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| Former names | CentrO Arena (planning/construction) Arena Oberhausen (1996–2001) König-Pilsener-Arena (2001-2021) |
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| Location | Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Coordinates | 51°29′24″N 6°52′19″E / 51.49000°N 6.87194°E / 51.49000; 6.87194 |
| Owner | Michel industries |
| Operator | ASM Global |
| Capacity | 12,650 |
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| Broke ground | 17 July 1995 (1995-07-17) |
| Opened | 8 September 1996 (1996-09-08) |
| Construction cost | €45 million |
| Architect | Ellerbe Becket |
| Project manager | baa projektmanagement |
| Structural engineer | Bingham Cotterell |
| Tenants | |
| Revierlöwen Oberhausen (DEL) (1996–2002) | |
| Website | |
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The Rudolf Weber-Arena (originally the Arena Oberhausen) is a multipurpose arena, located in Oberhausen, Germany. Opening in September 1996, the arena is a part of the leisure and shopping center, CentrO. The venue was built in Neue Mitte Oberhausen [de], a former industrial plant.
In November 2001, König Brauerei, a brewery in Duisburg, purchased naming rights to the arena which took effect from January 2002. In December 2021, the arena's naming rights were purchased by Essen-based cleaning company Rudolf Weber GmbH.
Configuration
The maximum capacity of the arena is 12,650, where the seating is arranged on two levels. It is also possible to have a center stage configuration, 12,000 people can attend such events. There are also two possible theatre configurations with 3,000 and 5,200 capacity, respectively.
Naming history
- Arena Oberhausen (12 September 1996—31 December 2001)
- König-Pilsener-Arena (1 January 2002—31 December 2021)
- Rudolf Weber-Arena (1 January 2022—present)
Events
The arena hosts a wide variety of events, with more than 800,000 people attending about a hundred events. The arena also hosts a variety of shows, e.g. Stomp or Riverdance. The König Pilsener Arena played host to UFC 122 on 13 November 2010.
Performers
- Anirudh Ravichander
- Drake
- A-ha
- Chris Brown
- Iron Maiden
- Kiss
- Alice Cooper
- Rush
- Judas Priest
- Manowar
- Amon Amarth
- Arch Enemy
- Sting
- Page and Plant
- Ronan Keating
- Rod Stewart
- Natalie Cole
- Status Quo
- Whitesnake
- Def Leppard
- Oasis
- Dionne Warwick
- Toni Braxton
- Cliff Richard
- Mark Knopfler
- R.E.M.
- Kylie Minogue
- Alanis Morissette
- Black Sabbath
- Ozzy Osbourne
- The Cure
- André Rieu
- Limp Bizkit
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- The Black Eyed Peas
- Bryan Adams
- Gloria Estefan
- Toto
- Placido Domingo
- No Doubt
- Prince & The New Power Generation
- Roger Waters
- David Gilmour
- Neil Young
- Dream Theater
- Fleetwood Mac
- The Corrs
- Puff Daddy
- Radiohead
- Meat Loaf
- Santana
- Volbeat
- Helene Fischer
- Paul McCartney
- Peter Gabriel
- Backstreet Boys
- Westlife
- 50 Cent
- Britney Spears
- Usher
- Anastacia
- Placebo
- Journey
- Within Temptation
- Elton John
- Bob Dylan
- Coldplay
- Foo Fighters
- The BossHoss
- The Who
- Leonard Cohen
- AC/DC
- Taylor Swift
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Tori Amos
- Lionel Richie
- Pink
- Shakira
- Deep Purple
- Scorpions
- Queensrÿche
- Nickelback
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Lenny Kravitz
- Depeche Mode
- Metallica
- Machine Head (band)
- Lady Gaga
- Public Enemy
- Kanye West
- Justin Bieber
- New Kids on the Block
- Bruno Mars
- Rihanna
- Joe Cocker
- Chris de Burgh
- Supertramp
- Simply Red
- Take That
- Die Fantastischen Vier
- Christina Aguilera
- Donots
- Tokio Hotel
- The Prodigy
- Roxette
- Alicia Keys
- Ellie Goulding
- Neil Diamond
- Al Bano and Romina Power
- Beyoncé
- Whitney Houston
- Sade
- Chris Rea
- Jennifer Lopez
- George Michael
- Zucchero
- Eros Ramazzotti
- Tool
- Eric Clapton
- One Direction
- Joe Cocker
- Harry Belafonte
- OneRepublic
- Sunrise Avenue
- Die Ärzte
- Nicki Minaj during her third tour, The Pinkprint Tour
- 5 Seconds of Summer
- Maroon 5
- Runrig
- Linkin Park
- Die Toten Hosen
- Imagine Dragons
- Soy Luna Live
- Nightwish
- Sabaton (band)
- Powerwolf
- Harry Styles
- Shawn Mendes
- Jeff Lynne's ELO
- Shahram Shabpareh
- Electric Callboy hosting their Escalation Fest twice (2022 & 2023)
See also
References
- "Umbenennung der "König-Pilsener-Arena" in "Rudolf Weber-Arena" Im Rahmen des Grössten Namensrechtsvertrags in der 25-Jährigen Arena-Geschichte". 2 December 2021.
- "Arena Oberhausen renamed as Rudolf Weber-Arena in largest rebranding in its history". 7 December 2021.
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