St. Jakobshalle
- Handball World Cup 1986
- Swiss Open 1991
- Hockey World Cup 1998
- European Handball Championship 2006
- CSI Basel 2010 was
- Curling Championship 2012
St. James's Hall is a multipurpose hall, which was officially opened on 26 September 1976 but it is already being used since 1975. It is situated on the sports premises of St. Jakob in the Swiss municipality of Munich stone, on the outskirts of Basel. The architect was Giovanni Panozzo.
The building has various large halls and rooms, which are used for all types of events.
The Great Hall has an area of 2800 m², a capacity of 9000 seats and is an arena with extremely multifunctional character. Within a short time can consist of a rock concert a forum for general meetings of large international companies, a big fair for professionals, a huge backdrop for television shows like Wetten, dass. ?, A Centre Court for international tennis tournaments such as the Swiss Indoors, an opera stage be converted for spectacular parades, a sports arena for world championships or a riding Lipizzaner stallions for runway.
The Small Hall with an area of 1050 m² enables both the implementation of sports events of all kinds, as well as social events. This hall has a capacity of 1500 seats.
The Hall 2 with an area of 1782 m² is almost identical to the Small Hall, just a bit bigger.
The foyer with a gross area of 3,500 square meters will operate as an entrance for the Great Hall on the other hand as a multifunctional space for large exhibitions. On the ground floor there are two further premises are as additional infrastructure for the needs of large-scale events.
Hall Basel and Liestal hall that hold The 350 m² and have a capacity of 350 people. They can also be used together, as they are separated by a wall verschiebare.
In addition, you will find meeting rooms and an auditorium with the appropriate infrastructure and equipment. Three gymnasiums, a gymnastics hall and a swimming pool with a 25- meter swimming pool are features. Where the remaining halls can be used for sporting events.
Events
- Swiss Indoors Basel
- 1984, September 13, Ultravox Set Movements World Tour
- In 1986, the hall was one of the venues for the World Handball Championship.
- Since 1991, the Swiss Open in badminton are held here.
- Since 2010, the CSI Basel, a highly doped International Horse Show held.
- Sonic, Switzerland 's biggest dance festival
- Spanish Riding School of Vienna
- Big Bang New Year's Eve Party, Switzerland 's biggest New Year's Eve Party
- In 1998 the Ice Hockey World Championships took place here, as the opposite St. Jakob-Arena was not built yet.
- In January 2006, she was one of the venues for the European Handball Championship 2006.
- On January 20, 2007 Nikolai Valuev the American Jameel McCline defeated in the battle for the World Heavyweight Championship on the version of the WBA.
- Curling World Championship 2012 ( Men )