40,000 m² area, 2,500 Tons of steel, 600 km of cable: Everything built for your entertainment!

History   

• Opened on November 8, 2002.
• Construction cost of 83 Million Euros.
• Construction period lasting 16 months. 

Capacity

• Maximum Capacity: 16,000 seats.
• Capacity for Handball and Ice Hockey matches: up to 13,000 seats.
• Capacity for (mit abgehängtem Oberrang): up to 8,000 seats.
• Capacity in Amphitheater: between 3,000 and 4,000 seats.
• 66 VIP Suites, each able hold 12 to 15 guests.
• 1 Showloge for 48 people (possible to divide into two suites, each with a capacity of 24 people.
• 1 Business-Club VIP Suite for 56 guests.
• 3 Group Suites that can hold up to 120 guests. 
• 79 wheelchair accessible spots, with space for 79 accompanying persons.

Size and Technical Data

• Length: 150m, Width: 110m, Height: 33m.
• Gross building volume: 500,000 m³.
• Total arena area: 40,000 m².
• Maximum area available for events: 86.8m x 43.3m (3,760 m²).
• Ice hockey playing rink: 30m x 60m.

Technology

• A distributed high ceiling load-bearing capacity of 135 tons – evenly distributed, ceiling can hold the weight of up to 90 VW Golfs.
• A moveable Video Cube jumbo screen suspended from arena ceiling with a variety of broadcast options for DVD, video, and various graphics.
• Production flow: 2,500 amps.
• 2 Truck Entrances that extend into inner arena.

Restaurants

• 4 Themed-Restaurants and 4 Bars with 2,000 Seats.
• 17 Fast food-outlets through out the arena with a variety of food and drinks.

The Building in Numbers

• The total façade surface area of the arena is approximately 8,000m2.
• Steel construction of the roof weighs approx. 550 Tons, as much as 440 VW Golfs.
• Ice surface of the arena is around 2,000 m².
• 12,000 m³ of concrete used during construction - enough to make 34,000 bathtubs!
• 2,500 steel reinforcements installed to provide extra stability.
• Approx. 600 Kilometers of high and low current cables installed.
• Air ducts reaching a distance of 13 km, up to 620,000m³ of air can be circulated per hour, 75 ventilation units – each weighing 30 Tons – provide for excellent air circulation.
• Glass facades around the arena cover a total 2,200m².
• Control room can handle up to 6,600 amps electricity.
• Emergency power unit can create up to 1,250 amps.
• 15,000 Liters of local Holsten Pilsener Beer stored on-site in 15 steel drums.