The Fanatec Arena (former: Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg; ) is an
indoor sporting arena located in
Landshut
Landshut (; ) is a town in Bavaria, Germany, on the banks of the Isar, River Isar. Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free state (government), Free State of Bavaria, and the seat of the surrou ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It is primarily used for
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
. The complex of buildings consists of two ice rinks, one generally used for training purposes. The second arena is the home venue of
EV Landshut
EV Landshut, also known as EVL Landshut Eishockey and formerly known as the Landshut Cannibals, are a professional ice hockey team based in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany. They currently play in Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2, the second level of ice hock ...
, a professional ice hockey club participating in Germany's
DEL2
DEL2 (also known as Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 or DEL II) is the second tier ice hockey league in Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Se ...
. The major arena currently holds 4,448 people.
The (then) outdoor arena was inaugurated on 10 November 1957 on the current location of the stadium, ten years later the stadium was roofed. Until 1981 the venue was owned by the ''Eislaufverein Landshut'' (German for ''ice hockey association Landshut''), but the increasing maintenance costs forced the association to sell the stadium to the City of Landshut. The city agreed on a treaty that gained the professional ice hockey team of the previous holder the right to use the stadium for their purposes, i.e. their compulsory games. Since then the owner of the stadium has not changed any more.
After more than two years of renovation, the arena, which now bears the name of the sponsor
Fanatec
Endor AG was a German electronics company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Landshut, Bavaria. The company manufactured and marketed gaming peripherals for racing simulators under the brand name Fanatec. The company filed for bankruptcy in J ...
,
o/sup> was reopened on October 31, 2021, with the regular season game EV Landshut vs. Lausitzer Füchse
The Lausitzer Füchse (literally ''Lusatian Foxes''; ) is an ice hockey team based in Weißwasser, Saxony. They currently play in DEL2, the second level of ice hockey in Germany. Prior to the 2013–14 season they played in the 2nd Bundesliga. ...
which ended 5-4OT. The rink now measures 60x28 m.
The facilities of the building include the "Landesleistungszentrum für Eishockey" (German for ''intensive training centre for ice hockey in Bavaria'').
The stadium hosted the 2007 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships
The IIHF Inline Hockey World Championships were an annual international men's inline hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The first World Championship was held in 1996 in which eleven nations participate ...
and the 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2022 IIHF World U18 Championship was the 23rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2023 competition. On 28 Fe ...
.
External links
Official website of EV Landshut
(German)
Information about the stadium from the owner, the City of Landshut
(German)
Indoor arenas in Germany
Ice hockey venues in Germany
Buildings and structures in Landshut
Sports venues in Bavaria
EV Landshut
Sports venues completed in 1957
1957 establishments in West Germany
Sport in Lower Bavaria
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