»The SAP Garden will herald a new era in Bavarian basketball. An arena for almost 12,000 spectators and with professional training conditions here and in the Audi Dome: Then things really get going at FC Bayern Basketball,” said honorary president Uli Hoeneß according to the announcement. The 70-year-old visited the construction site of the new hall with President Herbert Hainer and former basketball manager Marko Pesic.
Basketball enthusiasm should continue
The multifunctional arena, which the builder and owner Red Bull is realizing together with the tenant FC Bayern and SAP, will be the venue for the Bayern basketball team and the Red Bull Munich ice hockey team. Completion is expected in summer 2024. “Our goal is to establish ourselves at the top both nationally and internationally, for this we need the appropriate infrastructure, and this multifunctional arena will set standards here,” said Hainer.
“The big task is to create a real basketball atmosphere, and that was a special focus,” said Pesic. “It won’t do to just show up and play a little once it’s finished. We have to do our job – and we do it.«
The German national basketball team had won the bronze medal at the European Championships. The first medal in 17 years had generated great interest.
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