Opening in August 1997

The construction costs were DM 270 million/138 million EUR.

The construction time was four years.

The French star architect Dominique Perrault designed and built the hall.

Reason for construction: Berlin's bid for the 2000 Olympic Games (Olympia Sportstättenbauten GmbH)

Total capacity: approx. 12,000 seats

Fixed seating capacity: 5,668

Indoor seating: max. 4,904

Standing room circulation E1: max. 1,110

Refreshment stands in the circulations: 16

Wheelchair spaces: up to 88

Cleance: 13 m

Gross volume: 403.183 m³

Gross floor area: 45,372 m²

Property size in total: 108,400 m²

Length: 68 m

Width: 38 m

Length cycling track: orig. Siberian spruce 250 m

Seelenbinderhalle: 1,215 m²

Gallery space: 590 m²

Lobby 1: 500 m²

Lobby 2: 245 m²

Press foyer: 245 m²

Restaurant foyer: 245 m²

Press room A: 150 m²

Press room B: 130 m²

Team dressing rooms: 19

Artists' dressing rooms: 10

Production offices: 7

Exhibition area: 3,200 m²

Plot area: 100,000 m² for cycling and swimming

Disability parking spaces: 10

Parking spaces for cars: 110

Parking spaces for buses, trucks and media vehicles: 11 to 12

Ceiling load capacity: 50 t

Power supply arena: min. 1,800 kW

Power supply ceiling: min. 480 kW