The sports venues of the Olympic Park

The Olympic Stadium, with its world-famous tent roof designed by architect Frei Otto, forms the sporting heart of the Olympic Park. With a capacity of 80,000 spectators at the time (now 69,000), it was the largest of all sports venues used during the Games. It hosted, among other events, the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1972 Olympic Games. Afterwards, the stadium primarily served as the home ground for FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich. Since football moved to the Allianz Arena in 2005, the stadium has been used for major cultural and sporting events. The 78,000-square-meter tent roof can be accessed as part of guided tours.

Similar to the Olympic Stadium, parts of the Olympic Hall were integrated into the landscape as a hollow, making the hall, which is 45 metres high in places, appear significantly lower. During the 1972 Olympic Games, the Olympic Hall hosted the disciplines of artistic gymnastics and handball, and was deliberately designed as a multi-purpose venue for post-Olympic use. With a capacity of 14,000 people, the Olympic Hall is now used for concerts and sporting events. It also hosts large-scale shows, trade fairs, and shareholder meetings.

In 2011, the Small Olympic Hall was opened with a capacity of 3,600 spectators. It can be used as an independent event venue or in combination with the Olympic Hall, to which it is connected via a tunnel. Large glass surfaces provide the event space with natural daylight. The architecture firm Auer Weber integrated the hall into the terrain of the Olympic Park, continuing the original vision of the park’s architects.

The Olympic Swimming Hall is located in close proximity to the Olympic Lake. The tent roof structure of the Olympic Park spans the Olympic Stadium, the Olympic Hall, and also the Olympic Swimming Hall – with the difference that here it connects directly to the façade and forms the upper enclosure of the space. Today, in addition to a summer sunbathing lawn, five swimming pools, a diving facility, and an extensive wellness area invite visitors to relax and enjoy.

In the Werner-von-Linde Hall, athletes warmed up before their competitions during the 1972 Summer Olympics as well as the 2002 European Championships – with the Olympic Stadium located right next door. The hall is named after Werner von Linde (1904 – 1975), a former decathlete who played a key role in Munich’s bid for the 1972 Olympic Games. To this day, top athletes from Bavaria and across Germany train here, and competitions continue to be held in the venue.