Donau-Arena
EV Regensburg (since 1999) EHC Regensburg (since 1999) EC Regensburg (since 1999)
The Donau-Arena is a city built in the east of Regensburg 1999 multi-function hall, which is now used mainly as an ice rink. It is home to the Hockey - Oberliga EV Regensburg. Other users of the hall are the EHC Regensburg Regensburg and the EC. Furthermore, the hall for other events, such as fairs or concerts, are used. First major event in the Donau-Arena was on 23 April 1999 also nationally highly acclaimed concert by Bruce Springsteen. My predecessor as ice rink was the ice rink at the Nibelungen Bridge.
The building complex of the Donau-Arena also includes in addition to the main hall, a training hall with another sheet of ice as well as several meeting rooms and locker rooms. The ice of the main hall is 60 × 30 m, that of the training hall 58 × 29 m with a total surface area of 10,610 m². The main hall offers 2991 grandstand seats and 1970 standing room for a total of 4961 spectators. In events where the ground surface can be shared as a spectator space, such as at concerts, this capacity can be increased to over 7600 places.
The Arena fulfills the conditions of the 9000 -point plan of DEL and was used by the Straubing Tigers after a fire in their own stadium at the start of the DEL 2008/09 season as the fallback venue. Likewise, in the Danube wore the Nuremberg Ice Tigers played their home games of the European Hockey League 1999/2000 from Arena.
On 10 January 2010, the hall was used for a handball game under the EM preparation of the national handball team for the first time.