Radstadion was a

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located in

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. They hosted the track portion of the

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competitions for the

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. The track was long by wide with banking that varied between 11.56 and 48.32 degrees.

Demolition and new arena

The Radstadion was demolished in 2015 to make way for a new multi-purpose arena. The SAP Garden should offer a maximum of 11,500 seats and should cost around 100 million euros. It will be the new home of the ice hockey club

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and the basketball team of Bayern Munich. The construction of the new arena should begin in the winter of 2019 with the groundbreaking ceremony. In the late summer of 2021, the SAP Garden should be completed. The new building is designed by Danish architects

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. The costs are borne by the owner of the EHC Red Bull München, the

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information
at ''FixedGearFever.com''
1972 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 187–88. Venues of the 1972 Summer Olympics Sports venues in Bavaria Velodromes in Germany Cycle racing in Germany Olympic cycling venues Buildings and structures in Munich Sports venues demolished in 2015 {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub