SAP Arena is a multi-purpose

arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectato ...

in Mannheim,

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. It is primarily used for

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and

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

, 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. More than a hundred concerts and convention events are hosted at the arena annually. The SAP Arena is one of the largest in Germany and one of the most high-tech in Europe. The arena is named after its sponsor SAP. A tram line (number 6) connects the SAP Arena to Mannheim city center and a newly built road connection to the B 38a highway 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). In January 2018 the SAP Arena became the first multi-purpose arena in Germany that provides location-based services like

indoor navigation An indoor positioning system (IPS) is a network of devices used to locate people or objects where GPS and other satellite technologies lack precision or fail entirely, such as inside multistory buildings, airports, alleys, parking garages, and und ...

and proximity marketing to its visitors. Therefore name sponsor SAP has had the arena equipped with 630 iBeacons by the German technology startup Favendo.

Concerts

* Tina Turner performed at the arena on 19 and 20 February 2009 during her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. *

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performed at the arena twice: On 7 November 2009 during their Tour of the Universe and on 4 February 2014 during their

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, in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,280 people. *

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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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performed a show on 11 February 2013 in front of nearly 10,000 people. *

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played a sold-out show in front of 10,476 people during his Man Of The Woods Tour on 13 July 2018. * Celine Dion will perform at the arena during her Courage World Tour on 27 February 2023.

Gallery

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Concerts

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