General

The hall opened in the summer of 1997.

The building costs amounted to a total of 205 Mill. DM/105 Mill. EUR.

The construction took four years in total.

The hall was designed and built by the three architects Jörg Joppien, Albert Dietz und Annette Maud-Joppien.

Initial reason for construction: Berlin’s application for the Olympic Games 2000 (Olympia Sportstättenbauten GmbH)

Capacities of arena

Capacity with centre stage, no seats provided:
approx. 11,900 persons

Fixed seats: 7,491

Internal seats: 4,040

Permanent food stands: 20

Wheelchair capacities: more than 16

Disabled friendly toilets: 8 in main hall,
7 in side areas

Size of Arena

Clearance height: 16,5 m, Total Height: 18 m

Space with retracted telescopic stages: 1,972 m²

Space with extended telescopic stages: 925 m²

Gross building volume: 339,547 m³

Gross floor space: 48,800 m²

Surface area of north glass front:
180 m Length, 14 m Height

Land area: 38,560 m²

Other Equipment

Halls A and B (6 x dividable): 2,475 m²

Hall C (3 x dividable): 1,242 m²

Colonade hall: 2,684 m²

Ballet room: approx. 190 m²

Dance room: approx. 400 m²

Print/Media room: approx. 20 m²

Press centre: approx. 126–147 m²

Conference room: approx. 49 m²

VIP-Lounge: approx. 412 m²

Restaurant Albatros: approx. 78–143 m² additional event room: ca. 54 m²

Group changing rooms: 16

Artists’ changing rooms: 7

Production offices: 12

Exhibition space: 2,200 m²

outdoor facilities

Disabled parking spaces: at least 6

Car parking spaces: 36

Parking space for busses, vans and media cars: approx. 20

Technical Facts

Bearing load of ceiling: 120 t

Power supply arena: more than 1,200 kW

Power supply ceiling: more than 300 kW

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