Sports hall
Sports hall | |
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East side with stairs to the hall (2015) | |
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place | Giesshübelstrasse 41 8045 Zurich - Alt-Wiedikon , Switzerland |
Coordinates | 681 713 / 245650 |
owner | Zurich city |
operator | Zurich city |
start of building | 1970 |
opening | 1972 |
Extensions | 1975 |
surface |
Concrete floor PVC - Flooring |
architect | W. Dunkel and H. Oetiker |
capacity | 2,500 places |
playing area | 45 m × 27 m |
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The Saalsporthalle is a multi-purpose hall in the Alt-Wiedikon quarter of the Swiss city of Zurich . Along with the Hallenstadion, it is the second major stadium building in the city. The indoor sports hall serves as a venue and practice room for numerous indoor sports such as volleyball , handball , floorball , fencing and tennis . The indoor sports hall was built between 1970 and 1972, especially for handball.
The main hall has 2,500 to 2,900 spectator seats and a field of 45 by 27 meters. In 1975 the building was expanded to include a fencing hall.
It is the home stadium for the handball teams of GC Amicitia Zurich and the volleyball team VBC Voléro Zurich . The European Indoors tennis tournament was held here from 1984 to 1996 . The hall is also used for many other sports from indoor football to dance to wrestling, as well as for events such as concerts, banquets and company events.
A stop on line 13 of the Zurich public transport company and the Sihltalbahn were named after the hall. The Sihlcity and Brunau shopping centers are in the vicinity.
Web links
- Sports facility in a sports hall. In: stadt-zuerich.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Expansion of the sports hall, Wiedikon quarter, with renovation of the building services, property loan. (PDF) Instructions from the City Council to the City Council. In: Zurich City Council. July 12, 2000, accessed October 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Sports facility in the hall sports hall. In: School and Sports Department. Retrieved February 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Edberg and Ivanisevic in the final - McEnroe was injured. In: Tages-Anzeiger. March 12, 2010, archived from the original on October 4, 2014 ; accessed on October 4, 2014 : « ... the hall sports hall with 2900 seats [sic!] was not sold out. »