AFAS Live

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AFAS Live
Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall 001.JPG
The Heineken Music Hall in 2011.
Earlier names

Heineken Music Hall (2001-2016)

Data
place NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Arena Boulevard 590,
1101 DS Amsterdam
Coordinates 51 ° 8 '59 .4 "  N , 13 ° 33' 23.4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 8  '59.4 " N , 13 ° 33' 23.4"  E
owner City government of Amsterdam
operator Live Nation Entertainment
start of building 1996
opening February 1, 2001
costs 30 million euros
architect Frits van Dongen
capacity 6000 (room 1) • 700 (room 2)

The AFAS Live (formerly Heineken Music Hall ) is a multi-purpose hall in Amsterdam , which was built from 1996 to 2001 and is mainly used for concerts and musical events. The complex is divided into hall 1 (black box) with a capacity of 6000 people and hall 2 (beat box) with a capacity of around 700. The hall is located near the Johan Cruyff Arena .

Events

Artists such as Herbert Grönemeyer , Take That , Westlife , Toto , Kylie Minogue , Avril Lavigne , Bring Me the Horizon , Bob Dylan , Rihanna , Katy Perry , Sam Smith , Within Temptation , Troye Sivan , Monsta X , Blackpink and Disturbed performed here on. On December 1, 2012, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was performed at the Heineken Music Hall. On April 7, 2019, the first of five promotional events for the Eurovision Song Contest under the name Eurovision in Concert was held in the hall.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Groenendijk, Piet Vollaard: Architectuurgids Nederland: 1900-2000. 010 Publishers ( ISBN 9789064505737 , page 293), accessed September 9, 2019 .
  2. ^ Heineken Music Hall says AFAS Live. Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, September 16, 2016, accessed September 9, 2019 (Dutch).

Web links

Commons : Heineken Music Hall  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files