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Austrian Bundesliga Club Rapid Vienna Invites Fans To Participate In Stadium Demolition

Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Vienna has invited fans to "help demolish their Gerhard Hanappi Stadium this Saturday, offering them the chance to unscrew seats, chisel away pieces of the walls and even cut out bits of the goal net to take home," according to Adam Shergold of the London DAILY MAIL. The Austrian club is set to leave its home of 37 years and "move into a new 22,000-seater stadium" which is due to be completed in '16. Prices at the "Demolition Party" this weekend include €19.77 ($24.94) -- the year the stadium was built -- per seat and €18.99 ($23.95) -- the year the club was founded -- for a section of net. For €5 ($6.3), "you can dig up a bit of turf."  Announcing the event, the club said, "Here you have the opportunity to stock up on memorabilia from our venerable home with four different souvenirs from the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium available to purchase." But keen not to "spark a free-for-all," the club added, "We will provide the necessary tools, naturally with all safety precautions taken into account and with employees standing by." To celebrate the occasion, Rapid are "also staging a fan festival at the ground and will also take a 'big family photo' of players and fans to mark the closure of the stadium" (DAILY MAIL, 10/1).

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