Hallescher FC is one of the most successful clubs in Germany's Regional League North. The club has great sporting ambitions – as can be seen also in the club's infrastructure. The best example of this is the club's new stadium, which was completed in September 2011. The Erdgas Sportpark, as it is known, has a seating capacity of over 15,000 and includes eight boxes, three hundred and twenty business seats and thirty places for the handicapped. After the first match in the new stadium, against Hamburger SV of the Bundesliga on September 20th, the club was able to report a full house. Three days prior to this, local inhabitants were given an opportunity to admire the city's new sporting landmark at an open door event to celebrate the completion of the project.