Stadium Feijenoord, popularly known as De Kuip, is a football stadium in Rotterdam-Zuid (IJsselmonde). It is a stadium with football history where the professional football organisation Feijenoord play their home matches. Feijenoord chairman Leen van Zandvliet, after whom the adjacent square is named, was the driving force behind the construction of the stadium. The stadium was designed by the architect Leendert van der Vlugt, from the Brinkman and Van der Vlugt architectural firms. Construction began in 1935; the opening was on 27 March 1937. Van der Vlugt died in 1936 and therefore did not attend the opening.
The name of the stadium is spelled in different ways. The owner of the stadium is as 'stadion van Feijenoord N.V.'. (with ij) registered in the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce. This way of spelling is also used on the website of the stadium. On the other hand, a y is used in the Rotterdam City Archives, on stationery and above the entrance on the Olympia side: Stadium Feijenoord.
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