Edel-optics.de Arena

The sports hall was originally an exhibition site built for the International Garden Show 2013. Construction began in October 2011 and was completed in the spring of 2013. Work on the swimming pool began in June 2011 and was completed in May 2013. After the garden show, the hall was converted into a sports hall at a cost of €14 million, of which the Benno and Inge Behrens Foundation contributed over €6 million. €4.5 million of funding was provided from the Hamburg International Building Exhibition, and the city of Hamburg paid the remainder, a little over €3.5 million.{{citation |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article123046760/Blumenhalle-der-igs-wird-zu-Sporthalle-umgebaut.html |title=Blumenhalle der igs wird zu Sporthalle umgebaut |newspaper= Hamburg Aabendblatt |accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=German}} The hall was inaugurated in late October 2014 with a Hamburg Towers match.{{cite news |title=Eine gelungene Einweihungsfeier |newspaper= Hamburg Aabendblatt |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article133453965/Eine-gelungene-Einweihungsfeier.html |accessdate=16 August 2018|first=Rainer |last= Grünberg |language=German}}

The sports hall was commissioned by the Benno and Inge Behrens Foundation and IBA Hamburg.{{cite web |title=AP-Projekte |website=www.architektenpartner.com |url=http://www.architektenpartner.com/Projekte/sonderbau/ |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=German |archive-date=14 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714105618/http://www.architektenpartner.com/Projekte/sonderbau/ |url-status=dead }} The building work was carried out by bs2architekten from Hamburg.{{cite web|url=http://www.bs2architekten.de/projekte/baederbauten/referenzliste/ |title=bs2architekten |website=www.bs2architekten.de |publisher=bs2architekten |language=German |access-date=16 August 2018 }} In May 2017, the Hamburg optics group Edeloptics GmbH acquired the naming rights of the hall, and the name was changed to the "edel-optics.de Arena".{{cite news |newspaper=Hamburg Abendblatt |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/sport/hamburg-towers/article210443825/Heimspielstaette-der-Hamburg-Towers-hat-einen-neuen-Namen.html |title=Heimspielstätte der Hamburg Towers hat einen neuen Namen |date=3 May 2017 |language=German |access-date=16 August 2018}}

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The edel-optics.de Arena serves as the home venue of the Hamburg Towers professional basketball team,{{cite web|title=Arena {{!}} Hamburg Towers|website=www.hamburgtowers.de|url=http://www.hamburgtowers.de/arena|url-status=dead |accessdate=14 July 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714105638/http://www.hamburgtowers.de/arena|archivedate=14 July 2016 |language=German }} and the BG Baskets Hamburg wheelchair basketball team.{{cite web|title=InselPark Arena – BG Baskets Hamburg – HSV|publisher=BG Baskets Hamburg |url=http://bgbasketshamburg.de/bundesliga/inselpark-arena.html|url-status=dead |accessdate=14 July 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714105641/http://bgbasketshamburg.de/bundesliga/inselpark-arena.html |archive-date=14 July 2016 |language=German}} It has a spectator capacity of 3,400 seats for basketball and 2,800 seats for wheelchair basketball.{{cite web|title=2. Basketball-Bundesliga {{!}} Kader|website=www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de |publisher=Basketball-Bundesliga |url=http://www.zweite-basketball-bundesliga.de/teams/kader/551/#tab-info |access-date=16 August 2016 |language=German }} In August 2015, the basketball Supercup was played in the Inselparkhalle, featuring the national teams of Turkey, Poland, Latvia and Germany.{{cite web |title=ERGO Supercup 2015 |website=www.basketball-bund.de |publisher=« Deutscher Basketball Bund |language=German |url=http://www.basketball-bund.de/teams/a-herren/supercup-2015 |access-date=14 July 2016 |archive-date=14 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714105648/http://www.basketball-bund.de/teams/a-herren/supercup-2015 |url-status=dead }}

In addition to basketball, in December 2015, a professional boxing event took place, including a fight between Jack Culcay-Keth and Dennis Hogan for the WBA interim championship super welterweight place.{{cite web |title=05.12. Inselparkhalle, Hamburg – Faustkämpferverband Austria – FVA |publisher=Boxing Austria |url=https://boxing-austria.eu/2015/11/05-12-inselparkhalle-hamburg/ |access-date=14 July 2016 |language=German }} In May 2016, the Inselparkhalle was the venue of the 2016 European Darts Matchplay event.{{cite web|title=European Darts Matchplay – European Tour 2016|website=www.darts1.de|url=https://www.darts1.de/european-tour/european-darts-matchplay.php |language=German |access-date=14 July 2016 }} In August 2016, teams competed in the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.{{cite web |title=Rollstuhlbasketball-WM 2018 in Hamburg – Innenbehörde Hamburg – FHH |publisher= |url=http://www.hamburg.de/pressearchiv-fhh/5345650/2016-09-13-bis-pm-rollstuhlbasketball-wm/|accessdate=16 August 2018 |language=German}}{{cite web |url=https://iwbf.org/2018/03/21/schedule-released-for-world-championships-2018/ |title=Schedule released for World Championships 2018 |publisher=International Wheelchair Basketball Federation |access-date=16 August 2018}} On 30 October and 1 November 2016, the first official international matches of the German futsal national team took place in the hall.{{cite web |title=Erstes Futsal-Landerspiel in Hamburg |publisher=DFB |url=http://www.dfb.de/futsal/news/news-detail/?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=149492&cHash=35a6c7824d4647c670b17515a8fd130f |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=German }}

In addition to sporting events, the building is also used for congresses,{{cite web|title=Heilpraktiker Fortbildungskongress GbR Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein CMS website |url=http://www.norddeutscherheilpraktikerkongress.de/569/kongress-2017 |access-date=16 August 2018 |publisher=Heilpraktiker Fortbildungskongress GbR Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Renate Rathmann |language=German }} concerts,{{cite web |title=Basta – Russischer Rapper |url=http://www.hamburg.de/tickets/e/8304378/basta-russischer-rapper/ |url-status=dead |access-date=3 April 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043806/http://www.hamburg.de/tickets/e/8304378/basta-russischer-rapper/|archive-date=4 April 2017 |language=German }} and conferences.{{cite web |title=Startseite |publisher=InselAkademie |url=https://www.ia-swo.com/ |access-date=16 August 2018 |language=German |archive-date=4 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043453/https://www.ia-swo.com/ |url-status=dead }}

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• [http://edel-optics.de/arena Website der Edel-optics.de Arena]
• [http://www.hamburgtowers.de/game-time/inselparkhalle/ Übersicht auf der Internetpräsenz der Hamburg Towers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503070818/http://www.hamburgtowers.de/game-time/inselparkhalle/ |date=3 May 2017 }}
• [http://www.iba-hamburg.de/projekte/wilhelmsburg-mitte/eingangskomplex-am-inselpark/inselparkhalle/projekt/inselparkhalle.html Übersicht auf iba-hamburg.de]
• [http://www.hamburg.de/tickets/l/225168/inselparkhalle-wilhelmsburg-hamburg.html Informationen zur Inselparkhalle auf hamburg.de]
• [http://www.baederland.de/bad/schwimmhalle-inselpark.html Informationen zur Schwimmhalle]

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