Arena Gliwice

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Arena Gliwice
The Gliwice Arena in June 2017
Earlier names

Hala Podium / Hala Gliwice (planning and construction phase)

Data
place ul.Aademicka 50 44-100 Gliwice , Poland
PolandPoland
Coordinates 50 ° 17 '8.7 "  N , 18 ° 41' 10"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 17 '8.7 "  N , 18 ° 41' 10"  E
owner City of Gliwice
operator Arena Operator sp. Z o. O
start of building 2013
opening May 12, 2018
surface Concrete
floor
PVC - Flooring
costs PLN 420 million
architect Perbo project
capacity 13,384 seats (maximum seats)
17,178 seats (maximum)
03,360 seats (small hall)
Events

The Arena Gliwice (also Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa Gliwice ; German  sports and entertainment hall Gleiwitz ) is a multi-purpose hall in the southern Polish city ​​of Gliwice ( German  Gleiwitz ), Silesian Voivodeship . The circular event arena with a curved roof with a HP shell , which is reminiscent of a saddle , offers a maximum of 17,178 spectators (10,178 seats and 7,000 standing places). It is one of the largest and most modern halls in the country. Attached is the Mała Arena ( German  Small Arena ), which u. a. can be used for smaller events and offers 3,360 seats (1,092 seats and 2,268 standing places). There are 72 wheelchair-accessible spaces, half of them for accompanying persons.

history

In 1925, planning began in the then German city of Gleiwitz for the construction of a stadium with an athletics facility and 15,000 covered spaces. There was a sports field on the building site. At that time, the city invested in other infrastructure such as the train station and the airport . So the stadium project made slow progress. In addition, there was mining damage in 1929 , which destroyed the work that had been carried out up to then. The global economic crisis followed , so that construction could not be resumed until 1935. The XX-lecia w Gliwicach stadium was completed in July of the following year and opened on September 2, 1936. The planned athletics facility and the roof were not implemented. After the Second World War , the stadium was modernized between 1962 and 1965 and expanded to 36,000 seats. In 1967 a sports hall and a hotel were added to the grounds. The facility was used for many sporting and cultural events. In 1993 the building became the property of the Silesian Technical University . Due to a lack of financial means for maintenance, the stadium fell into disrepair. Instead of renovation work, the idea came up to build a multi-purpose hall with 15,000 seats.

In 2013, the overgrown remains of the sports facility were torn down for the new building. Initially, the city hoped for financial support from the Silesian Voivodeship through funds from the European Union . The subsidies were not paid because the Spodek is not even 30 km away in Katowice and a new hall would be unprofitable. Without waiting for the dispute with the voivodeship to end, the city planned to carry out the construction on its own from April 2013 . On April 5, the city signed a contract with the construction company Mirbud SA for the construction of an event hall. Construction should be completed in mid-2015. In April 2017 the Supreme Court ruled after several years of legal dispute that there would be no financial aid. At that time the cost was around PLN 360 million. A management company to run the arena was also sought. Construction work began in spring 2013 and was scheduled to take 27 months. It took him three more years. Overall, the cost was 420 million PLN (around 98 million € ). As an investor, the city received back PLN 70 million through a VAT refund. The Ministry of Sports subsidized the construction with PLN 15 million, which means that the construction cost the city about PLN 330 million (about € 77 million).

On May 12 and 13, 2018, the new arena was opened to the public for free viewing. Over 32,000 onlookers came to see the city's new attraction. The Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren appeared on May 30th of that year as the first internationally known artist in the Arena Gliwice. It was also the first major event in the hall with over 15,000 visitors. The hall is equipped for various sports such as athletics , tennis , volleyball , basketball , handball , indoor football and boxing . There is a two-story parking garage under the arena. The Chwyciarnia Arena Gliwice climbing wall is located in the hall . It is the highest wall of its kind in Europe.

Events

After Roksana Węgiel won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 for Poland , the city of Gliwice with the multi-purpose hall was selected as the venue by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for the 2019 event in March 2019 .

On April 10, 2019, the Polish men's national handball team met the German team in qualifying for the 2020 European Championship in the Gliwice Arena . The hosts lost with 18:26 (10:13).

The men's handball world championship 2023 was jointly awarded to Poland and Sweden . Gliwice is on the list with the arena as a possible venue next to Gdansk , Łódź , Katowice and Krakow as well as Stockholm , Malmö and Gothenburg .

Web links

Commons : Gliwice Arena  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Stadium XX-lecia w Gliwicach. In: arenysportowe.eu. Retrieved December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  3. ↑ Co było przed Arena Gliwice? Trzy stadiony! In: tvimperium.pl. June 1, 2018, accessed December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  4. ^ Historia Stadionu XX-lecia w Gliwicach. ( Web video ) In: youtube.com . 24gliwice, December 4, 2012, accessed December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  5. ↑ Niebawem ruszą roboty Konstrukcyjne na budowie Podium ( Memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Polish)
  6. ^ Paweł Pawlik: Hala Gliwice bez dofinansowania. Wyrok Sądu Najwyższego kończy sprawę. In: slask.onet.pl. April 11, 2017, Retrieved December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  7. ↑ Znamy program Areny Gliwice. Jak na inwestycję za 420 mln zł - never powala. In: nowiny.gliwice.pl. May 4, 2018, accessed December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  8. ↑ Arena Gliwice robi wrażenie! In: gliwice.eu. City of Gliwice, accessed December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  9. ↑ Armin van Buuren zagrał w Gliwicach na otwarcie hali Arena Zdjecia Wielkie muzyczne show A State of Trance 850. In: dziennikzachodni.pl. May 30, 2018, Retrieved December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  10. ^ Arena Gliwice. In: gliwice.eu. City of Gliwice, August 30, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  11. ↑ website of Chwyciarnia Arena Gliwice. In: chwyciarnia.pl. Retrieved December 7, 2019 (Polish).
  12. ↑ TVP to host 2019 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Gliwice-Silesia. In: ebu.ch. EBU , March 6, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Match report Poland against Germany. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation , accessed December 7, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Monika Witoń: Polska i Szwecja zorganizują wspólnie Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Ręcznej Mężczyzn w 2023 r. In: media.dentsuaegisnetwork.pl. November 10, 2015, accessed December 7, 2019 (Polish).