The hall was opened in the summer of 1997 and it's construction took four years in total.

205 Mill. DM/105 Mill. EUR was the amount of the cotsts for construction in total. 

Three architects Jörg Joppien, Albert Dietz and Annette Maud-Joppien designed and built the Max-Schmeling-Halle.

Berlin’s application for the Olympic Games 2000 (Olympia Sportstättenbauten GmbH) which at the end never took place here was the initial reason for the construction.

Capacity with center stage, no seats provided: approx. 11,900 persons

Fixed seats: 7,491

Floor - Standing Room: max. 4,040

Permanent food stands: 20

Wheelchair capacities: at least 16

Clearance height: 16,60 m, Total Height: 18 m

Floor with retracted telescopic stages: 2.300 m²

Floor with extended telescopic stages: 1.335 m²

Gross building volume: 339,547 m³

Gross floor space: 48,800 m²

Surface area of north glass front: 180 m Length, 14 m Height

Land area: 38,565 m²

Halls A and B (6 x dividable): 2,430 m²

Hall C (3 x dividable): 1,215 m²

Colonade hal: 2,420 m²

Ballet room: 210 m²

Dance room: 400 m²

Print/Media room: approx. 20 m²

Press centre: 150 m²

Conference room: 58 m²

VIP-Lounge: 460 m²

Restaurant Albatros: 150 m² additional event room: 55 m²

Group changing rooms: 16

Artists’ changing rooms: 7

Production offices: 12

Exhibition space: 2,000 m²

Disabled parking spaces: at least 6

Car parking spaces: 36

Parking space for busses, vans and media cars: approx. 20

Bearing load of ceiling: 120 t

Power supply arena: 1,200 kW

Power supply ceiling: 400 kW