OWL Arena
OWL Arena is a stadium in Halle, Germany that opened in 1993. Its recorded capacity is 12,300.
Key facts
OWL Arena is a stadium in Halle, Germany that opened in 1993. Its recorded capacity is 12,300. It is owned by Gerry Weber. It is operated by OWL Sport & Event Verwaltung GmbH. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Gerry Weber Stadion. Current tenants are Halle Open, TBV Lemgo, Halle Open.
- Location
- Halle, Germany
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 12,300
- Opened
- 1993
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Gerry Weber
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
- Roof
- Retractable roof
OWL Arena is at latitude 52.063056, longitude 8.348889, in Halle, Germany. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 52.063056 |
| Longitude | 8.348889 |
| City | Halle |
| Region | Halle |
| Country | Germany |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roof | Retractable roof | Wikipedia category | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
OWL Arena has carried 1 recorded name. Gerry Weber Stadion (no sponsor) ran 1993 to 2020. The average tenure of a name here is 27 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Weber Stadion | None | 1993 to 2020 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Gerry Weber | 1993 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | OWL Sport & Event Verwaltung GmbH | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halle Open | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| TBV Lemgo | Not mapped | 1993 to present | Current | Source |
| Halle Open | Not mapped | 1993 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
12 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 629 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 628 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1375431612 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Heristo_Arena | Heristo Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Gerry Weber Stadion | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17670 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 17669 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3693 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3692 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 3691 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: