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Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle

Indoor arena in Stuttgart, Germany

Summary

Indoor arena in Stuttgart, Germany

Field	Value
name	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
logo_image	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle.png
image	Schleyerhalle-West.jpg
image_size	250px
address	Mercedesstraße 69
70372 Stuttgart, Germany
location	Wasen
coordinates
opened	14 September 1983
renovated	2005–06
operator	in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungsgesellschaft GmbH
capacity	14,937
dimensions	286 m cycling track
website

70372 Stuttgart, Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle (sometimes shortened to Schleyer-Halle) is an indoor arena located in Stuttgart, Germany. The capacity of the arena is nearly 15,000 people. The venue was built in 1983 and is named for Hanns Martin Schleyer, a German former Nazi SS officer and employer representative, who was kidnapped and killed by the terrorist group Red Army Faction. It has a 285,714 m track made of wood.

Sporting events

The arena hosted the final phase of the 1985 European basketball championship.

In tennis, the arena hosts some of the matches of Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, on a clay court designated as "Court 1". It also hosted the Stuttgart Masters when it was an ATP Super 9 event between 1996 and 2001.

The arena is also used as a velodrome and was used as the host for the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

The 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Hall.

Concerts

Depeche Mode performed at the stadium seven times: the first occasion being 2 November 1987, during their Music for the Masses Tour. The second was on 15 October 1990, during their World Violation Tour. The third was on 25 June 1993, during their Devotional Tour. The fourth was on 23 September 1998, during their Singles Tour. The fifth was on 3 October 2001, during their Exciter Tour. The sixth was on 9 March 2006, during their Touring the Angel. The seventh was on 8 November 2009, during their Tour of the Universe. On 11 April 2002, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for their World of Our Own Tour supporting their album World of Our Own. In July 2009 Elton John gave a sold-out concert in the Schleyerhalle. Slayer played their final European Show at the Schleyerhalle on 3 August 2019 on their farewell world tour.

American icon Beyoncé performed three times at the venue. Two times as part of Destiny's Child in 2002 and 2005, and once in 2007 as a solo act during The Beyoncé Experience.

References

Wikipedia Source

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