North Sea Hall
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| North Sea Hall Emden | |
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| place | Emden , Germany |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 22 ′ 40 " N , 7 ° 12 ′ 11" E |
| owner | City of Emden |
| operator | City of Emden |
| start of building | 1970 |
| opening | 1972 |
| Renovations | 2002, 2007 |
| surface | PVC covering |
| architect | August Schwoon |
| capacity | 5500 (without seats) 2596 (row seating) |
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The North Sea Hall in the seaport town of Emden in East Frisia is an event and multi-purpose hall and as such the largest of its kind in East Frisia. It was built in 1972 and is 3,208 square meters. The maximum capacity is 5500 people without seats and 2596 people with row seating. It also has three combinable conference rooms and an artists' dressing room. It is used for events in the areas of TV production, concerts, sports, shows and trade fairs. According to the city of Emden, the catchment area of the hall is around 110 kilometers, corresponding to 300,000 people.
Spaces
- Hall: 43.47 m × 73.80 m = 3208 m²
- Artists' cloakrooms: five individual cloakrooms, two star cloakrooms, catering room, dining room, office
- Three conference rooms that can be connected to one another
Corporate form
The North Sea Hall is an optimized management company of the city of Emden.
The construction
- Foundation: area of 4,880 m² on 213 concrete piles of 9 × 19 m each
- Soil: asphalt with plastic coating
- Roof: arched hall with laminated beams, clear height almost 12 m
- Loads: suspension points that can each be loaded with 750 kg / point
Stage technology
A mobile stage (Schnakenberg) is available in the hall.
history
The North Sea Hall was built from 1970 to 1972 on the basis of plans by the architect August Schwoon under the direction of the civil engineer Jakob Bakker as the first laminated timber hall of this size in Northern Germany. These girders are 52 m long and made up of 42 layers of wood, making a total thickness of 1.55 m. 222 tons of steel and 2,500 cubic meters of concrete were used for the construction. In 1979 the hall was expanded with the addition of artists' cloakrooms and two warehouses. The hall was closed from February 12, 1982 to July 17, 1982 because of cracks in the laminated beams and their renovation. On September 22nd, 1988, a fire destroyed the restaurant on the first floor of the hall, but it was repaired immediately. On December 15, 1990 Wetten, dass ..? with Thomas Gottschalk the first nationwide live broadcast from the North Sea Hall took place. In 2002, the old cloakroom area in the front part of the building was extensively remodeled, creating three modern, connectable conference rooms. In 2005 the caretaker's apartment was closed and converted into an office wing. In the years 2004 to 2007 the hall was completely modernized. In addition to a roof and wall renovation, extensive fire protection measures were carried out in all areas. The New Theater (Emden) has been part of the Nordseehalle since January 1, 2007 .
Events
- Concerts
- measure up
- Meetings, party congresses and congresses
- Television productions
- Sporting events