Barclays Arena

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Barclays Arena
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Barclays Arena
Former namesColor Line Arena (2002–2010)
O2 World Hamburg (2010–2015)
Barclaycard arena (2015–2021)
LocationSylvesterallee 10
22525 Altona, Hamburg
Germany
Coordinates 53°35′21″N9°53′57″E / 53.58917°N 9.89917°E / 53.58917; 9.89917
Public transit Hamburg S3.svg Hamburg S5.svg Stellingen
Owner Anschutz Entertainment Group
Capacity 16,000
Construction
Broke ground13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)
Opened8 November 2002 (2002-11-08)
Construction cost 83 million
Tenants
Hamburg Freezers (DEL) (2002–2016)
HSV Hamburg (HBL) (2002–2016)
Website
Official website

Barclays Arena (originally known as the Color Line Arena and formerly known as barclaycard arena and O2 World Hamburg) is a multipurpose arena in Hamburg, Germany. It opened in 2002 and can hold up to 16,000 people (13,800 or 12,947 for sporting events). [1] It is located at Altona Volkspark, adjacent to the football stadium Volksparkstadion and the Volksbank Arena in Hamburg's western Bahrenfeld district.

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The arena is primarily used for pop/rock concerts and was the home of handball club HSV Hamburg and ice hockey team Hamburg Freezers until both teams folded in 2016.

History

Interior view during a Hamburg Freezers game in 2010. Eishockey O2 World Hamburg.jpg
Interior view during a Hamburg Freezers game in 2010.

The arena opened in November 2002, is 150 meters long and 110 metres wide and has an elevation of 33 metres. Construction costs totaled approximately 83 million Euro (ca. US$121.5mn). The construction was funded by the Finnish entrepreneur Harry Harkimo and the city of Hamburg, who sold Harkimo the land for a symbolic price of one Mark and also financed infrastructure improvements with 12 million Marks (about 6.1 million euros) as a preparatory measure. In October 2007 the arena was sold to Anschutz Entertainment Group for an estimated 75 million Euros. Anschutz Entertainment Group is a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corporation, one of the world’s leading sports and entertainment presenters. [1]

Naming rights

Logo of the arena during O2 sponsoring O2 World Logo.svg
Logo of the arena during O2 sponsoring

The arena was initially named after Norwegian ferry operator Color Line as the "Color Line Arena". In 2010 the sponsor changed to Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica, naming the arena as "O2 World Hamburg". O2 sponsorship ceased in summer 2015, changing the arena name again, this time into Barclaycard Arena (stylized as "barclaycard arena").

In June 2021 and because of Barclaycard's rebranding in Germany to the bank's corporate name, the arena announced that from autumn 2021 onwards, the name will change once more to Barclays Arena (stylized as BARCLAYS Arena).

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