Lanxess Arena
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music venue and hockey stadium in Cologne, Germany
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It is catalogued under topics including 1998 establishments in Germany, Basketball venues in Germany and Convention centres in Germany.
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Key facts
- Former names
- Kölnarena (1998–2008)
- Location
- Deutz, Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
- Owner
- Immobilienfonds Köln-Deutz Arena, Mantelbebauung GbR
- Operator
- Arena Management GmbH
- Capacity
- 20,000 ( concerts ) , 19,500 ( handball ) , 18,500 ( hockey )
- Surface
- Parquetry , ice
- Public transit
- Köln Messe/Deutz , Bahnhof Deutz/LANXESS arena
- Groundbreaking
- July 31, 1996 ; 29 years ago ( 1996-07-31 )
- Opened
- October 5, 1998 ; 27 years ago ( 1998-10-05 )
- Construction cost
- € 153 million
- Architect
- Peter Böhm
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- multi-purpose hall
- Named after
- Cologne
- Official name
- Lanxess Arena
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Deutz
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Official website
- www.lanxess-arena.de
- Image
- Köln deutz kölnarena.jpg
- Significant event
- groundbreaking ceremony
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- Commons gallery
- Lanxess Arena (Kölnarena)
- Commons category
- Lanxess Arena
- maximum capacity
- 20000
- occupant
- Kölner Haie
- date of official opening
- 1998-10-05
- inception
- 1998-01-01
- street address
- Willy-Brandt-Platz 3, 50679 Köln
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Encyclopedic overview
Lanxess Arena (stylized as LANXESS arena; originally Kölnarena, German for "Cologne arena") is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie and as one of Germany's major music venues. As of 2019, Lanxess Arena was the highest-attended arena worldwide, with 699,924 tickets sold. The arena is spanned by a notable steel arch supporting the roof via steel cables. The height of the arch is 76 m (249 ft) and its weight is 480 tons.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lanxess Arena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.