Herman Vanderpoortenstadion

AsterX Group-f Arena

Het Lisp
Former names	Lisperstadion, Herman Vanderpoortenstadion
Location	Lier, Belgium
Coordinates	51°08′39″N 4°34′25″E
Capacity	14,538 [1]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1925
Renovated	2000, 2009
Tenants
Lierse Kempenzonen

The stadium in 1999, before the renovation.

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛrmɑɱ vɑndərˈpoːrtə(n)ˌstaːdijɔn]), also called Het Lisp (Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˈlɪsp]), is a multi-use stadium in Lier, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Lierse between 1925 and 2018.^[2] The stadium holds 14,538,^[3] including 4,311 standing places, 522 business seats, 102 VIP seats and 3 loges.^[2] Following the bankruptcy of Lierse in 2018, it is unclear who will be the new tenants.

It is located along the Lispersesteenweg, the road leading to Lisp, the neighbourhood of Lier where the club is located.^[2] The stadium is named after Herman Vanderpoorten, a Belgian politician, former mayor of Lier between 1982 and 1984.

Stadium Lierse anno 2018

References

1. Het Herman Vanderpoortenstadion lierse.com (last check 30/03/2018)
2. "Voetbalbelgie". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
3. Het Herman Vanderpoortenstadion Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine lierse.com (last check 30/03/2018)

External links

• Lierse SK official website
• Herman Vanderpoortenstadion