Max Schmeling Halle

Facts and Figures

General

The hall was opened in the summer of 1997 and it's construction took four years in total.
205 Mill. DM/105 Mill. EUR was the amount of the cotsts for construction in total.
Three architects Jörg Joppien, Albert Dietz and Annette Maud-Joppien designed and built the Max-Schmeling-Halle.
Berlin’s application for the Olympic Games 2000 (Olympia Sportstättenbauten GmbH) which at the end never took place here was the initial reason for the construction.

Arena Capacity

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

Arena Size

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): 2,430 m²
Hall C (3 x dividable): 1,215 m²
Colonade hal: 2,420 m²
Ballet room: 210 m²
Dance room: 400 m²
Print/Media room: approx. 20 m²
Press centre: 150 m²
Conference room: 58 m²
VIP-Lounge: 460 m²
Restaurant Albatros: 150 m² additional event room: 55 m²
Group changing rooms: 16
Artists’ changing rooms: 7
Production offices: 12
Exhibition space: 2,000 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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