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'' This article is about the German stadium. You may be looking for the American stadium.'' The Mercedes-Benz Arena ()Aus o2 World wird Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin
, 26 January 2015
is a multipurpose
indoor arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators ...
in the
Friedrichshain Friedrichshain () is a quarter (''Ortsteil'') of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. From its creation in 1920 until 2001, it was a freestanding city borough. Formerly part of East Berlin, it is adjacent to Mitte, Prenz ...
neighborhood of
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
,
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, which opened in 2008. With a capacity of 17,000 people, it is home to the
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ice hockey club and the
Alba Berlin Alba Berlin is a German professional basketball club that is based in Berlin, Germany. The club was founded in 1991, and is today the largest German national basketball club by membership figures. Alba Berlin hosts its home games at the Mercedes ...
basketball team, and is used for other
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, basketball and
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matches as well as concerts.Startschuss für die O2 World in Berlin
, 27 April 2006
The arena hosted the 2008–09 Euroleague Final Four, European professional
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club competition. The arena was one of the most prominent elements of the
Mediaspree Mediaspree is one of the largest property investment projects in Berlin. It aims to establish telecommunication and media companies along a section of the banks of the river Spree (river), Spree as well as to implement an urban renewal of the s ...
urban redevelopment project, quickly gaining emblematic status in the debates surrounding the project's impact. The arena hosted the 2022 Premier League Darts final on 13 June 2022.


Naming rights

In 2015, German car manufacturer
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartere ...
reached a deal with the arena management to rename the venue Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin for twenty years. Between 2008 and 2015, the arena was known as O2 World Berlin () due to sponsorship contract with
Telefónica Germany Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG (; also called Telefónica Deutschland ) is a provider of broadband, landline and mobile telecommunications in Germany. The company trades as O2 (typeset as O2). The company was renamed from Telefónica O ...
, a telecommunications company.


