General

The hall opened in the summer of 1997.

The building costs amounted to a total of 270 Mill DM/138 Mill. EUR.

The construction took four years in total. .

The french premium architect Dominique Perrault designed and built the Velodrom.

Initial reason for construction: Berlin's application for the Olympic Games 2000 (Olympia Sportstättenbauten GmbH)

Capacities of the Arena

Overall capacity: 12,000 seats

Fixed seats: 5,668

Internal seats: 4,904

Permanent food stands: 16

Wheelchair capacities: minimum 48

Disabled friendly toilets: 10 in Main hall,
7 in Side halls

Size of Arena

Clearance height: 13 m

Gross building volume: 403,183 m³

Gross floor space: 45,372 m²

Total area of property: 108,400 m²

Total length of builing: 68 m

Total width of building: 38 m

other Equipment

Length cycling track: org. Siberian Spruce 250 m

Seelenbinder-Halle: 1,323 m²

Gallery room: 552 m²

Press foyer: 245 m²

Restaurant foyer: 245 m²

Press room A: 150 m²

Press room B: 120 m²

Group changing rooms: 19

Artist’s changing rooms: 10

Production offices: 7

Exhibition space: 3,200 m²

Outdoor facilities

Plot area: 100,000 m² for cycling and swimming

Disabled parking spaces: 10

Car parking spaces: 110

Parking space for busses, vans and media cars:
11 to 12

Technical Facts

Bearing load of ceiling: 50 t

Power supply arena: above 1,800 kW

Power supply ceiling: above 480 kW

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