Phoenix Contact Arena

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Phoenix Contact Arena
Lipperlandhalle
The Lipperlandhalle - venue of the TBV Lemgo (October 2007)
The Lipperlandhalle - venue of the TBV Lemgo (October 2007)
Earlier names

Lüttfeldhalle (1977–1997)
Lipperlandhalle (1997–2018)

Data
place Bunsenstrasse 39 32657 Lemgo , Germany
GermanyGermany
Coordinates 52 ° 1 '1 "  N , 8 ° 54' 29"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 1 '1 "  N , 8 ° 54' 29"  E
owner Circle lip
operator Operating company Lipperlandhalle mbH
opening 1977
Renovations 2004/05
Extensions 1983, 1985, 1997
surface Concrete
parquet
capacity 5000 seats
Societies)
Events

The Phoenix Contact Arena is a multifunctional hall on the Innovation Campus Lemgo in ( North Rhine-Westphalia ). It is also the home of the German handball league club TBV Lemgo .

history

The Phoenix Contact Arena was built in 1977 as a school sports hall with only 200 seats under the name "Lüttfeldhalle" for the vocational schools in the Lippe district . In the first twenty years of its existence, several conversions and expansions took place in the direct vicinity of the Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe . In 1983 the number of seats was 950, of which 870 were seats. However, the space requirement increased further and it was decided to expand by 600 places. Another grandstand with 520 seats was inaugurated in 1985. This brought the total capacity to 2000 visitors. At that time there was no financial means for a complete renovation of the hall.

In the 1996/97 season, when the TBV Lemgo his first championship in handball won, it became apparent that the spectator capacity was no longer sufficient, now with 1,750 seats and 250 standing places. After the expansion in 1997, with a capacity of 3300 seats and additional standing room, the hall was renamed “Lipperlandhalle” and is now a sports, culture and congress center.

The Lippe district and the TBV Lemgo founded the operating company Lipperlandhalle mbH to coordinate the major events that are now increasingly taking place alongside professional sports, such as concerts, congresses, trade fairs and markets . The full-time managing director is Michael Arend. Various part-time managing directors have stood by his side over the years: Hans-Werner Antkewitz, Fynn Holpert, Frank Schäfer and currently Rainer Grabe.

Since the last expansion in 2004 and 2005, the hall now offers space for 5,000 visitors, with 10-15% standing. For the inauguration in October 2005, in addition to an open house, guided tours and an opening show were staged. Well-known musicians such as Annett Louisan , Banaroo , Lou Bega and Limahl performed at this.

The renovation and new building was documented in a media project by the Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Department of Media Production. A 170-minute film one year Lipperlandhalle was made about the construction, the most important sporting events in the hall during construction, interviews with the athletes and about cultural events. Students developed the new website together with the operators and the Lippe district.

The Lipperlandhalle in Lemgo was one of the venues for the 2007 men's handball world championship .

Since July 1, 2018, the electrical engineering company Phoenix Contact has been the name sponsor of the Lipperlandhalle, which is now called Phoenix Contact Arena , for five years .

The company that represents the hall is still called "Operating Company Lipperlandhalle mbH (BGL)"

  • The Lipperlandhalle - sports, culture, congress center (June 2006)

  • View of the pitch before a Bundesliga match (October 2007)

Web links

Commons : Phoenix Contact Arena  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Lipperlandhalle
  2. ↑ Data and figures on the hall ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tbv-lemgo.de
  3. ↑ Renaming of the Lipperlandhalle to Phoenix Contact Arena