[GER] German Hockey Arenas

Can anyone help me with some arena information. Looking for the 5 "best" arenas in Germany, with the following information:
- Name of Facility
- English Translation (if applicable)
- Location (just the city is fine)
- Capacity (and seating capacity if different)
- Year Built (or approx. age if unknown)

I'm Looking for the biggest and/or most modern arenas anywhere in the country.

Thank you!

I'm not quite sure about all of them, but it should be pretty close.
(boxes aren't included)

There are sources with different information. The official site of the Color Line Arena, for example, has the capacity at 13000 for hockey and 16000 overall, while the site of the hometeam has the capacity at 12,759 for hockey and 16886 overall.


Kölnarena
Cologne-arena (???)
Cologne
18.500
1998


Color Line Arena
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Hamburg
12.759 for hockey ; 16.886 maximum capacity
2002


Preussag Arena
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Hanover
10.767
1998


Arena Nürnberg
Nuremberg arena (???)
Nuremberg
8.500
2000


Brehmstrasse
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Düsseldorf
10.285
1936



future arenas:

König-Palast-Krefeld
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Krefeld
11.000
2004


Mannheim Arena
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Mannheim
13.700
2005


Arena am Ostbahnhof (maybe)
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Berlin
18.500
2007

I'm not quite sure about all of them, but it should be pretty close.
(boxes aren't included)

There are sources with different information. The official site of the Color Line Arena, for example, has the capacity at 13000 for hockey and 16000 overall, while the site of the hometeam has the capacity at 12,759 for hockey and 16886 overall.


Fantastic! Vielen Dank!!! I guess the official site has approx figures and the hometeam's site has exact figures.

The arena in Düsseldorf sure is old! I wonder what's keeping it up! (Oh yeah... German engineering!)

What does the arena in Berlin depend on? (Let me guess... money!)

What does the arena in Berlin depend on? (Let me guess... money!)

Two words: Phillip Anschutz. ;)

Two words: Phillip Anschutz. ;)

The owner of the LA Kings? Is he trying to make it happen? Or make it NOT happen?

He wants to build the arena, he owns the local DEL team.


He owns Hamburg, too. He bought the DEL-license from Landshut and sent the team to Munich. They were very successful, but lost lots of money. The team relocated to Hamburg, where Harry Harkimo build a new arena (Hamburg hadn't an arena for 60 years). Harkimo wanted to buy the team, but Anschütz saw a chance to make money with Hamburg, so he only sold parts of the team to him.
I think part of the deal was, that Harkimo wouldn't build a new arena in Berlin, so Anschütz could do it.

My favourite Arena(joke):


Deutschlandhalle: for hockey: 8765, maximum c.:10 000.
translated:"Germany Arena"
1935!!!!!!!
Arena for the Berlin Capitals(third league,Oberliga)



http://www.deutschlandhalle.de/
http://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/wissenswertes/lexikon/deutschl_halle.html
www.berlincapitals.de

I read an article in the berliner morgenpost a couple of weeks ago and it said that construction work at the ground is supposed to start this month. anschutz is still looking for a naming rights partner but the arena is definately going to be built. The senat of berlin also approved the Anschutz proposal. The Siemens AG still wants to build their arena in Spandau, Siemensstadt even without Harkimo. I think the hockey capacity of the Anschutz arena is supposed to be 16500.

Found some illustrations of the Anschutz Arena at the Ostbahnhof in Berlin:

Arena am Ostbahnhof (http://www.stadionwelt.de/Stadionwelt-Stadien-Arenen/Hallenneubau/Deutschland/Berlin_Anschutz/Bilder/Bilder.html)

Here are some models for the new Mannheim Arena

http://www.arena-mannheim.de/multimedia/bilder.php?d[galerie_id]=33

And a webcam where you can see the progress on the construction site.

http://www.arena-mannheim.de/index.php#

Click on Webcam, obviously and inside the new window click "zeitraffer" to see the fast forward from the start.

http://www.stadionwelt.de/Stadionwelt-Stadien-Arenen/Eishockey/Eishockey-Hallen.html

Modern, but small
Saturn Arena
Ingolstadt
4.681
2003

The Color Line Arena is the most modern arena in Europe (and the nicest in the world ;))

The "Brehmstraße" has a very long tradition, in the 70th the DEG-Fans were the best fans in the world and it was sold out for many seasons.

kassel has a very nice arena. :joker:

for around 4-5 years they're talking about a new arena in kassel but somehow it won't happen. i heard that the last plans were a new arena for about 10.000 spectators and the name should be "nordhessen-arena". but it won't happen until 2050 or so. it's kassel, it's bureaucracy. :)

kassel has a very nice arena. :joker:

for around 4-5 years they're talking about a new arena in kassel but somehow it won't happen. i heard that the last plans were a new arena for about 10.000 spectators and the name should be "nordhessen-arena". but it won't happen until 2050 or so. it's kassel, it's bureaucracy. :)

Yeah, I got to say I found that kind of funny. My first ever time watching a European hockey game was in Kassel, it wasn't exactly what I expected. I envisioned something more like what you see at the World Championships every year.

Although the rink in Augsburg is very unique too. I mean it's pretty much an outdoor rink. The game I was there for had to be on the coldest day of the winter. It seemed about -10*C or worse.

Although the rink in Augsburg is very unique too. I mean it's pretty much an outdoor rink. The game I was there for had to be on the coldest day of the winter. It seemed about -10*C or worse.

