Feasibility study for a sports and culture campus in Chemnitz

Since their pro­mo­tion in 2020, the Niners Chem­nitz have become a sport­ing flag­ship for the city. How­ever, the Chem­nitz Arena, their home since 2019/20, presents a com­plex field of ten­sion between sport­ing ambi­tions and mul­ti­func­tional use.

The aim of this feas­ib­il­ity study is to exam­ine the con­struc­tion of a modern mul­ti­func­tional hall in the city center, which should be much more than just a sports venue. The planned infra­struc­ture should act as a cul­tural cata­lyst and create innov­at­ive event formats as well as meet­ing spaces for the iden­ti­fic­a­tion of all parts of urban soci­ety. The study not only eval­u­ates the urban plan­ning and infra­struc­tural frame­work con­di­tions, but also exam­ines the eco­nomic, func­tional and cul­tural poten­tial of a mul­ti­func­tional hall at this loc­a­tion. The basic ana­lysis exam­ines the require­ments of poten­tial user groups and assesses the suit­ab­il­ity of the loc­a­tion. The tech­nical feas­ib­il­ity includes rough archi­tec­tural pre­lim­in­ary plan­ning and an ini­tial assess­ment of infra­struc­tural feas­ib­il­ity.