Notable events

*The first band to play at the Mercedes-Benz Arena was
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on 12 September 2008. *
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performed two sold-out concerts on 26 and 27 January 2009, with her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. *The arena was also the home for the
2009 MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 took place in Berlin, Germany at the O2 World and Brandenburg Gate on 5 November 2009. The awards ceremony was presented by Katy Perry for a 2nd consecutive year. It was the fourth time that the MTV Europe Music Aw ...
. *
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performed during his
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Tour on 21 September 2010, along with the
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. This show has been recorded for the live album ''Live in Berlin''. *On 21 February 2009,
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received Germany's ECHO Honorary Award for lifetime achievement at Berlin's O2 World. *The venue played host to one NHL Premiere game for the
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on 8 October 2011. The
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defeated the
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, 4–2. *The arena hosted the second stage of the
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between 8–10 July. *
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performed a sold-out concert on 26 July 2009 during The Circus Starring: Britney Spears. She returned for another sold-out show on 6 August 2018 as part of her Britney Spears: Piece of Me Tour. *
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performed a sold-out concert on 29 October 2009 during
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*
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performed her Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour show on 1 March 2011. *
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and
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played the O2 during the dual European tour on 29 October 2011. *On 27 March 2012,
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performed a concert as part of their 2012 Wicked Game album tour. *
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performed during her
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on two sold out nights in June 2012, and returned for two shows in November 2015 on her
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*
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performed at the arena on 4 & 5 July 2012 during their 2012 tour *
Laura Pausini Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an internat ...
performed here as part of her
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*
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played during their 50th Anniversary Tour in August 2012. *
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performed her
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in September 2012 for one sold out night, and on 9 October 2014 on her ArtRave: The Artpop Ball *
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performed during her
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in October 2012 for one night. *Beach soccer returned to the arena in August 2012 to again host the second stage of the 2012 Euro Beach Soccer League. *
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performed on 11 May 2013 on their Take Me Home Tour *
Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...
performed to two sold-out crowds on 23 and 24 May 2013, with her Mrs. Carter Show. *
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performed on 18 June 2013. *
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performed on 2 July 2013, on her
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. *On 7 February 2014 country-pop superstar
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performed a show on her
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. *On 22 May 2014 French-Armenian singer
Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...
performed a show as part of his
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. *On 19 November 2014 rock band
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performed a show as a part of their
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. *
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performed at the stadium three times: the first one was on 9 January 2010 during their
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. The second and the third were on 25 and 27 November 2013 during their
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, in front of a total sold-out crowd of 28,332 people. The 2013 shows were filmed and recorded for the group's concert film '' Depeche Mode Live in Berlin'' and for the band's live album '' Live in Berlin Soundtrack''. * U2 performed at the arena on 24, 25, 28 and 29 September 2015 as part of their
Innocence + Experience Tour The Innocence + Experience Tour (styled as iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour) was a worldwide concert tour by rock band U2. Staged in support of the band's 2014 album ''Songs of Innocence'', the tour visited arenas throughout 2015. It was U2's first ...
. They also played at the arena on 31 August and 1 September 2018 as part of their
Experience + Innocence Tour The Experience + Innocence Tour (styled as eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour) was a worldwide concert tour by rock band U2. Staged in support of the band's 2017 album, ''Songs of Experience'', the tour visited arenas throughout 2018. Comprising two ...
. *Irish-American dancer and musician
Michael Flatley Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) is an Irish-American dancer. He became known for Irish dance shows ''Riverdance'', '' Lord of the Dance'', ''Feet of Flames'', and ''Celtic Tiger Live''. Flatley's shows have played to more than 60 milli ...
reprised his role as Lord of the Dance on 6 December 2010 during the Return of Michael Flatley As Lord of the Dance tour. A few scenes from the 3D concert film ''Lord of the Dance 3D'', were filmed in the during the performance in the arena alongside the O2 London and O2 Dublin. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray under the title ''Michael Flatley Returns As Lord of the Dance'' in 2011. A 3D version was released only in Blu-ray in late 2011. *In October 2013, the artist Jakob Kupfer transformed the LED facade of the o2 World Berlin into a giant art installation. *On 31 May 2014 UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi was the first event that the
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had hosted in the venue. *It hosted group matches of the
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. *On 31 October 2015 it hosted the
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final. *On 20 June 2015 held UFC Fight Night: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne. *
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performed on 7 and 8 May 2016 as part of her
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tour. *
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performed on 23 and 24 July 2017 as part of her European summer tour,
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*On 30 September 2017,
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performed during his Act III: M.O.T.T.E World Tour. *On 22 February 2018, it hosted the 4th week of the 2018 Premier League Darts from the
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, the first time the event took place in
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. *On 16 October 2018,
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performed during their second world tour BTS World Tour: Love Yourself. It was their first time in Europe. *On 28 February 2019,
Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian-born rapper based in the United States. She is known for her musical versatility, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos and accent ...
performed as a part of her European tour, The Nicki Wrld Tour. *On 14 May 2019,
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performed during his
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Tour. *On 17 May 2019,
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hosted a house show. *On 11 July 2019,
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performed during her The X Tour. *On 13 July 2019,
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performed during their We Are Here World Tour. *On 5–8 September 2019, the Champions stage of the StarLadder & i-League Berlin Major 2019 was hosted by StarLadder and
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. This was an official
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tournament where teams from all over the world competed for $1,000,000 prize fund, playing the video game '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''. *On 26 September 2019, singer-actress
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started the European leg of her
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, her first tour to reach
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since her Living Proof: The Farewell Tour in 2004. *On 13 October 2019, GOT7 performed here during their ''2019 World Tour KEEP SPINNING''. *On 7 and 8 March 2022
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performed there to mark the start of the Europe leg of their The Last Domino? Tour. *On 10 May 2022,
Dua Lipa Dua Lipa ( , ; born ) is an English and Albanian singer and songwriter. Possessing a mezzo-soprano vocal range, she is known for her signature disco- pop sound. Lipa has received numerous accolades, including six Brit Awards, three Gramm ...
performed a sold out show as part of her
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. *On 29 June 2022
Céline Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
performed there during her
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. *On 20 July 2022,
Harry Styles Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant on the British music competition series ''The X Factor (UK TV series), The X Factor''. Following hi ...
performed there as a part of his
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. *It will host the final phase matches at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022. *On 13 June 2022 the arena hosted the 2022 Premier League Darts final. *On 19-20 December 2022,
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will perform at the arena during their
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. *On 14 February 2023, ATEEZ will perform at the arena during their THE FELLOWSHIP: BREAK THE WALL World Tour *On 20-21 February 2023,
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will perform at the arena as part of the European leg of his
XXV Tour ''XXV'' is a compilation album by English singer Robbie Williams, released through Columbia Records on 9 September 2022. The album marks the 25th anniversary of Williams's solo career, and contains re-recorded and orchestrated versions of songs f ...
. *On 3 March 2023,
Céline Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
will perform at the arena during her
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.


Attendance

This is a list of home attendance figures of
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Gallery

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See also

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List of indoor arenas in Germany The following is a list of German indoor arenas for handball games. ;Notes *Note 1: Only selected games are played in the arena. References See also * List of football stadiums in Germany *List of indoor arenas in Europe * List of indoor ...
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List of European ice hockey arenas The following is a list of European ice hockey arenas by capacity. Only those arenas that currently and regularly host ice hockey games with paid admission (e.g. professional, major junior, or university) and have regular seating capacity over 10 ...


References


External links


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