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The SI -Centrum (Stuttgart International Center ) is an adventure center in Stuttgart- Möhringen and one of the largest Stuttgart leisure facilities. It is visited by approximately two million visitors per year.

The SI -Centrum consists of two musical theaters ( Stage Apollo Theater and Stage Palladium Theater ), the Stuttgart casino, twelve restaurants, five bars and three cafes ( including in the so-called Colonnades ), a CinemaxX movie palace with six cinema halls, 22 meeting - and meeting rooms for up to 1,000 people, the Kastens Hotel, the SI-Suites and VitaParc SchwabenQuellen (Wellness).

Location

The SI - Centrum is situated in the south of Stuttgart between Degerloch Echterdingen on the B 27 to reach it from the main station Stuttgart with the urban rail lines U5, U6 or U12 to stop " Möhringen Bahnhof " and from there to the U3 towards Plieningen stop " Salzäcker ( SI Event Centre) " or also from the main station take the S- Bahn lines S1, S2 and S3 to Vaihingen station and from there take the subway line U3 in direction Plieningen.

By car from the motorway A reaches the SI-Centrum exit 8 Stuttgart-Degerloch/-Möhringen. The SI -Centrum directly opposite the former headquarters of Daimler AG.

History

Since 1960, stood on the site of today's SI-Centre Stuttgart International Hotel (now the Kastens Hotel), from which the name of the center was borrowed. This is on the one above plan as elongated rectangle in the yellow area ( bottom right). Early 1990s was a so-called urban entertainment center built around the hotel on behalf of musical operator Stella AG, which should offer next to the hotel is also a musical, a shopping area and spa facilities. The hotel, which has been extended to the striking hotel tower, changed its name from now on under the name Copthorne Hotel Stuttgart International.

Just a year after the opening of the SI complex ( 1994) was begun on an extension. Another musical hall was built, both musicals were connected underground. Furthermore, was an extensive shopping and dining complex, in which several themed restaurants and bars were settled.

Mathematically decreed the SI on a daily capacity of approximately 3,600 musical visitors. In addition to the 450 rooms at the Copthorne Hotel, so another one was built ( the former Stella Suites and today's SI-Suites ). The Cinemax group settled directly with a cinema complex in the center of. In 1997, the extension was opened. The hotel was renamed internally and called immediately Millennium Hotel & Resort Stuttgart (now Kastens Hotel).

First, the Stella- concept seemed to be a successful concept ( under the direction of the Swabian entrepreneur Rolf Deyhle ). But soon it became apparent that rents and prices were too high, so that the utilization remained below expectations. The announced for 1997 IPO of Stella was first placed. 1998 Deyhle admitted for the first time a financial problems. The state of Baden -Württemberg vouched later with 15 million euros, Landesbank took over eight percent of the Stella shares. Nevertheless, the company had to face in 1999 bankruptcy.

As of April, 2002, the Dutch Stage Entertainment, a majority of the Stella shares. Deyhle even handed over the responsibility for the Stella AG in 1998, one year before the bankruptcy, to a consortium of banks.

To September 1, 2011 changed its name to the Millennium Hotel and calls itself under new management now Kastens Hotel Stuttgart. Extensive renovations were carried out until July 2012.

Musicals

The two operated by Stage Entertainment Musical Theater 's SI-Centre are among the largest in Germany, even greater are merely the theater in the harbor and the Neue Flora, both of which are in Hamburg. The Apollo and the Palladium have modern technology and a sophisticated sound system.

Stage Apollo Theater

The Apollo Theater (formerly Musical Hall I) was built from July 1993 to August 1994, has 1,838 seats on three levels and opened in December 1994. Offers a total area of ​​4,580 square meters. 2011, the theater was renamed in Stage Apollo Theater.

Stage Palladium Theater

The Palladium Theater (formerly Music Hall II) was built from May 1996 to August 1997, has 1,807 seats on three levels and was opened in December 1997 as part of the extension of the SI-Centre. It has a total area of ​​4,889 square meters. 2011, the theater was renamed in Stage Palladium Theater.