From 5 p.m.: Countdown to the opening of the Raiffeisen Arena

Update now!

5:15 p.m.: In front of the entrance to the business club, LASK employees give information about the construction of the stadium. The guests are then shown around.

5:10 p.m.: Ready to work restored. We’re reporting from the conference room because the media stand doesn’t open until 6:30 p.m. But it doesn’t matter to us – we’re going to the fan zone anyway.

5:05 p.m.: Formalities have to be clarified. Such as the accreditation for us journalists. They are already available. The LASK only ran out of the ribbons with which one could hang the accreditations around the neck. Sky TV people hold a meeting in the press conference room.

17:00 o’clock: Arrival at the parking lot in front of the Raiffeisen. OÖN photographer Volker Weihbold thankfully picked us up because it had started to rain.

4:40 p.m.: To bridge the time, we recommend that you accompany us on the tour of the new arena. On Wednesday, a crowd of journalists was led through the stadium, OÖN-TV was there:

4:35 p.m.: Our journey begins in the newsroom of OÖNachrichten. From here we will make our way to the Gugl in the next few minutes and take a look around.

4:30 p.m.: Hello and welcome to the countdown to the opening of the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz. In exactly four hours, the LASK game against Austria Lustenau will be kicked off on the Gugl. At this point I can take you with me on the journey to the fan zone and on to the stadium in the next few hours. Of course, we also report on the game itself in a live ticker.