Smidt-Arena

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3,460 total number of seats

  • Eurobasket 1985
  • Basketball, handball and volleyball games of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
  • Concerts ( among other things status quo )
  • Measuring
  • Boxing matches ( Felix Sturm, Regina Halmich )

The Smidt -Arena ( 1974-2009 Wilhelm Dopatka Hall ) is a multi-purpose arena in Leverkusen. It was built in 1974 and was at that time after the Olympic Hall in Munich, the second largest Rundsporthalle Germany. It belongs to the Sportpark Leverkusen. In February 2009, the hall was renamed after the new sponsor in Smidt- Arena, where the contract was extended in 2014 to five years. She's self-proclaimed biggest Leverkusen event hall.

Equipment

The hall has a seating capacity of 3,500, 1,600 seats are permanently installed in the upper part, all other parts are variable stand mountable. This fact granted the hall a great deal of flexibility, they can therefore be used both for sports events as well as for pop concerts, exhibitions, theater performances and exhibitions.

In addition to up to six dressing rooms and locker rooms with showers and toilets, a press room, medical facilities, kiosks, and a VIP room in the building complex are included. The parking in the area can accommodate 1,300 vehicles.

Use

The hall is used by the volleyball and handball players of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the second division basketball Bayer Giants. The Basketball Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen Giants wore their home games in the Wilhelm- Dopatka Hall. Furthermore, was the arena in recent years the scene of numerous large-scale events, such as the European Basketball Championship in 1985, the German Open in badminton and international Profiboxkämpfe.

Future

An outline is currently not provided because the City Council Leverkusen has decided to keep the hall in the long term, after the group Citizens List has called for the destruction or sale for one euro.

Meanwhile, the entrance area of ​​the Smidt- Arena has been modernized and the Basketball Hall transformed into a celebration hall, which is used among other things for Mardi Gras celebrations.

Status Quo (band) Basketball-Bundesliga
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