BAM Sports – Building for Emotions Contents 01 02 03 01 Gellertstraße Stadium, Chemnitz 02 Continental Arena, Regensburg 03 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 04 First Direct Arena, Leeds 05 Schwalbe Arena, Gummersbach 06 King Abdullah Sports Stadium, Jeddah 08 09 10 07 Coface Arena, Mainz 08 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth 09 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg 10 Rudolf Harbig Stadium, Dresden 11 SGL Arena, Augsburg 12 O2 World, Berlin 13 Rittal Arena, Wetzlar 14 MHP Arena, Ludwigsburg 15 HDI Arena, Hanover 15 16 17 16 DKB Arena, Rostock 17 Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen 18 Gelredome, Arnheim 19 De Kuip, Rotterdam 20 Philips Stadium, Eindhoven 04 05 06 07 11 12 13 14 18 19 20 01 Good timing was called for: BAM Sports was One particularly conspicuous detail of this Country: Germany Gellertstraße appointed general contractor for the recon- project is the façade of the new main build- struction work on Chemnitz football stadium, ing, which is surrounded by a blue metal band. Type: Stadium which no longer met the standards for a mod- Reminiscent of a football scarf draped casually Stadium ern ground. The need to build the new stadium around the shell, this band leaves no one in any Seating: 8,274 mid-way through the season was a particularly doubt about who rules the roost here – Chem- Chemnitz daunting challenge that has developed into nitzer FC, the “Sky Blues”. At long last, the new Standing areas: 6,000 a core competency of BAM Sports. The old stadium also has an exclusive business area stands were demolished and re-erected one at with 800 seats and 12 boxes. At the same time, Business seats/boxes: 926 a time, so that a minimum capacity of 10,000 great care was taken to preserve a small piece was guaranteed throughout the project. When of Chemnitz football stadium’s history: the old Total capacity: 15,200 completed, Chemnitzer FC’s new home will be floodlight masts, raised around 23 feet, help able to accommodate a crowd of over 15,000. recall the club’s former glory. Completion: Under construction The corners were glazed in order to mitigate the noise level experienced by local residents as far as possible. 02 An elegant roof and striking red: SSV Jahn The link between the stand and the main build- Country: Germany Continental Arena Regensburg’s new football stadium instantly ing, whose curved shape blends in harmoni- catches the eye. Situated directly adjacent ously with the façade, is particularly effective. Type: Stadium to the A3 motorway, this single-tier arena is Offices belonging to the Bavarian Football Regensburg designed with four detached stands, each with Association are also located here. The stadium Seating: 8,081 21 rows of seats. The architecture is modelled lighting is another prominent feature. The on the classic British stadium geometry, giving floodlight “fingers” are perfectly aligned with Standing areas: 6,150 fans ideal proximity to the playing field. All the edges of the roof, providing an excellent in all, there is room for around 15,000 sup- glare shield for motorway drivers passing right Business seats/boxes: 1,089 porters. The open corners can be extended in by the ground. Apart from actually planning future if necessary, thus adding another 3,000 and building the stadium, BAM Sports was also Total capacity: 15,320 to the present crowd capacity. The South responsible for part of the outside facilities. Stand, with standing-only terraces for up to Completion: 07/2015 5,250 home fans, is the “soul” of the stadium’s interior. 03 A small gem in record time: a football stadium The stadium’s outer façade is undoubtedly one Country: UAE Hazza bin Zayed measuring up to the very best international of the highlights: it was inspired by the trunk standards was completed in just 16 months of the palm tree, an integral part of Al Ain’s Type: Stadium with help from BAM Sports in the oasis city legacy as the Emirates’ “Garden City”. The Stadium of Al Ain, on the border between the United aluminium and plastic panels can be indepen- Seating: 21,658 Arab Emirates and Oman. The Hazza bin Zayed dently controlled and opened for ventilation. Al Ain Stadium can accommodate 25,000 specta- Moreover, they each contain LED lights capa- Standing areas: – tors and is the new home of UAE Pro League ble of displaying multiple colours for stunning team Al Ain FC. The country’s desert climate night-time illuminations. The contract to BAM Business seats/boxes: 3,342 is ingeniously reflected in the unique architec- International also included a six-storey office tural design. The gently sweeping roof not only building, an indoor sports hall and the sur- Total capacity: 25,000 keeps the sun off the tiers; it is also higher on rounding facilities. one side, so that the pitch itself is fully shaded Completion: 12/2013 from the midday heat. 04 A modern-day