Edel-optics.de Arena

The Edel-optics.de Arena (known until May 2017 as Inselparkhalle) is a multi-function sports facility in the Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg with a sports hall and a swimming pool. The hall is the home venue of the first division basketball team Hamburg Towers. It is owned by the Benno and Inge Behrens Foundation, and operated by the InselAkademie Sport- und Schulungszentrum Wilhelmsburg GmbH.[1]

edel-optics.de Arena
The Edel-optics.de Arena in August 2018
Former namesInselparkhalle (until May 2017)
AddressKurt-Emmerich-Platz 10–12, Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates53.4956°N 10.0024°E / 53.4956; 10.0024
Public transitS3S31 Wilhelmsburg
OperatorInselAkademie Sport- und Schulungszentrum Wilhelmsburg GmbH
Capacity3,400 seats (Basketball)
SurfaceConcrete
Construction
Broke groundOctober 2011 (sports hall)
June 2011 (swimming pool)
Opened20 October 2014 (sports hall)
March 2013 (swimming pool)
Construction cost€14 million (sports hall)
ArchitectAllmann Sattler Wappner
BuilderBenno-und-Inge-Behrens-Stiftung

History

The sports hall was originally an exhibition site built for the International Garden Show 2013. Construction began in October 2011 and was completed in the spring of 2013. Work on the swimming pool began in June 2011 and was completed in May 2013.[1] After the garden show, the hall was converted into a sports hall at a cost of €14 million, of which the Benno and Inge Behrens Foundation contributed over €6 million. €4.5 million of funding was provided from the Hamburg International Building Exhibition, and the city of Hamburg paid the remainder, a little over €3.5 million.[2] The hall was inaugurated in late October 2014 with a Hamburg Towers match.[3]

The sports hall was commissioned by the Benno and Inge Behrens Foundation and IBA Hamburg.[4] The building work was carried out by bs2architekten from Hamburg.[5] In May 2017, the Hamburg optics group Edeloptics GmbH acquired the naming rights of the hall, and the name was changed to the "edel-optics.de Arena".[6]

In use
Arena during a Hamburg Towers game
Arena during a job fair

The edel-optics.de Arena serves as the home venue of the Hamburg Towers professional basketball team,[7] and the BG Baskets Hamburg wheelchair basketball team.[8] It has a spectator capacity of 3,400 seats for basketball and 2,800 seats for wheelchair basketball.[9] In August 2015, the basketball Supercup was played in the Inselparkhalle, featuring the national teams of Turkey, Poland, Latvia and Germany.[10]

In addition to basketball, in December 2015, a professional boxing event took place, including a fight between Jack Culcay-Keth and Dennis Hogan for the WBA interim championship super welterweight place.[11] In May 2016, the Inselparkhalle was the venue of the 2016 European Darts Matchplay event.[12] In August 2016, teams competed in the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[13][14] On 30 October and 1 November 2016, the first official international matches of the German futsal national team took place in the hall.[15]

In addition to sporting events, the building is also used for congresses,[16] concerts,[17] and conferences.[18]

References
  1. "Die Towers – mehr als nur Basketball". Hamburg-Abendblatt (in German). 16 August 2018.
  2. "Blumenhalle der igs wird zu Sporthalle umgebaut", Hamburg Aabendblatt (in German), retrieved 16 August 2018
  3. Grünberg, Rainer. "Eine gelungene Einweihungsfeier". Hamburg Aabendblatt (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. "AP-Projekte". www.architektenpartner.com (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  5. "bs2architekten". www.bs2architekten.de (in German). bs2architekten. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. "Heimspielstätte der Hamburg Towers hat einen neuen Namen". Hamburg Abendblatt (in German). 3 May 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. "Arena | Hamburg Towers". www.hamburgtowers.de (in German). Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  8. "InselPark Arena – BG Baskets Hamburg – HSV" (in German). BG Baskets Hamburg. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. "2. Basketball-Bundesliga | Kader". www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de (in German). Basketball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  10. "ERGO Supercup 2015". www.basketball-bund.de (in German). « Deutscher Basketball Bund. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  11. "05.12. Inselparkhalle, Hamburg – Faustkämpferverband Austria – FVA" (in German). Boxing Austria. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  12. "European Darts Matchplay – European Tour 2016". www.darts1.de (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  13. "Rollstuhlbasketball-WM 2018 in Hamburg – Innenbehörde Hamburg – FHH" (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  14. "Schedule released for World Championships 2018". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  15. "Erstes Futsal-Landerspiel in Hamburg" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  16. "Heilpraktiker Fortbildungskongress GbR Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein CMS website" (in German). Heilpraktiker Fortbildungskongress GbR Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Renate Rathmann. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  17. "Basta – Russischer Rapper" (in German). Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  18. "Startseite" (in German). InselAkademie. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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