Nuremberg Arena
Encyclopedia
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
in Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Nuremberg Arena opened in 2001 and holds up to 6,500 people.
It is used for ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and concerts.
Since 2005, it is also called Arena Nürnberger Versicherung.
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
hosted an event there in November 2006.
Today there are playing the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Nürnberg and the Sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg
Sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg
Sellbytel Baskets Nürnberg is a basketball club based in Nuremberg, Germany that played in the Basketball Bundesliga from 2005 until 2007. Their home arena is Nuremberg Arena. With only Euro 900,000, the team has the lowest budget in the Bundesliga....
.
On 7 November 2009, David Haye will take on Nikolai Valuev at the Nuremberg Arena for his first heavyweight title shot. Haye was meant to be fighting Wladamir Klitschko for another form of the title in June, but pulled out due to a back injury.