Porsche-Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located in Stuttgart, Germany. The seating capacity of the arena varies, from 5,100 to 8,000 people and it was opened in 2006, after 14 months of construction. The arena is part of a sport complex located in Stuttgart's NeckarPark, situated between the Scharrena Stuttgart, MHPArena and Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle.
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| Location | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 48°47′35″N 9°13′42″E / 48.79306°N 9.22833°E |
| Owner | City of Stuttgart |
| Operator | in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungsgesellschaft mbH |
| Capacity | 7,849 (boxing) 7,576 (stage shows) 6,181 (basketball, handball) 6,042 (concerts) 5,068 (hockey) |
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| Broke ground | April 2005 |
| Opened | 27 May 2006 |
| Construction cost | €31,16 million[1] |
| Architect | 'asp' architekten Stuttgart[2] |
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To fund the construction, costs had already been pre-construction sales of the name rights planned. Dr. Ing h.c. F. Porsche AG bought the name rights, for a ten million euro, for a term of 20 years.
Events
editIt is the venue for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, a WTA Tour event and also hosted some matches at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. Anton Hunger: "The tournament is now at home in Stuttgart. We knew we’d make mistakes at the first edition. But we didn’t promise too much last year and have eliminated almost all the mistakes in 2007. A total of more than 36,000 spectators were in the arena. The number was up on the previous year even though seating was slightly reduced to improve comfort."
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editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Porsche Arena Stuttgart und Modernisierung Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine ASP Architekten Arat
- ^ architect ASP Architekten Arat