MHPArena

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MHPArena
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MHPArena in Ludwigsburg
MHPArena in Ludwigsburg
Earlier names

Arena Ludwigsburg (2009-2012)

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place GermanyGermany Ludwigsburg , Germany
Coordinates 48 ° 53 '28.1 "  N , 9 ° 10' 57.1"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '28.1 "  N , 9 ° 10' 57.1"  E
owner City of Ludwigsburg
operator City of Ludwigsburg
start of building February 7, 2008
opening October 1, 2009
surface parquet
costs 21 million euros
architect Planning office Deyle, Stuttgart, execution planning Kühnl + Schmidt, Leipzig
capacity 4700 seats (basketball)
3800 seats (handball)
6200 seats (with indoor use)
Societies)

The MHPArena is a multifunctional hall in Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg . The hall, which was built on the former Nestlé site on Schwieberdinger Strasse, was opened on October 1, 2009 with a concert by the Scorpions group and the Ludwigsburg Palace Festival Orchestra . It is designed as a seating arena or combined with seating and standing space and can accommodate between 4700 and 6200 visitors.

The main user is the Bundesliga basketball team MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg , which previously played its home games in the outdated circular sports hall . In addition, games of the second division handball team SG BBM Bietigheim will be played.

In addition to sports, cultural events take place in the arena.

Construction and naming

Logo before renaming

The hall was realized as a PPP project. The construction costs amounted to 21 million euros. The city contributed 15 million euros, the rest a group of investors consisting of BAM Deutschland AG and other companies of the BAM group.

The hall is 70 meters long and 65 meters wide. During construction from September 2007 to September 2009, around 1900 tons of reinforcing steel and 15,000 m³ of concrete were used.

After a three-year search for a namesake, the city of Ludwigsburg and Mieschke Hofmann und Partner (MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH), a subsidiary of Porsche , signed a preliminary agreement on the naming rights on August 29, 2012 . On September 18, 2012, representatives of the city and MHP presented the new name.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Peter Maier-Stein: After a long wait, a name. Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, August 30, 2012, archived from the original on January 8, 2016 ; Retrieved September 11, 2012 .
  2. Christian Walf: The arena is now called MHP-Arena. Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, September 19, 2012, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved September 20, 2012 .