amphitheatre: probably the Another of the arena’s special features is its Country: UK First Direct Arena most startling feature for anyone entering the outer shell, a complex work of art embellished Leeds First Direct Arena in Leeds, West York- with a honeycomb façade which is especially Type: Arena shire, is the way the seats are laid out. Rather effective in the dark thanks to a spectacular Leeds than copying the traditional bowl or horseshoe lighting concept. The acoustics are widely Seating: 12,224 design, they are arranged in a fan formation acknowledged to provide the best sound around the central stage. Well over 13,000 experience anywhere in the UK. Completed Standing areas: 1,000 spectators can enjoy a huge variety of events in summer 2013, the First Direct Arena was here, with a perfect view regardless of where immediately voted “Best New Venue in the Business seats/boxes: 276 they are sitting – from rock concerts and the- World 2014” at the Stadium Business Awards atre performances to basketball games, boxing in London. Total capacity: 13,500 matches and tennis tournaments. The rows of seating are retractable, enabling maximum Completion: 2013 flexibility whatever the occasion. 05 The number one address for handball: Heiner- The interior of the arena is convertible and Country: Germany Schwalbe Arena Brand-Platz 1 in Gummersbach. BAM Sports hence extremely flexible. Three out of the four has designed the perfect backdrop for one stands are retractable, which means two fully Type: Arena of Western Europe’s major sports at this new functional handball practice courts for VfL or Gummersbach arena on the site of a former boiler manufac- one practice court and three school sports Seating: 2,332 turing plant. A multipurpose centre that meets fields can be created as required. Optimal use the most advanced standards, it has space for can thus be made of the facility, which was Standing areas: 800 more than 4,000 fans and visitors to top team completed by BAM Sports in the record time VfL Gummersbach’s home games, including of only ten months, even when no professional Business seats/boxes: 1,000 eight luxurious boxes. An impressive foyer handball activities are taking place. welcomes handball aficionados, who are sub- Total capacity: 4,132 sequently guided to the stands and catering areas via a spectators’ promenade. Completion: 08/2013 06 Much more than just a stadium: “King Abdul- The architecture was inspired by traditional Country: Saudi Arabia King Abdullah lah Sports City”, an exclusive sports complex Arab motifs such as the geometric patterns of situated in the coastal town of Jeddah, Saudi the mashrabiya, the skilfully carved wooden Type: Arena Arabia, was built between autumn 2011 and windows evoked by the modern façade. OVE Sports Stadium January 2013. Besides the football stadium, the ARUP of London was responsible for the overall Seating: 56,550 complex also includes a mosque, a state-of- conceptual design. The turnkey planning and Jeddah the-art sports hall for over 10,000 spectators, implementation of this €380 million project Standing areas: – an athletics stadium and other outdoor sports were in the hands of BESIX, the Belgian con- facilities such as tennis courts and football struction specialist, and the Saudi Al Muhaidib Business seats/boxes: 3,450 training grounds. However, the centrepiece Group. BAM Sports was charged with a large of “Sports City”, which is the only structure of section of the planning and execution works in Total capacity: 60,000 its kind in the region, is the spacious football the framework of a consulting contract. stadium with seating for 60,000 spectators. Completion: 01/2013 07 A structure that sets benchmarks: in summer Particularly eye-catching is the stadium roof, Country: Germany Coface Arena 2011, BAM Sports completed this distinctive which plays with the light thanks to transpar- stadium for FSV Mainz 05 football club. Lo- ent elements. The spectacular gateway that Type: Stadium cated just outside the city gates of this German welcomes main visitors is also the main stand, Mainz regional capital, the Coface Arena certainly comprised of five fully equipped storeys. A Seating: 17,600 makes a contrast to many other new stadiums. striking square block juts out of the façade in The architectural concept centres around four this part of the building – the almost 3,000 Standing areas: 13,800 separate stands, each framed by a huge, red square meter VIP lounge. You can access the goalpost arch. With its four single-tier stands, inside directly from here – and plunge straight Business seats/boxes: 2,100 this edifice is evocative of the UK’s classic, into a steep, red inferno. atmospheric stadiums of old: very close to Total capacity: 33,500 the pitch, steep and with a high proportion of standing-only areas – for a good 13,800 out of Completion: 07/2011 the total maximum crowd of 33,500.