SAP Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Mannheim, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey and Team handball, and is the home arena of the Adler Mannheim ice hockey club and the Rhein-Neckar Löwen handball club. Inaugurated in 2005, the arena has a capacity of up to 15,000 people.
In late December 2022, the MLP Academics Heidelberg played against FC Bayern Munich (basketball) there. The Academics drew their record crowd of 10,454 visitors. For each ticket sold, a donation was made to the Courage Foundation for the support of chronically ill children.
Concerts
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Tina Turner performed at the arena on 19 and 20 February 2009 during her .
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Depeche Mode has performed at the arena four times: On 7 November 2009 during the Tour of the Universe, on 11 March 2006 during Touring the Angel, on 4 February 2014 during the Delta Machine Tour in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,280 people, and on 30 November 2017 during the Global Spirit Tour.
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Sade (band) performed at the Arena on 16 November 2011.
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Madonna played a show in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,883 people during her Rebel Heart Tour on 29 November 2015.
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Deep Purple performed a show on 11 February 2013 in front of nearly 10,000 people.
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Justin Timberlake played a sold-out show in front of 10,476 people during his Man Of The Woods Tour on 13 July 2018.
Boxing
Heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko won or defended titles at the arena on four separate occasions between 2006 and 2013.
Services
In January 2018 the SAP Arena became the first multi-purpose arena in Germany that provides location-based services like indoor navigation and proximity marketing to its visitors. Therefore, name sponsor SAP has had the arena equipped with 630
by the German technology startup
Favendo.
Transport links
A tram line (number 6) connects the SAP Arena to Mannheim city center and a newly built road connection to the B38a motorway connects it to the A 656
Autobahn, leading to the A656/A 6 interchange, connecting eastbound Mannheim to Heidelberg (A656), and north-southbound to Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart (A6), as well as a little north on the A6 to Kaiserlautern (westbound).
See also
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List of indoor arenas in Germany
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List of European ice hockey arenas
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