The stadium is located slightly outside the city centre and holds 34,000 spectators. It replaced the club's long-standing home ground, the Bruchwegstadion. Until the arena's completion on July 3, 2011, Mainz 05 played at the Bruchwegstadion.
This was not approved for international matches, which is why Mainz had to host their Europa League home matches in the 2011/12 season at Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena.