Wiener Stadthalle (; English: ''Viennese City Hall'') is a multi-purpose

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and

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located in the 15th district of

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. Austrian architect

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designed the original halls which were constructed between 1953 and 1958, and later expanded in 1974, 1994 and 2006. The main hall, a multi-purpose venue, is Austria's largest indoor arena with a seating capacity of approximately 16,152 people. Since 2006, the complex has housed six main venues (each of which can be used separately or combined) consisting of two gymnasiums, an indoor ice rink, large-capacity indoor arena, a small multi-purpose hall, an auditorium with a show stage, and an adjacent swimming pool. It serves as a venue for a variety of events, including

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, exhibitions,

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s, conferences, lectures, theatre, TV and sports. The Wiener Stadthalle is a subsidiary of Wien Holding and stages more than 350 events each year that attract around one million visitors. Halls A, B and C, as well as the Stadthallenbad, are managed by the Viennese sports venues corporation GmbH.

History of events

The arena has been site of the annual Erste Bank Open tennis tournament since 1974 and has hosted the ice shows

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and Holiday on Ice, the touring horse show Apassionata annually and the circus show Artisten-Tiere-Attraktionen from 1959 to 1995. The Stadthalle has also hosted a number of sporting events including the

1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1970 at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, the capital of Austria, between 14–15 March 1970. It replaced the European Indoor Games, an indoor athletics competition which had been held since ...

, the 2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships, the

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and 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, the

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, the

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open badminton tournament and the

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in 1967, 1977, 1987,

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and

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. Austrian broadcaster ORF announced on August 6, 2014, that Stadthalle would be the host venue for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, following the victory of Conchita Wurst in the 2014 Final in Copenhagen, Denmark. The arena hosted the 60th contest in the main hall; the semi-finals were held on May 19 and 21 and the grand final was held on the night of May 23, 2015, where Måns Zelmerlöw won the contest for

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Building

The complex comprises 6 interconnecting halls: A and B (gymnasiums built in 1957, which can also be used for conferences or lectures), C (indoor ice rink), D (indoor arena, mostly for concerts or sport), E (small multi-purpose hall for smaller events) and F (arena hall for more intimate concerts).

Halls A and B

Halls A and B were completed in 1957 as a gymnasium and sports hall. Hall A is and high, whilst Hall B is and high. Both halls can also be used for conferences or lectures. The basement of Hall A houses training rooms and the lower level of Hall B contains

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lanes and dressing rooms.

Hall C

Hall C, completed in 1958, houses an

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and is operated by Die EisStadthalle.

Hall D

Completed in 1958, the large multi-purpose main hall is Austria's largest indoor arena. The structure is and has a ridge height of with a usable floor area measuring . It has a capacity of up to 16,152 depending on the event. The venue has special curtain systems and ground-level stands on the north and south sides of the hall which can be fully closed to divide the hall into several parts. The stage can be up to and is supported with two VIP rooms, dressing rooms and offices backstage. Image:Eishockey oesterreich slowakei.jpg,

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Hall E

The small multi-purpose hall was completed in 1994 and holds up to 1,482. It is and is used mainly for exhibitions, conventions and social receptions.

Hall F

Conceived as an arena hall, Hall F was completed in 2006 and holds up to 2,036 visitors in raked theatre seating. It is . The hall has a built-in catwalk and an audio and video system. To accommodate visitors, there is a foyer, a connected restaurant with two additional foyers of and a banquet hall of .

Stadthallenbad

In 1974, the additional Stadthallenbad and three public swimming pools, were constructed. For the 2004 European Short Course Swimming Championships, the center added a temporary pool of .

Entertainment

Gallery

Image:Wiener Stadthalle 2013 Halle F Stadthallenbad a.jpg, Hall F, behind the city pool (2013) Image:Nestroy 2013 Halle F Wiener Stadthalle 1.jpg,

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2013 in Hall F Image:Stadthallenbad Vienna inside 2008.jpg, Large pool and diving tower (2008) Image:Wien Stadthallenbad außen.jpg, Stadthallenbad (2015)

References

External links

Official websiteDie EisStadthalle
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