Saarlandhalle

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The entrance to the Saarlandhalle on the Rodenhof in the Malstatt district

The Saarlandhalle is a multifunctional hall in the Ludwigspark in the Saarbrücken district of Malstatt in Saarland .

description

The Saarlandhalle was opened as a sports hall in 1967 by Saarland Sporttoto GmbH after a construction period of 17 months. It has the character of a multifunctional hall that can be used for all types of events, from those with only ten to those with 5,500 people. The hall is used for concerts, sports and other major events, among other things. The hall is right next to the Ludwigsparkstadion in the Malstatt district .

Halls and halls

  • Large hall, total area 1944 m², 3293 seats in the stands , the parquet has either 1312 seats or 5383 standing room
  • there are also eight smaller halls

operator

The Saarlandhalle was built by Saarland Sporttoto GmbH and then handed over to the state sports association for Saarland . In 1993 the hall was handed over to the State of Saarland. The Congress-Centrum Saar (CCS) has been operating as the operating company since 1994 , the shareholders of which are Saarland (80%) and the state capital Saarbrücken (20%). This company also manages the Saarbrücken Congress Hall .

Concerts and TV shows

In the Saarlandhalle there are artists like Mike Oldfield , Nena , Udo Lindenberg , Pink Floyd , Queen , BAP , Bob Dylan , Die Toten Hosen , Die Ärzte , Elton John , Status Quo , Metallica , a-ha , Joe Cocker , Frank Zappa , Santana , Jethro Tull , Böhse Onkelz , Scorpions , Meat Loaf , Depeche Mode , AC / DC , Leonard Cohen , Johnny Cash , Motörhead , Billy Talent , Helene Fischer , André Rieu , James Last, Udo Jürgens , Falco , Sting , Tina Turner and Die Fantastic four occurred. The ABBA group had their last appearance in Germany on the Show-Express program .

From the Saarlandhalle, together with Basel, the most frequent broadcasts (12) of the ZDF television show Wetten, dass ..? , instead of. Since the introduction of a new stage design in 2001, the Saarbrücken hall was too small and, with a hall height of just under 10 meters, too low for the production of the show. The last broadcast from Saarbrücken took place on March 20, 1999 with an appearance by Michael Jackson as a talk guest.

Transport links

The hall can be reached by car via the A1 , A 620 and A 623 . Saarbrücken can be reached by train as an ICE stop on the Frankfurt / M-Mannheim-Paris route. The hall can be reached from Saarbrücken main station by bus or on foot (a quarter of an hour's walk).

Discussion about new building

According to the shareholders, the hall in its current appearance and capacity no longer meets the current requirements. The Saarland state government and the city of Saarbrücken are therefore planning to demolish the Saarlandhalle and build a new multifunctional hall with space for up to 8,500 visitors. A number of alternative locations for the new location were under discussion, one of which has been a mining dump near the Pfeifershofweg in the Rodenhof district since the beginning of 2010 . Another idea resulted in a new building with a direct connection to the Congress Hall in downtown Saarbrücken. So far, however, there has been no financing and operating concept for the new building, which according to an expert opinion would have cost around EUR 40 million in 2008 - and would be correspondingly more expensive today. Other voices in the public discussion are of the opinion that the hall can be modernized and expanded at significantly lower cost. The catchment area of ​​the Saarbrücken location is also not of a size that suggests the cost-neutral operation of the hall.

On January 1st, 2020, Mayor Uwe Conradt saw a need for action, as the Saarlandhalle could only be used until 2030. He envisions a new hall for up to 10,000 visitors.

Web links

Commons : Saarlandhalle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New service sector - merging of the Congress Hall and Saarland Hall in "Congress Centrum Saar GmbH" (CCS) . In: Vis-à-vis - the Saar-Lor-Lux magazine. Vol. 1995/3, pp. 39-40: Ill.
  2. ↑ Saarlandhalle at setlist.fm
  3. ↑ Saarbrücken-Saarlandhalle at traditionsfan-wordpress.com
  4. ↑ Article in the world of October 2, 2004
  5. ↑ Article in the Rhein-Zeitung Koblenz from March 21, 1999
  6. ↑ Conradt wants major project for Saarbrücken Saarbrücker Zeitung from January 9, 2010

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 56 ″  N , 6 ° 59 ′ 9 ″  E