Eisstadion am Friedrichspark

Adler Mannheim (1938-2005) Jung Adler Mannheim (since 1999)

The ice rink at Friedrich Park is an ice stadium in Mannheim, Baden- Württemberg, the Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga until 2005 home venue of the eagle.

Today the hall from various inline hockey clubs will, but mainly used by the ISC Mannheim. For inline hockey games, the stadium has a seating capacity of 2,500 seats, as no standing room are open.

History

With the establishment of the Mannheim ice and roller skating club in 1938 the construction of the facility was necessary, on February 19, 1939, the ice rink was finally opened near the Mannheim Palace. It was built according to plans of Richard Pope, who was already responsible for the Olympic stadium in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. 1943 badly damaged during an air raid, it has been simplified to 1949 rebuilt. Even after rebuilding the venue was an open-air stadium, only between 1959 and 1962 the bleachers were covered. The playing field was eventually roofed in 1969, but still remained the stadium on three sides as well as at the transition between playing surface and bleachers open so that the games were affected in heavy snow or fog. At its peak, 11,000 spectators were admitted, and later the capacity but was limited for safety reasons to approximately 8,200.

With age, the condition of the stadium was always ailing, the city of Mannheim saw himself as the owner, however, unable to perform more than the most urgent repairs. A new stadiums was only discussed, as partly television stations refused in the 1980s because of poor working conditions, perform live broadcasts. Over the years always failed new plans to build a new arena, until the late 90s, a new building supported by SAP co-founder and Eagle sponsor Dietmar Hopp could be realized.

On 17 April 2005, the last competitive game at Friedrich Park took place in the final series against Berlin with the Adler defeat. On the last weekend of April, the big farewell party "Bye bye Friedrich Park " was carried out, then pulled the Adler Mannheim into the new SAP Arena.