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(Redirected from Cologne Arena) Indoor arena in Cologne, Germany
LANXESS arena
Former namesKölnarena (1998–2008)
LocationDeutz, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates50°56′18.59″N 6°58′58.63″E / 50.9384972°N 6.9829528°E / 50.9384972; 6.9829528
Public transitDeutsche Bahn Köln Messe/Deutz
Cologne Stadtbahn Bahnhof Deutz/LANXESS arena
OwnerImmobilienfonds Köln-Deutz Arena, Mantelbebauung GbR
OperatorArena Management GmbH
Capacity20,000 (concerts)
19,500 (handball)
18,500 (hockey)
SurfaceParquetry, ice
Construction
Broke groundJuly 31, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-07-31)
OpenedOctober 5, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-10-05)
Construction cost 153 million
ArchitectPeter Böhm
Tenants
Kölner Haie (DEL) (1998–present)
Website
lanxess-arena.de (in German)

Lanxess Arena (stylized as LANXESS arena; originally Kölnarena, German for "Cologne arena") is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie.

It is primarily used by Kölner Haie (ice hockey), VfL Gummersbach (handball), Köln RheinStars (basketball), and as a concert venue. Lanxess Arena was the highest-attended arena of 2019, with 699,924 tickets sold.

The arena is spanned by a steel arch supporting the roof via steel cables. The height of the arch is 76 m (249 ft) and its weight is 480 tons.

On June 2, 2008, it was announced that Kölnarena would be renamed Lanxess Arena, for a period of ten years. The sponsor, Lanxess AG, is a specialty chemicals group based in the Lanxess Tower in Deutz, Cologne. This naming-rights deal was extended in 2017 until December 31, 2023. Then in October 2023, it was announced that the cooperation between the arena and Lanxess had been extended for another 5 years until 2028.

Concerts

Lanxess Arena has been one of the top entertainment venues in Cologne since its opening. Many international artists have performed at the venue, spanning a wide range of music genres. Artists that have performed their concerts at the venue are listed in the table below.

