A Festhalle is a German

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. The root meaning of the name "Fest-halle" literally means "Feast-Hall," but is best translated as "Festival Hall" or "Civic Center." Festhalles can be found in many towns and cities in Germany, and range in size and use from small neighborhood activity centers, to large capacity stadiums able to seat thousands of spectators. Some of the best known Festhalle in Germany are as follows: *

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** The Festhalle Plauen ** Seating ~ 4,820 * Stuttgart ** Seating ~ 18,000 *

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** Arena Dresden ** Seating ~ 13,000 *

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Festhalle Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt is a multi-purpose arena located in Frankfurt, Germany. The interior of the dome at its highest reaches a height of 40 meters. It provides an area of 5,646 square metres, offering by a variable grandstand system space for up t ...

** Seating ~ 15,179 *

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** The Löwenbräu-Festhalle ** Seating ~ 5,700

Frankfurt Festhalle

The Festhalle in

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is used primarily for indoor sports and music concerts. Frankfurt's Festhalle has a capacity of 15,179 people. On October 9, 2004

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(WWE) hosted a live event in the Festhalle as a part of the "Live & Loaded" Tour. WWE is scheduled to come back to this German show venue on December 6, 2007, with a house show from their '' SmackDown!'' brand. Canadian prog-rock trio Rush recorded their ''R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour'' DVD there on September 24, 2004. In November 2008,

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hard rock band Deep Purple had a concert in Festhalle during the band's 40 years anniversary tour.{{update, section, date=November 2010

External links

Homepage of the Berlin Festhalle Plauen Homepage of the Dresden FesthalleHomepage of the Frankfurt Festhalle
Indoor arenas in Germany de:Festhalle es:Festhalle