Barclaycard Arena
| Barclaycard Arena | |
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| Exterior view of the arena (2015) | |
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Color Line Arena (2002–2010) |
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 Hamburg , Germany
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 35 '21.8 " N , 9 ° 53' 56.8" E |
| owner | Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) |
| operator | ASM Global |
| start of building | June 13, 2001 |
| opening | November 8, 2002 |
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Parquet ice PVC - Flooring |
| costs | 83 million euros |
| capacity | 16,000 seats (maximum) 13,000 seats (ice hockey) 13,000 seats (handball) 8,000 seats (with the upper tier) 3,000 to 4,000 seats (amphitheater) |
| playing area | 86.8 m × 43.3 m (maximum) 60 m × 30 m (ice hockey) |
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The Barclaycard Arena (previously Color Line Arena and O 2 World Hamburg ) is a multifunctional arena for sporting and cultural events in Hamburg . It is located in the Altona Volkspark in the Bahrenfeld district in the immediate vicinity of the Volksparkstadion - home of Hamburger SV - and the Volksbank Arena .
The hall, which opened on November 8, 2002, is 150 meters long, 110 meters wide and 33 meters high. The maximum capacity of the hall is 16,000 visitors, at sporting events 13,000 due to the elimination of the indoor spaces. The construction costs amounted to around 83 million euros . The construction of the arena was financed by the Finnish entrepreneur Harry Harkimo and the City of Hamburg, who sold the property to Harkimo for the symbolic price of one mark and as a preparatory measure for 12.38 million marks (about 6.33 million euros) Improved the transport infrastructure and had a soil remediation carried out for 5 million marks (around 2.56 million euros) . In October 2007 the hall was sold to the Anschutz Entertainment Group for an estimated 75 million euros .
use
The Barclaycard Arena served the Hamburg Freezers ice hockey team and the HSV Hamburg handball team as the venue for their home games from 2002 to 2016 . The annual Final Four of the DHB Cup takes place here and in 2007 the arena was one of the venues for the handball world championship . On November 16, 2005, November 13, 2009 and November 2, 2012, World Wrestling Entertainment made a guest appearance with the “Survivor Series Tour” in the arena. The first event was rather poorly attended and the latter was almost sold out with 14,000 spectators. Concerts from all kinds of music are also held regularly in the hall. On April 22nd and 23rd, 2017, the final of the Spring Split 2017 of the European League of Legends Championship Series took place in the Barclaycard Arena . In 2017 the hall was the venue for the women's handball world championship and in 2019 the men's handball world championship . During the entire ice hockey season there was an ice rink inside. For concerts, handball games and other events that did not require an ice surface, these were covered with insulating panels within a short time.
For 26 April 2020 is Bundesliga game of the basketball team of the Hamburg Towers against Bayern Munich scheduled in the arena. The club wants to give a larger number of spectators the opportunity to see the towers live, as the Edel-optics.de arena only offers 3400 seats. It is hoped that 10,000 or more spectators will come to the game with the well-known opponent. According to the club, around 8,000 tickets for the game had been sold in early January of that year.
history
There was a decade-long dispute about the location, concept, operator and implementation. In 1997, a landfill site in the Altona Volkspark was chosen as the arena location , which is located above the HERA particle accelerator . The foundation stone for the arena was laid on June 13, 2001. The arena was officially named on November 8, 2001 after the Norwegian ferry company Color Line . In March 2002 the topping-out ceremony was celebrated and on November 8, 2002 the Color Line Arena was inaugurated with a concert by Wonderwall , Sasha and Phil Collins . Udo Lindenberg celebrated his 30th stage anniversary in the arena on February 13, 2004 with his panic orchestra. A double DVD of this concert has been released. The Böhsen Onkelz recorded the double CD "Live in Hamburg" in the sold-out hall on October 5, 2004, documenting their farewell tour. The concert was also the band's last indoor concert. In April 2005 the builder of the hall, the Finn Harry Harkimo, sold the hall to the also Finnish media group Rautakirja. In November 2007, the Los Angeles-based Anschutz Entertainment Group became the new owner. On April 13, 2010 the Anschutz Entertainment Group and Telefónica Germany announced the renaming of the arena to O 2 World Hamburg . She was so after the O 2 World Berlin , the second after the mobile brand O 2 named event hall in Germany and the fifth in Europe. The partnership between the two companies was originally planned for ten years, but O 2 announced the premature end of its commitment on June 30, 2015 in Hamburg and Berlin. On July 1, 2015, Barclays became a name sponsor for ten years and the arena has been called Barclaycard Arena ever since.
In October 2018, the 15 millionth visitor since the opening was welcomed to a concert by Andreas Gabalier in the arena . In addition to a bouquet of flowers, the winner and her daughter also had a personal meeting with the Austrian singer.
gallery
Former logo
Construction site of the Color-Line-Arena on October 25, 2001
The multi-purpose hall with the old name sponsors in 2005
The Hamburg Freezers in a game against the Eisbären Berlin in October 2006
Aerial photo 2010
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Numbers and facts
- ↑ The prototype: The "Hartwall Areena" in Helsinki
- ↑ Hamburg Color-Line-Arena sold to Anschutz Entertainment Group
- ↑ E-sports: League of Legends finalists meet in Hamburg heise.de, April 19, 2017
- ↑ Hamburg Towers for the first time in the Barclaycard Arena. In: stadionwelt.de. January 7, 2020, accessed January 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Color Line Arena in the Volkspark Hamburg. hamburg.de
- ↑ US billionaire buys the Color-Line-Arena Hamburger Abendblatt from October 25, 2007, page 13
- ↑ o2 World Hamburg is looking for a new name, Telefonica is leaving ( memento of the original from January 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ivana Dragila, Music Market, January 22, 2015
- ↑ Barclays becomes the new namesake of O2 World Hamburger Morgenpost, May 27, 2015
- ↑ Barclaycard Arena celebrates 15 million visitors. In: stadionwelt.de. October 22, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018 .