Concerts held at Lanxess Arena
Date Nationality Artist Tour Opening Act
1998
October 5 United Kingdom Depeche Mode The Singles Tour
October 6
November 19 Elton John Big Picture Tour
December 27 United States Prince New Power Soul Tour
1999
March 8 United States Kiss Psycho Circus World Tour Buckcherry
April 15 Bruce Springsteen
E Street Band
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour
May 15 Germany Scorpions Eye to Eye Tour
June 7 United States Backstreet Boys Into the Millennium Tour
June 24 Aerosmith Nine Lives Tour
September 24 Whitney Houston My Love Is Your Love World Tour Amanda Marshall
September 28
October 19 Cher Do You Believe? Belinda Carlisle
2000
February 20 United States Mariah Carey Rainbow World Tour
May 6 Puerto Rico Ricky Martin Livin' la Vida Loca Tour
May 11 United States Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour 2000
June 27 United Kingdom Elton John Stately Home Tour
October 29 Australia AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip World Tour Slash's Snakepit
November 13 United States Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again Tour
November 15 Australia AC/DC Stiff Upper Lip World Tour Slash's Snakepit
2001
July 12 Ireland U2 Elevation Tour Söhne Mannheims
July 13
July 23 United Kingdom Mark Knopfler Sailing to Philadelphia Tour
September 26 Depeche Mode Exciter Tour
September 27
2002
May 18 United Kingdom Roger Waters In the Flesh Tour
December 12 Colombia Shakira Tour of the Mongoose
2003
April 27 Ireland Westlife Unbreakable Tour
April 28
April 29 United Kingdom Paul McCartney Back in the World Tour
October 4 United States Christina Aguilera The Stripped Tour
October 31 United Kingdom David Bowie A Reality Tour
November 17 United States Justin Timberlake The Justified World Tour
December 16 Metallica Madly in Anger with the World Tour
2004
March 15 United States Pink Try This Tour
March 29 Canada Shania Twain Up! Tour Bjorn Again
May 28 United States Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour
November 1 Anastacia Live at Last Tour
2005
March 1 United States Anastacia Live at Last Tour
April 5 Australia Kylie Minogue Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour Melody Club
May 30 United States Backstreet Boys Never Gone Tour
May 31 Destiny's Child Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It
June 6 United Kingdom Mark Knopfler Shangri-La Tour
2006
October 19 United States Pink I'm Not Dead Tour
November 6 Bruce Springsteen
The Sessions
Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour
November 13 United Kingdom George Michael 25 Live
2007
April 8 Colombia Shakira Oral Fixation Tour
April 16 United Kingdom Roger Waters The Dark Side of the Moon Live
June 10 United States Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow
June 14 Meat Loaf Seize The Night Tour
June 27 Aerosmith 2007 World Tour
September 15 Gwen Stefani Sweet Escape Tour CSS
October 29 United Kingdom Take That Beautiful World Tour 2007 Sophie Ellis-Bextor
December 13 United States Bruce Springsteen
E Street Band
Magic Tour
December 20 United Kingdom Spice Girls The Return of the Spice Girls
2008
May 27 Australia Kylie Minogue KylieX2008
June 18 Canada Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour Jon Mesek
September 8 Nickelback Dark Horse Tour
September 12 United Kingdom Coldplay Viva la Vida Tour High Wire
Albert Hammond Jr.
2009
January 14 United States Tina Turner Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour
January 15
January 18
January 19
March 30 Pink Funhouse Tour
May 17 Metallica World Magnetic Tour Machine Head
The Sword
June 17 United Kingdom Eagles Long Road Out of Eden Tour
July 1 Canada Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Tour 2008–2010
October 5 United States Green Day 21st Century Breakdown World Tour Prima Donna
October 29 Norway A-ha Foot Of The Mountain Tour
November 16 United Kingdom Muse The Resistance Tour Biffy Clyro
November 28 Cliff Richard
The Shadow
The Final Reunion Tour
November 29 Germany Rammstein Liebe ist für alle da Tour
December 16 United Kingdom Paul McCartney Good Evening Europe Tour
December 17
2010
June 20 United Kingdom Mark Knopfler Get Lucky Tour
September 24 Sting Symphonicity Tour
October 14 Canada Michael Bublé Crazy Love Tour Naturally 7
October 27 United States Linkin Park A Thousand Suns World Tour
November 13 Germany Scorpions Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour
December 11 Colombia Shakira The Sun Comes Out World Tour
2011
May 21 United Kingdom Sade Sade Live The Jolly Boys
June 21 United States Eagles Long Road Out of Eden Tour
July 28 Prince Welcome 2
October 7 Red Hot Chili Peppers I'm with You World Tour Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
October 18 Britney Spears Femme Fatale Tour Joe Jonas
Destinee & Paris
November 8 Barbados Rihanna Loud Tour
November 29 United States 30 Seconds To Mars Into the Wild Tour
December 15 United Kingdom Coldplay Mylo Xyloto Tour Emeli Sandé
2012
April 25 Canada Michael Bublé Crazy Love Tour Naturally 7
July 4 United Kingdom Snow Patrol Fallen Empires Tour
July 10 United States Madonna The MDNA Tour Martin Solveig
September 4 Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball The Darkness
Lady Starlight
September 5
September 21 Canada Nickelback Here and Now Tour
November 15 United Kingdom Deep Purple The Songs That Built Rock Tour
2013
April 6 Canada Justin Bieber Believe Tour
June 5 United States Alicia Keys Set the World on Fire World Tour
June 26 Barbados Rihanna Diamonds World Tour GTA
June 27
November 21 United Kingdom Depeche Mode The Delta Machine Tour
2014
March 15 United States Beyoncé The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour Monsieur Adi
March 16
April 20 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience World Tour DJ Freestyle Steve
April 22
May 1 Germany Scorpions Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour
May 2 United Kingdom Peter Gabriel Back to Front Tour
May 26 United States Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour
October 7 Lady Gaga ArtRave: The Artpop Ball Lady Starlight
November 2 Germany Helene Fischer Farbenspiel Live
November 3
2015
March 5 United States Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour Charli XCX
June 13 Ariana Grande The Honeymoon Tour DJ Dubz
June 19 Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour James Bay
June 20
October 4 United Kingdom Take That Take That Live 2015 Ella Henderson
Nessi
October 17 Ireland U2 Innocence + Experience Tour
October 18
October 20 Argentina Violetta Violetta Live International Tour
November 4 United States Madonna Rebel Heart Tour Mary Mac
November 5
2016
April 13 United States Mariah Carey Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour
April 26 Norway A-ha Cast In Steel Tour
March 6 United Kingdom Muse Drones World Tour Royal Blood
May 14 Adele Adele Live 2016
May 15
June 8 Australia 5 Seconds of Summer Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour Don Broco
September 18 Canada Justin Bieber Purpose World Tour Vic Mensa
November 14 United States Red Hot Chili Peppers The Getaway World Tour Deerhoof
November 23 Germany Scorpions Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour
2017
January 17 United Kingdom Black Sabbath The End Tour Rival Sons
February 15 United States Kings of Leon WALLS Tour
March 2 Canada The Weeknd Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour Lil Uzi Vert
Bryson Tiller
March 16 Drake Boy Meets World Tour
March 23 United Kingdom Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour Anne-Marie
Ryan McMullan
April 10 United States Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour Anderson Paak
June 11 United Kingdom Phil Collins Not Dead Yet Tour
June 12
June 14
June 15
June 16
September 14 United States Metallica WorldWired Tour Kvelertak
September 16
October 3 Germany Helene Fischer Helene Fischer Live 2017/2018
October 4
October 6
October 7
October 8
2018
January 15 United Kingdom Depeche Mode Global Spirit Tour The Horrors
January 23 Germany Helene Fischer Helene Fischer Live 2017/2018
January 24
February 22 United States Kendrick Lamar The Damn Tour James Blake
March 24 Argentina Soy Luna Soy Luna Live
April 28 United Kingdom Sam Smith The Thrill of It All Tour
May 23 United States Katy Perry Witness: The Tour Tove Styrke
June 5 Colombia Shakira El Dorado World Tour Salva
June 6 United States Demi Lovato Tell Me You Love Me World Tour Joy
July 21 Justin Timberlake The Man of the Woods Tour The Shadowboxers
July 22
September 4 Ireland U2 Experience + Innocence Tour
September 5
October 8 Canada Shania Twain Shania Now Tour Bastian Baker
December 4 Japan Hatsune Miku Hatsune Miku Expo 2018 Europe
2019
March 18 Canada Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes: The Tour Alessia Cara
March 23 Trinidad and Tobago Nicki Minaj The Nicki Wrld Tour Zuna & Azet
Miami Yacine
Juice WRLD
September 1 United States Ariana Grande Sweetener World Tour Ella Mai
Social House
September 23 United Kingdom Little Mix LM5 The Tour Keelie Walker
October 5 United States Cher Here We Go Again Tour Bright Light Bright Light
KidCutUp
2020
February 11 United States Jonas Brothers Happiness Begins Tour Jordan McGraw
Picture This
2022
May 12 United Kingdom Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Tour Griff
May 15 Norway A-ha Hunting High and Low Tour
July 8 United States Alicia Keys Alicia the World Tour
July 22 United Kingdom Harry Styles Love on Tour Wolf Alice
December 8 South Korea Blackpink Born Pink World Tour
2023
February 5 United Kingdom Robbie Williams XXV Tour
February 6
February 8
2024
March 19 Canada Celine Dion Courage World Tour
May 22 United States Jonas Brothers Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour
June 4 Trinidad and Tobago Nicki Minaj Pink Friday 2 World Tour
June 5
June 11 Colombia Karol G Mañana será bonito Tour
June 12 United States Olivia Rodrigo Guts World Tour Remi Wolf
June 14 Albania Elvana Gjata Dekada
July 11 United States Megan Thee Stallion Hot Girl Summer Tour
August 25 United States Justin Timberlake The Forget Tomorrow World Tour
August 26
October 6 United States Janet Jackson Janet Jackson: Together Again Wyclef Jean
October 12 Serbia Aleksandra Prijović Od Istoka Do Zapada Tour

