near the tower; games played there are often described as "under the TV tower" or "in the shade of the TV tower".

History

The tower's construction was controversial - critics opposed the new building method and its costs; a simple 200-meter antenna array would have cost just 200,000 DM. Construction began on 10 January 1954 and continued for 20 months. This made it the first telecom tower in the world built with reinforced concrete. The construction cost was 4.2 million DM. Revenues from visitors reached that sum within five

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