The Rudolf Weber-Arena (originally the Arena Oberhausen) is a multi-purpose

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, located in Oberhausen,

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. Opening in 1996, the arena is a part of leisure and shopping center,

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. The venue was built in Neue Mitte Oberhausen, a former industrial plant. In November 2001, König Brauerei, a

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purchased naming rights to the arena. In December 2021, the arena's naming rights were purchased by Essen-based cleaning company Rudolf Weber GmbH.

Configuration

The maximum capacity of the arena is 12.650, where the seating is arranged on two levels. It is also possible to have a center stage configuration, 12.000 people can attend such events. There are also two possible theatre configurations with 3.000 and 5.200 capacity, respectively.

Naming history

*Arena Oberhausen (12 September 1996—31 December 2001) *König-Pilsener-Arena (1 January 2002—31 December 2021) *Rudolf Weber-Arena (1 January 2022—present)

Events

The arena hosts a wide variety of events, with more than 800,000 people attending about a hundred events. The arena also hosts a variety of shows, e.g.

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. The König Pilsener Arena played host to

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on 13 November 2010.

Performers

* A-ha * Chris Brown *

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*Rush (band), Rush *Judas Priest *Amon Amarth *Arch Enemy *Sting (musician), Sting *Page and Plant *Ronan Keating *Rod Stewart *Natalie Cole *Status Quo (band), Status Quo *Whitesnake *Def Leppard *Oasis (band), Oasis *Dionne Warwick *Toni Braxton *Cliff Richard *Mark Knopfler *R.E.M. *Kylie Minogue *Alanis Morissette *Black Sabbath *Ozzy Osbourne *The Cure *André Rieu *Limp Bizkit *The Smashing Pumpkins *The Black Eyed Peas *Bryan Adams *Gloria Estefan *Toto (band), Toto *Placido Domingo *No Doubt *Prince (musician), Prince & The New Power Generation *Roger Waters *David Gilmour *Neil Young *Dream Theater *Fleetwood Mac *The Corrs *Puff Daddy *Radiohead *Meat Loaf *Santana (band), Santana *Volbeat *Helene Fischer *Paul McCartney *Peter Gabriel *Backstreet Boys *Westlife *50 Cent *Britney Spears *Usher (musician), Usher *Anastacia *Placebo (band), Placebo *Journey (band), Journey *Within Temptation *Elton John *Bob Dylan *Coldplay *Foo Fighters *The BossHoss *The Who *Leonard Cohen *AC/DC *Taylor Swift *Five Finger Death Punch *Tori Amos *Lionel Richie *Pink (singer), Pink *Shakira *Deep Purple *Scorpions (band), Scorpions *Queensrÿche *Nickelback *Thirty Seconds to Mars *Lenny Kravitz *Depeche Mode *Metallica *Lady Gaga *Public Enemy (band), Public Enemy *Kanye West *Justin Bieber *New Kids on the Block *Bruno Mars *Rihanna *Joe Cocker *Chris de Burgh *Supertramp *Simply Red *Take That *Die Fantastischen Vier *Christina Aguilera *Donots *Tokio Hotel *The Prodigy *Roxette *Alicia Keys *Ellie Goulding *Neil Diamond *Al Bano and Romina Power *Beyoncé *Whitney Houston *Sade (band), Sade *Chris Rea *Jennifer Lopez *George Michael *Zucchero *Eros Ramazzotti *Tool (band), Tool *Eric Clapton *One Direction *Joe Cocker *Harry Belafonte *OneRepublic *Sunrise Avenue *Die Ärzte *Nicki Minaj during her third tour, The Pinkprint Tour *5 Seconds of Summer *Maroon 5 *Runrig *Linkin Park *Die Toten Hosen *Imagine Dragons *Soy Luna Live *Nightwish *Harry Styles *Shawn Mendes *Jeff Lynne's ELO

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