You have never been to the old stadium of the Hannover Scorpions, have you? :D
It's kind of rediculous.
It has a 4000 capacity but I can't imagine 4000 people being in there, way too small!:dunno:

One site is open and that is the site where the vast majority of the people stand.
I still remember a match against Mannheim in the winter of 1997, it was like -13°C, one of the coldest days and the stadium was almost sold out so we had to be there about 80 minutes before the start of the game to not have to stand way up where it was a lot colder than closer to the rink.

All in all we stood there more than 4 hours, I'll never forget that game.

I had put on the right clothes, we were allowed to bring hot drinks and I even brought styrofoam-plates to stand on, despite all that my feet were frozen at the end of the match.

It was fun looking at all these people who didn't dress properly, they were drinking Glühwein the whole time and jumping to keep warm!

Going to games there was crazy but I miss it a lot nevertheless, the new Preussag Arena is like a tomb, no atmosphere whatsoever! :(

You have never been to the old stadium of the Hannover Scorpions, have you? :D
It's kind of rediculous.
It has a 4000 capacity but I can't imagine 4000 people being in there, way too small!:dunno:

One site is open and that is the site where the vast majority of the people stand.
I still remember a match against Mannheim in the winter of 1997, it was like -13°C, one of the coldest days and the stadium was almost sold out so we had to be there about 80 minutes before the start of the game to not have to stand way up where it was a lot colder than closer to the rink.

All in all we stood there more than 4 hours, I'll never forget that game.

I had put on the right clothes, we were allowed to bring hot drinks and I even brought styrofoam-plates to stand on, despite all that my feet were frozen at the end of the match.

It was fun looking at all these people who didn't dress properly, they were drinking Glühwein the whole time and jumping to keep warm!

Going to games there was crazy but I miss it a lot nevertheless, the new Preussag Arena is like a tomb, no atmosphere whatsoever! :(

No, unfortunately I never got a chance to see a game in Hannover, I only lived in Germany for 4 months before returning to Canada. However, I did see Hannover play in Kassel against the Huskies. It was nice to see players like Nedved and Augusta play again, they used to play for our local team here in Canada.

Although I never did get to Hannover, I did enjoy plenty of Glühwein, at the Christmas markets in Heidelberg, Paderborn, and Munich. That stuff could be dangerous! :joker:

I've been on a bunch of road trips with the Adler fans, but I just love the Eichbaum Eisstadion in Mannheim. Standing, freezing, the place going crazy, man it's great. Whenever I have visitors from the States, particularly the CapsRoadCrew folks, I take them to a game there. Everyone has been blown away by how much fun it is. I'm trying to find a way to package some DEL fans so I can take them to the MCI Center and liven it up a bit.

A link to Europe's biggest arenas.

Europe's biggest arenas (http://www.hockeyarenas.ch.vu/)

I share the belief that one day the NHL will expand into Europe. The NHL will probably strike some sort of deal with the various European clubs arleady in existence rather than try to invade the continent and start up brand new teams. All previous attempts to start up a sort of European-wide 'champions' league have failed. But I believe that, with the NHL's help, Europe can have a financially viable 'champions division', comprised of the best club teams from each major domestic league that would gain promotion into this division on an annual basis (with yearly relegation as well). Most games would be intra-continental, with some North American/European crossover. A couple of the best of these elite European clubs would then incoroporate themselves into the NHL playoffs somehow, with a shot at winning the Stanley Cup. New atate-of-the-art venues are going up all over Europe. Should the NHL ever come to Europe, it might spark a new wave
of construction in hockey-rich cities that have outdated bulidings like Moscow, Bern and Zurich, or in non-traditional hockey cities wishing to get on board that don't have adequate venues at all like Paris.

Some of the most notable and newest venues in Europe to date:

20,000 - The London Dome - London, England - 2005

18,500 - Arena am Ostbahnhof - Berlin, Germany - 2007

18,500 - Kolnarena - Cologne, Germany - 1998

18,000 - Sazka Arena - Prague, Czech Rep. - 2004

16,771 - Allmendstadion - Bern, Switzerland - 1969

17,245 - MEN Arena - Manchester, England - 2004

13,886 - Color Line Arena - Hamburg, Germany - 2002

13,850 - Globen Arena - Stockholm, Sweden - 1989

13,700 - Mannheim Arena - Mannheim, Germany - 2005

13,665 - Hartwall Arena - Helsinki, Finland - 1995

12,500 - Sport Arena - Budapest, Hungary - 2003

12,319 - Scandinavium - Gotheborg, Sweden - 1971

12,300 - Sport Arena - St. Petersburg, Russia - 1999

11,820 - Elysée Arena - Turku, Finland - 1989

11,500 - Arena Pardubice - Pardubice, Czech Rep. - 1998

11,500 - Palace of Sport Luzhniki - Moscow, Russia - ?

11,500 - Hallenstadion - Zurich, Switzerland - 1939

11,000 - P.K.S. - Ostrava, Czech Rep. - 1999

11,000 - Konig-Palast-Krefeld - Krefeld, Germany - 2004

11,000 - Arena Dresden - Dresden, Germany - 2006

10,767 - Preussag Arena - Hannover, Germany - 1998

10,500 - Arena Oberhausen - Oberhausen, Germany - 1998

10,300 - Malley - Lausanne, Switzerland - 1987

10,000 - Arena 2000 - Yaroslavl, Russia - 1999

10,000 - Hakons Hall - Lillehammer, Norway - 1997

Some mistaks. Color Line Arena 12.759. Brehmstraße in Düsseldorf is missing. Also I think the arena in Krefeld will be smaller and Sazka Arena is smaller (17,500).