Sports events

The arena was used for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship, including the third place game and the final game.

On June 13, 2009, the Ultimate Fighting Championships held UFC 99 at the Lanxess Arena. This was the first time the UFC has made its way to Germany.

On May 29–30, 2010, the arena hosted the EHF Champions League Final Four.

The arena was one of the venues for the 2010 IIHF World Championship, including both semi-finals, the Bronze medal game and the Championship game.

On August 22–23, 2015, the arena hosted ESL One Cologne 2015, one of three major Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments to be held throughout 2015.

On July 5–10, 2016, the arena hosted ESL One Cologne 2016, the second $1,000,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major tournament.

From May 5 to 21, 2017, the arena co-hosted the IIHF ice hockey world championship, including all the final games.

On July 7–9, 2017, the arena hosted ESL One Cologne 2017, a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament with a prize pool of $250,000.

From July 6 to 8, 2018, the arena hosted ESL One Cologne 2018. This event earned Lanxess Arena the nickname “The Cathedral Of Counter-Strike”.

On October 8, 2018, the arena hosted an exhibition ice hockey game between Kölner Haie and the Edmonton Oilers, part of the 2018 NHL Global Series Challenge.

On July 5–7, 2019, the arena hosted another edition of the ESL One Cologne, a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament with a prize pool of $300,000.

From July 12 to 13, 2019, the arena will host the 2019 German Darts Masters, part of the Professional Darts Corporation World Series.

From May 22 to 24, 2020, the arena will host the 2020 Euroleague Final Four, part of Euroleague Basketball.

In 2020 the arena hosted back to back ATP 250 events. From October 11–18, Bett1Hulks Indoors and from October 17 to 25, it hosted another ATP 250 event, Bett1Hulks Championship.

From July 15 to 17 2022, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive returned to the arena after a two year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, under the moniker IEM Cologne 2022, as ESL merged their ESL One brand into their Intel Extreme Masters brand. The event offered an increased prize pool of $1,000,000.

The venue will host some group phase matches at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 which the country and Berlin alongside Czech Republic in Prague, Georgia in Tbilisi and Italy in Milan.

The annual Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event, IEM Cologne 2023, returned to the venue on August 4 to 6, 2023, where the prize pool offered was once again $1,000,000, matching that of the previous year's. The winners, G2 Esports, took first place and $400,000.

Image gallery

  • Lanxess Arena exterior view Lanxess Arena exterior view
  • Lanxess Arena, hockey configuration Lanxess Arena, hockey configuration
  • Lanxess Arena inside Lanxess Arena inside
  • Lanxess Arena during handball match between VfL Gummersbach and Frisch Auf Göppingen Lanxess Arena during handball match between VfL Gummersbach and Frisch Auf Göppingen
  • Lanxess Arena in 2008 during an ice hockey game Lanxess Arena in 2008 during an ice hockey game
  • Aerial view of LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany Aerial view of LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany

See also

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