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Olympiastadion Berlin

Berlin, GermanyNeutral site

A neutral-site venue where the league plays abroad. There is no home team here, and the environment is unlike any domestic stadium.

Playing conditions

Roof
Open air

Fully exposed to wind, cold, and rain.

Elevation
112 ft

Low elevation, with no meaningful altitude effect.

The venue

Capacity74,475
Opened1936
Time zoneCentral European
FormerlyDeutsches Stadion

How this venue plays

This is an open-air venue, so the game is exposed to its environment and the forecast is part of the projection. Wind is the largest single effect, pulling down the passing and kicking games; cold suppresses offense more gradually; and rain shows up mostly in ball security and play calling.

Sitting this far north, the venue also swings hard by month. An early-season game here is a different environment from a December one, and the model reads the forecast for the specific date rather than applying a season-long average.

The measured effect of these conditions on a specific game appears alongside that game once the season is live.