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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle
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Former names Olympische Basketballhalle (1972-74)
Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle (1974-2011)
Location Grasweg 74, 81373 Sendling-Westpark, Munich, Bayern, Germany
Coordinates 48°7′34″N 11°31′32″E / 48.12611°N 11.52556°E / 48.12611; 11.52556Coordinates: 48°7′34″N 11°31′32″E / 48.12611°N 11.52556°E / 48.12611; 11.52556
Capacity 6,700 (basketball) (currently)
7,200 (maximum capacity for sports)
Surface 2,516 m2
Construction
Opened 1972, 2011
Renovated 2011
Closed 2003, 2009
Tenants
Bayern Munich (Basketball Bundesliga, 2011-present)
Website
Official Site (German)

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, also known by its sponsorship name of Audi Dome, is an indoor arena located in Sendling-Westpark, Munich, Germany. It was initially named after the president of the Bavarian State Sport Association. The 6,700-seat hall opened in 1972 to host basketball events for the 1972 Summer Olympics. The arena has been the regular home venue of Bayern Munich basketball club since 2011.

The hall lies in the southwest of Munich, at the connection place of the A96 to the Mittlerer Ring, internal belt road in the quarter Sendling west park. Address: Grassweg 74, 81373 Munich.

At the hall adjacent a small garden is in the northeast, in the west and south west sports complexes and in the southeast of the citizen of Munich west park.

The hall is with the car over the western main highway 2 R toward south, departure Grüntenstraße attainably (signage follow). With the public local traffic of the MVV, one arrives over the U4/U5 at the stop Heimeranplatz and with the bus line 133 to the stop Siegenburger Straße.

The hall was sketched of the architect Georg Flinkerbush as a rotunda with an aluminum outside facade, at which a rectangular low building connects on both sides, to which the main building seems to permeate. The circle round base of the main building rejuvenates itself towards the top there to the free carrying cover construction self-sinking to the middle there.

The hall offers place in sporting events for up to 7,200 visitors. Also inside the arena is a restaurant and a warm up hall

Shortly after its completion, the hall served as the basketball venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

After that the hall next to concerts, displays and fairs served, over many years above all box organizations (for example Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko).

In 1975, the arena served as one of the filming locations for the Science Fiction film Rollerball.

It also hosted the 1978 FIBA European Champions Cup final in which Real Madrid defeated Mobilgirgi Varese 75-67.


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