Lanxess Arena is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie.
It is primarily used by Kölner Haie, VfL Gummersbach, Köln RheinStars, and as a concert venue. Lanxess Arena was the highest-attended arena of 2019, with 699,924 tickets sold.
The arena is spanned by a steel arch supporting the roof via steel cables. The height of the arch is 76 m and its weight is 480 tons.
On June 2, 2008, it was announced that Kölnarena would be renamed Lanxess Arena, for a period of ten years. The sponsor, Lanxess AG, is a specialty chemicals group based in the Lanxess Tower in Deutz, Cologne. This naming-rights deal was extended in 2017 until December 31, 2023.
