Olympiahalle

Olympiahalle

West entrance
Full name	Olympiahalle München
Location	Olympiapark München Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21 80809 Munich Germany
Coordinates	48°10′30″N 11°33′00″E / 48.17500°N 11.55000°E / 48.17500; 11.55000Coordinates: 48°10′30″N 11°33′00″E / 48.17500°N 11.55000°E / 48.17500; 11.55000
Owner	Olympiapark München GmbH
Operator	CTS Eventim
Capacity	15,500
Construction
Broke ground	1967
Opened	27 August 1972 (1972-08-27)
Renovated	2007–09
Architect	Behnisch Architekten
Project manager	Bernd Rosewich
Structural engineer	Hans Korn
Tenants
FIBA Europapokal der Landesmeister (1989, 1999) Basketball-Europameisterschaft (1993) Munich Indoors (1998 – present) WTA Championships (2001)
Website
Arena information

Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose arena located in Am Riesenfeld in Munich, Germany, part of Olympiapark.

About

Olympiapark with ensemble Olympiahalle on the right, Olympic Stadium and Olympic Swim Hall

The arena is used for concerts, sporting events, exhibitions or trade fairs. In the past, it served as a part-time home for the defunct ice hockey team EC Hedos München. Olympiahalle opened in 1972 and was the venue for gymnastics and handball events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1] The seating capacity for the arena varies from 12,150 up to 14,000.

The current seating capacity 15,500 set after a massive overhaul that was completed in 2009. A new VIP area, a restaurant and an underground second arena ("Kleine Olympiahalle") with a capacity of up to 4,000 was integrated in the new complex. The stage area was also rebuilt, which contributed to the increased seating capacity and at the same time allowed faster access for stage crews, which is very important nowadays.

Entertainment

Sports

Olympiahalle also plays hosts to the annual Munich Sixdays, a very popular international track-cycling competition. Several other major international events were held in this venue, including the 1974 and the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1975 preliminaries of the Ice Hockey World Championships and the 1983, 1993 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships finals.^[28]

Important basketball events that were held in Olympiahalle include the Final phase of the 1993 European Basketball Championships, the 1989^[28][29] and 1999^[28][30] Euroleague Final Fours.

World Wrestling Entertainment has hosted several house shows in the Olympiahalle since 1992 and most recently on September 27, 2008.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olympiahalle.

• Official website (German)
• tum.de: Olympiapark (a student project of the tum/dept Architecture) (German)

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