SAP Garden

SAP Garden is a planned 11,500-capacity indoor arena, to be built in Olympiapark, Munich. It is expected to be completed in 2022 at the earliest. The site will be built at the location of the former Radstadion which was demolished in 2015. It will become home ground for ice hockey team EHC Red Bull Munich and basketball team Bayern Munich. The venue will host several matches for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.

SAP Garden
The construction site in December 2020
LocationMunich, Bavaria, Germany
Coordinates48°10′11.57″N 11°32′27.53″E
Public transit
OwnerRed Bull GmbH
Executive suites11
Capacity11,500 (basketball)
10,500 (ice hockey)[1]
Construction
Broke ground23 February 2021
Opened2023 (estimated)
Construction cost€110 million[2]
Architect3XN[3]
Tenants
Bayern Munich (BBL)
EHC Red Bull Munich (DEL)

History

Plans for a new indoor arena arose primarily from the wish for a new home arena for ice hockey team EHC Red Bull Munich who currently play at the Olympia Eishalle which was opened five years prior to the 1972 Olympic Games. In addition, BBL-team Bayern Munich, playing at the Olympic basketball arena, requested for a modern arena. In December 2014, the city-council of Munich announced a bidding for the new arena to be built at the location of the Radstadion.[4]

In 2019, it was reported that SAP gained naming rights for the arena. To avoid misunderstanding with the SAP Arena in Mannheim, three naming proposals have been made to be voted under hashtag #NameGameOn: SAP Live (which received 9.9% of the votes), SAP Park (44.8%) and SAP Garden (45.3%).[5] Groundbreaking was originally announced to take place in winter 2019,[6] however has so far not taken place, and construction is scheduled to start at the beginning of 2020.[7]

The first excavation work on the site began on 13 January 2020.[8] Furthermore, the construction of the provisional construction roads with sidewalks and a pedestrian crossing started, which made accompanying tree felling work necessary. A partial building permit was available for this. The foundation stone was laid on 23 February 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic without guests and visitors.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Hoeneß verrät Details zum neuen Sporttempel im Olypark" (in German). Münchner Merkur. April 29, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. "So soll das neue Eishockeystadion aussehen" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. February 15, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  3. "Sportsarena Olympiapark". 3xn.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. "Neues Zuhause für Eishockey und Basketball" (in German). muenchen.de. December 18, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  5. "Olympiapark: Neue Halle heißt "SAP Garden"" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. March 20, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  6. "Hoeneß: "Neue Halle ein Gewinn für die Stadt"" (in German). fcb-basketball.de. February 12, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  7. "SAP Garden wird voraussichtlich erst 2022 fertig – EHC Red Bull München spielt 2021/22 noch im Olympia-Eissportzentrum". www.eishockeynews.de.
  8. "Olympiapark München :: SAP Garden – Errichtung provisorischer Baustraßen :: Presse Olympiapark München, Konzerte in München, Veranstaltungen München, Freizeit Sport München, Unterhaltung München". www.olympiapark.de.
  9. Tögel, Ralf. "SAP Garden in München: Virtuelle Grundsteinlegung". Süddeutsche.de.


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