to 75,000 people & Tina Turner performed 2 sold-out performances at the stadium during her highly successful Twenty Four Seven Tour.