Max-Schmeling-Halle

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Max-Schmeling-Halle

Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-functional arena in Berlin,Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin biggest sport places and holds 8,500 up to 10,050 people. The opening ceremony happened in December 14. 1996 in the presence of Max Schmeling.

[edit] Location

The Max-Schmeling-Halle is situated in the former border area of Berlin, near the Mauerpark and directly next to the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. It's situated at the Falkplatz in the district Prenzlauer Berg(borough Pankow)

[edit] Use

Planned for the 2000 Summer Olympics as a pure box gym, it was rebuild (after the games were awarded to Sydney as the venue)to a multi-functional gym and is now primarily used for basketball, boxing and team handball and is the home arena of Alba Berlin(Basketball Bundesliga) Füchse Berlin and Berlin Mini Basketball Tournament (berliner-mini-turnier.de). World Wrestling Entertainment was there twice, in April of 2005 and 2006.
The arena also hosted the 1998 FIBA EuroStars game.^[1]