Facts and Figures

Opened in August 1997

Construction costs totaled 270 million DM/138 million EUR.

Construction took four years.

The hall was designed and built by the renowned French architect Dominique Perrault.

Reason for construction: Berlin’s bid for the 2000 Olympic Games (Olympia Sportstättenbauten GmbH)

Total capacity: approx. 12,000 seats

Permanent seating: 5,668

Seats in the main concourse: max. 4,904

Standing room in concourse E1: max. 1,110

Food stands in the concourses: 16

Wheelchair-accessible seats: up to 88

Clear height of the interior: 13 m

Gross volume: 403,183 m³

Gross floor area: 45,372 m²

Lot area: 108,400 m²

Clear length: 68 m

Clear width: 38 m

Cycling track length: 250 m, made of original Siberian spruce

Seelenbinder Hall: 1,215 m²

Gallery space: 590 m²

Foyer 1: 500 m²

Foyer 2: 245 m²

Press foyer: 245 m²

Restaurant Foyer: 245 m²

Press Room A: 150 m²

Press Room B: 130 m²

Group dressing rooms: 19

Artist dressing rooms: 10

Production offices: 7

Exhibition space: 3,200 m²

Land area: 100,000 m² for cycling and 

swimming

Disabled parking spaces: 10

Car parking spaces: 110

Parking spaces for buses, trucks, and media vehicles: 11 to 12

Ceiling load capacity: 50 t

Arena power supply: over 1,800 kW

Ceiling power supply: over 480 kW