SAP Arena
LocationMannheim, Germany
Coordinates49°27′50.9″N 8°31′04.7″E / 49.464139°N 8.517972°E / 49.464139; 8.517972
OwnerDietmar Hopp
Capacity11,000–15,000 (concerts)
14,500 (handball)
13,900 (basketball)
13,600 (ice hockey)
Construction
Broke groundNovember, 2002
OpenedSeptember 2, 2005
Construction cost 70 million
ArchitectHentrich – Petschnigg & Partner KG[1]
Tenants
Adler Mannheim (DEL) (2005–present)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen (HBL) (2005–present)

SAP Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Mannheim, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey and handball, and is the home arena of the Adler Mannheim ice hockey club and the Rhein-Neckar Löwen handball club. Inaugurated in 2005, the arena has a capacity of up to 15,000 people.[1] More than a hundred concerts and convention events are hosted at the arena annually. The SAP Arena is one of the largest in Germany and one of the most high-tech in Europe. The arena is named after its sponsor SAP.

In late December 2022, the MLP Academics Heidelberg played against FC Bayern Munich (basketball) there. The Academics drew their record crow of 10,454 visitors. For each ticket sold, a donation was made to the Courage Foundation for the support of chronically ill children.[2]

Concerts

Services

In January 2018 the SAP Arena became the first multi-purpose arena in Germany that provides location-based services like indoor navigation and proximity marketing to its visitors. Therefore, name sponsor SAP has had the arena equipped with 630 iBeacons by the German technology startup Favendo.[3]

A tram line (number 6) connects the SAP Arena to Mannheim city center and a newly built road connection to the B38a highway connects it to the A 656 Autobahn, leading to the A656/A 6 interchange, connecting eastbound Mannheim to Heidelberg (A656), and north-southbound to Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart (A6), as well as a little north on the A6 to Kaiserlautern (westbound).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 SAP-Arena: Technical Data (in German). Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  2. Michael Sonnick (28 December 2022). "Die Heidelberger-Basketballer begeistern vor der Rekordkulisse in der SAP Arena". Wochenblatt (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. "SAP Arena: Monitor und Navigations-App informieren Arena-Besucher - Medientechnik - Monitore". Stadionwelt Business (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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