Porsche-Arena

Porsche-Arena

Location	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coordinates	48°47′35″N 9°13′42″E
Owner	City of Stuttgart
Operator	in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungsgesellschaft mbH
Capacity	7,849 (boxing) 7,576 (stage shows) 6,181 (basketball, handball) 6,042 (concerts) 5,068 (hockey)
Construction
Broke ground	April 2005
Opened	27 May 2006
Construction cost	€31,16 million[1]
Architect	'asp' architekten Stuttgart[2]
Tenants
TVB Stuttgart (HBL)
Website
Official Website

Porsche-Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located in Stuttgart, Germany. The seating capacity of the arena varies, from 5,100 to 8,000 people and it was opened in 2006, after 14 months of construction. The arena is part of a sport complex located in Stuttgart's NeckarPark, situated between the Scharrena Stuttgart, MHPArena and Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle.

To fund the construction, costs had already been pre-construction sales of the name rights planned. Dr. Ing h.c. F. Porsche AG bought the name rights, for a ten million euro, for a term of 20 years.

Events

It is the venue for the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, a WTA Tour event and also hosted some matches at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. Anton Hunger: "The tournament is now at home in Stuttgart. We knew we’d make mistakes at the first edition. But we didn’t promise too much last year and have eliminated almost all the mistakes in 2007. A total of more than 36,000 spectators were in the arena. The number was up on the previous year even though seating was slightly reduced to improve comfort."

Gallery

2012 Fed Cup World Group play-offs, Germany vs Australia, Julia Görges vs Jarmila Gajdošová

See also

• List of tennis stadiums by capacity

References

1. Porsche Arena Stuttgart und Modernisierung Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine ASP Architekten Arat
2. architect ASP Architekten Arat

External links

• Homepage Porsche-Arena
• City of Stuttgart
• Transportation Plan with, PDF
• Porsche-Arena detail, PDF