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Indoor arena located in Sendling-Westpark, Munich, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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BMW Park, formerly branded Audi Dome, is an indoor sports and event arena in Munich, Germany. It was initially named and is still colloquially known as Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle after the then president of the Bavarian State Sport Association Rudolf Sedlmayer. The 7,200-capacity hall opened in 1972 to host basketball events for the 1972 Summer Olympics[3] and has been the regular home venue of the Bayern Munich basketball club since 2011.[3] It also served as a set for the movie Rollerball and as the venue of the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest.
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The hall is situated in the southwest of Munich in the Sendling-Westpark district, at the connection between autobahn A96 and the city's internal belt road, Mittlerer Ring. North-east of the hall, a small garden is located. To the west and south-west, sports complexes can be found. The "Westpark", one of Munich's major parks, is located south-east of the arena. The hall can be reached by car over the main highway B2R, exit Grüntenstraße. By public transport, the arena can be reached by subway lines U4/U5 at the stop Heimeranplatz and by bus line 133 at the stop Siegenburger Straße.
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The hall was designed by the architect Georg Flinkerbush, the complex also includes a restaurant and a warm-up hall. Shortly after its completion, the hall served as the basketball venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1975, the arena served as one of the locations for the film Rollerball. It also hosted the 1978 FIBA European Champions Cup final in which Real Madrid defeated Mobilgirgi Varese 75-67.[4][5]
On 23 April 1983, the arena played host to the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest.[6]
On 5 May 2001, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for their Where Dreams Come True Tour supporting their album Coast to Coast. On 1 February 2003, the arena was closed for unknown reasons. It reopened in 2007 under new operator MPP Entertainment. Following the reopening, both the Baskets Munich and the basketball team of Bayern Munich expressed interest in a tenancy. On 8 January 2009, it became known that the firm operating the hall had registered for insolvency.[2] In 2011, after renovations to the arena were completed, the newly promoted Bayern Munich basketball team moved into the arena, rebranding it as Audi Dome.[3] Since 2023, its naming rights have been allocated to car manufacturer BMW which is headquartered in Munich.[7]
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