The Oberfrankenhalle is a multi-purpose
indoor sporting arena that is located in
Bayreuth
Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital of U ...
,
Germany. It is a part of the Bayreuth Sports Park, which also includes the
Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion
The Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Bayreuth, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SpVgg Bayreuth. The stadium is able to hold 21,500 people.
The stadium opened in 1967 and ...
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
stadium, an
ice rink, and an
indoor pool
Indoor(s) may refer to:
*the interior of a building
*Indoor environment, in building science, traditionally includes the study of indoor thermal environment, indoor acoustic environment, indoor light environment, and indoor air quality
*Built envi ...
. The arena is mainly used to host
basketball,
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
, and
volleyball games,
boxing matches,
concerts and congresses. The
seating capacity of the arena for basketball games is 4,000.
USC BAYREUTH THE ARENA OBERFRANKENHALLE Capacity 4000.
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History
The opening of the hall took place on 29 October 1988. The arena has been used as the regular home arena of the German League basketball club Medi bayreuth
Medi Bayreuth, official stylized as medi bayreuth, is a German professional basketball club that is based in Bayreuth, Germany. It was re-founded as BBC Bayreuth in 1999. The team plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the highest division o ...
.
References
External links
Oberfrankenhalle Arena at Medi Bayreuth's official website
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Basketball venues in Germany
Boxing venues in Germany
Buildings and structures in Bayreuth
Handball venues in Germany
Indoor arenas in Germany
Sports venues completed in 1988
Volleyball venues in Germany
Sports venues in Bavaria
Sport in Upper Franconia
Basketball in Bavaria