SAP Arena
SAP Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Mannheim, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey and handball, and is the home arena of the Adler Mannheim ice hockey club and the Rhein-Neckar Löwen handball club. Inaugurated in 2005, the arena has a capacity of up to 15,000 people.[1] More than a hundred concerts and convention events are hosted at the arena annually. The SAP Arena is one of the largest in Germany and one of the most high-tech in Europe. The arena is named after its sponsor SAP.
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| Location | Mannheim, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 49°27′50.9″N 8°31′04.7″E |
| Owner | Dietmar Hopp |
| Capacity | 11,000–15,000 (concerts) 14,500 (handball) 13,900 (basketball) 13,600 (ice hockey) |
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| Broke ground | November, 2002 |
| Opened | September 2, 2005 |
| Construction cost | € 70 million |
| Architect | Hentrich – Petschnigg & Partner KG[1] |
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| Adler Mannheim (DEL) (2005–present) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (HBL) (2005–present) | |
A tram line (number 6) connects the SAP Arena to Mannheim city center and a newly built road connection to the B 38a highway connects it to the A 656 Autobahn, leading to the A656/A 6 interchange, connecting eastbound Mannheim to Heidelberg (A656), and north-southbound to Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart (A6), as well as a little north on the A6 to Kaiserlautern (westbound).
In January 2018 the SAP Arena became the first multi-purpose arena in Germany that provides location-based services like indoor navigation and proximity marketing to its visitors. Therefore name sponsor SAP has had the arena equipped with 630 iBeacons by the German technology startup Favendo.[2]
Concerts
- Tina Turner performed at the arena on 19 and 20 February 2009 during her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour.
- Depeche Mode performed at the arena twice: On 7 November 2009 during their Tour of the Universe and on 4 February 2014 during their Delta Machine Tour, in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,280 people.
- Madonna played a show in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,883 people during her Rebel Heart Tour on 29 November 2015. Deep Purple performed a show on 11 February 2013 in front of nearly 10,000 people.
- Justin Timberlake played a sold-out show in front of 10,476 people during his Man Of The Woods Tour on 13 July 2018.
- Celine Dion will perform at the arena during her Courage World Tour on 27 February 2023.
Gallery
Aerial view
SAP-Arena 
Inside view 
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References
- SAP-Arena: Technical Data (in German) Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- "SAP Arena: Monitor und Navigations-App informieren Arena-Besucher - Medientechnik - Monitore". Stadionwelt Business (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2018.
