Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose arena

Arena

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 in Munich

Munich

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, Germany

Germany

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, part of the Olympic Park

Olympiapark, Munich

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 and close to the Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium (Munich)

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.

The arena is used for concerts, sporting events, exhibitions or trade fairs. In the past, it served as a part-time home for the defunct ice hockey team EC Hedos München. Olympiahalle opened in 1972 and was the venue for gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 and handball

Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 events at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

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. The seating capacity

Seating capacity

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 for the arena varies from 12,150 up to 14,000.

The current seating capacity will be extended to 15,500 during a massive overhaul that is scheduled to be completed in 2009. A new VIP area, a restaurant and an underground second arena ("Kleine Olympiahalle") with a capacity of up to 4,000 will be integrated in the new complex. The stage area will also be rebuilt, which will contribute to the increased seating capacity and at the same time allow faster access for stage crews, which is very important nowadays.

Olympiahalle also plays hosts to the annual Munich Sixdays

Six-day racing

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, a very popular international track-cycling competition. Several other major international events were held in this venue, including the 1974

1974 World Figure Skating Championships

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 and the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships

1991 World Figure Skating Championships

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 and the 1975 preliminaries of the Ice Hockey World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

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 and the 1983, 1993 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

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 finals.
Important basketball

Basketball

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 events that were held in Olympiahalle include the Final phase of the 1993

EuroBasket 1993

-Venues:-First round:-A - Karlsruhe:-B - Berlin:-C - Karlsruhe:-D - Berlin:-Second round:-E - Karlsruhe:-F - Berlin:-Finals in Munich:-Places 5-8 in Munich:-Finals in Munich:-Final rankings:# # #...

 European Basketball Championships

Eurobasket

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, the 1989 and 1999 Euroleague

Euroleague

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 Final Four

Final four

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s.

World Wrestling Entertainment

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 has hosted several house shows in the Olympiahalle since 1992 and most recently on September 27, 2008.

The Olympiahalle played host to the 2007

MTV Europe Music Awards 2007

2007 was the 14th MTV European Music Awards, taking place at the Olympiahalle in Munich with hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg as host. The show attracted 78 million votes, the biggest in MTV Europe Music Awards history....

 MTV Europe Music Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

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 on November 1. This was the last event before the renovation works began.

Tina Turner

Tina Turner

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 is the solo artist with the most shows at Olympiahalle, with 23 shows.

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

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 were scheduled to perform during their No Code Tour

No Code Tour

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 on November 10, 1996, with The Fastbacks

Fastbacks

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 as their opening act, but the show was cancelled.

External links

• Official Site
• tum.de: Olympiapark (a student project of the tum
  Technical University of Munich
  The Technische Universität München is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan...
  
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