Saturday, 21. September 2024 | Only 6 days to go: Countdown to the grand opening of the SAP Garden
Countdown to the grand opening: 6 days, 6 hours for the transformation// GRAND OPENINGOnly 6 days to go! On September 27, the SAP Garden will kick off the Grand Opening. In the ten days leading up to the event, we will be sharing ten interesting facts about Munich's new landmark.In future, four-time German ice hockey champions EHC Red Bull München will play all their home games in the multifunctional arena in Munich's Olympiapark. FC Bayern Basketball will also move in for around 20 selected home games per season.
This means that in order for both ice hockey and basketball to be played in the SAP Garden, the smooth surface has to be transformed - sometimes very quickly - into a parquet floor. And vice versa.
In six hours: Turning the ice rink into a basketball arena
This is made possible by the dual-rise construction. With this method, the setup can be changed and replaced in just over six hours.
How the SAP Garden lettering came to be on the facade
In the first step, a conversion crew manually lays an approximately three centimeter thick arena floor over the entire surface of the ice, which remains permanently in place. This acts as a kind of insulating layer. The parquet floor is then laid on top of this and two basketball hoops are placed at each end.
In the next step, the Plexiglas is removed completely around the perimeter, after which the grandstand sections of the lowest tier are moved upwards. In addition, there are also telescopic stands which the crew can move up to the smaller court.
If you want to convert from basketball to ice hockey, the whole process is simply reversed.
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