Construction period: four years

Opening: summer 1997

Construction costs: 205 million DM or 105 million EUR

Architects: Jörg Joppien, Albert Dietz and Annette Maud-Joppien

Occasion: Berlin's bid for the Olympic Games 2000

Capacity with centre stage and unseated: approx. 11.900 people

Fixed seating: 7.491

Seating inside the arena: max. 4.040

Concession stands: 20

Wheelchair spots: up to 76

Height under secondary structure: 16.6 m

Overall height: 18 m

Arena interior with grandstands retracted: approx. 2,298 m²

Arena interior with extended stands: approx. 1,335 m²

Circulation and foyer area: approx. 3,300 m²

Halls A and B (can be divided into six parts): 2.430 m²

Hall C (threefold divisible): 1.215 m²

columned hall: 2,420 m²

ballet hall: 210 m²

dance hall: 400 m²

Print and media room: approx. 20 m²

Press conference room: 150 m²

Conference room: 58 m²

VIP lounge: 460 m²

Albatros restaurant: 150 m² plus event room 55 m²

Group dressing rooms: 16

Artists dressing rooms: 7

production offices: 12

Arena interior, foyer, orbit: 2,000 m²

Handicapped parking spaces: at least 6

Parking spaces for cars: 36

Parking spaces for buses, trucks and media vehicles: approx. 20

Ceiling load capacity: 120 t

Power supply arena: 1,200 kW

Power supply ceiling: 400 kW