Lanxess Arena


Lanxess Arena is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie. The arena opened in 1998 and can accommodate 20,000 people for concerts. With its capacity of 18,500, it is the largest ice hockey arena outside North America.
It is primarily used by Kölner Haie, VfL Gummersbach, Köln RheinStars, and as a concert venue.
The arena is spanned by a steel arch supporting the roof via steel cables. The height of the arch is and its weight is 480 tons.
On June 2, 2008, it was announced that Kölnarena would be renamed Lanxess Arena, for a period of ten years. The sponsor, Lanxess AG, is a specialty chemicals group based in the Lanxess Tower in Deutz, Cologne.

Concerts

Lanxess Arena has been one of the top entertainment venues in Cologne since its opening. Many international artists have performed at the venue, spanning a wide range of music genres. Artists that have performed their concerts at the venue are listed in the table below.

Sports events

The arena was used for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship, including the third place game and the final game.
On June 13, 2009, the Ultimate Fighting Championships held UFC 99 at the Lanxess Arena. This was the first time the UFC has made its way to Germany.
On May 29–30, 2010, the arena hosted the EHF Champions League Final Four.
The arena was one of the venues for the 2010 IIHF World Championship, including both semi-finals, the Bronze medal game and the Championship game.
On August 22–23, 2015, the arena hosted ESL One Cologne 2015, one of three major tournaments to be held throughout 2015.
On July 5–10, 2016, the arena hosted ESL One Cologne 2016, the second $1,000,000 major tournament.
From May 5–21, 2017, the arena co-hosted the IIHF ice hockey world championship, including all the final games.
On July 7–9, 2017, the arena hosted, a tournament with a prize pool of $250,000.
From July 6–8 2018, the arena hosted ESL One Cologne 2018.
On October 8, 2018, the arena hosted an exhibition ice hockey game between Kölner Haie and the Edmonton Oilers, part of the 2018 NHL Global Series Challenge.
On July 5–7, 2019, the arena hosted another edition of the ESL One Cologne, a tournament with a prize pool of $300,000.
From July 12–13, 2019, the arena will host the 2019 German Darts Masters, part of the Professional Darts Corporation World Series.
From May 22-24, 2020, the arena will host the 2020 Euroleague Final Four, part of Euroleague Basketball
The venue will host some group phase matches at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 which the country and Berlin alongside Czech Republic in Prague, Georgia in Tbilisi and Italy in Milan.

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