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<h2 id="concerts">Concerts</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tina_Turner/zaJVusgy">Tina Turner</a> performed at the arena on 19 and 20 February 2009 during her <a href="/facts/Tina!%3a_50th_Anniversary_Tour/a45GQ89j">Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Depeche_Mode/HYrMb9Q4">Depeche Mode</a> has performed at the arena four times: On 7 November 2009 during the <a href="/facts/Tour_of_the_Universe_(tour)/ooqmB3Yr">Tour of the Universe</a>, on 11 March 2006 during <a href="/facts/Touring_the_Angel/dLp3TD7B">Touring the Angel</a>, on 4 February 2014 during the <a href="/facts/Delta_Machine_Tour/D24aVs6n">Delta Machine Tour</a> in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,280 people, and on 30 November 2017 during the <a href="/facts/Global_Spirit_Tour/z2dDaQac">Global Spirit Tour</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sade_(band)/VnkYbH3c">Sade (band)</a> performed at the Arena on 16 November 2011.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Madonna_(entertainer)/kHDBUtL7">Madonna</a> played a show in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,883 people during her <a href="/facts/Rebel_Heart_Tour/1lS0n6d5">Rebel Heart Tour</a> on 29 November 2015.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Deep_Purple/oIpApBaM">Deep Purple</a> performed a show on 11 February 2013 in front of nearly 10,000 people.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Justin_Timberlake/bj9jcewn">Justin Timberlake</a> played a sold-out show in front of 10,476 people during his <a href="/facts/The_Man_of_the_Woods_Tour/YqKHPGkm">Man Of The Woods Tour</a> on 13 July 2018.</li></ul> <h2 id="boxing">Boxing</h2> <p>Heavyweight boxer <a href="/facts/Wladimir_Klitschko/07dnVN61">Wladimir Klitschko</a> won or defended titles at the arena on four separate occasions between 2006 and 2013.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="services">Services</h2> <p>In January 2018 the SAP Arena became the first multi-purpose arena in Germany that provides location-based services like <a href="/facts/Indoor_positioning_system/sjHxRKGp">indoor navigation</a> and <a href="/facts/Proximity_marketing/IuVWNR9n">proximity marketing</a> to its visitors. Therefore, name sponsor SAP has had the arena equipped with 630 <a href="/facts/IBeacon/M0xTmx8G">iBeacons</a> by the German technology startup Favendo.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="transport-links">Transport links</h2> <p>A tram line (number 6) connects the SAP Arena to Mannheim city center and a newly built road connection to the B38a motorway connects it to the <a href="/facts/Bundesautobahn_656/PdeXyENG">A 656</a> <a href="/facts/Autobahn/t6uGo9j6">Autobahn</a>, leading to the A656/<a href="/facts/Bundesautobahn_6/dYzSIh8N">A 6</a> interchange, connecting eastbound Mannheim to Heidelberg (A656), and north-southbound to Frankfurt, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart (A6), as well as a little north on the A6 to Kaiserlautern (westbound). </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_indoor_arenas_in_Germany/AJeDnEYK">List of indoor arenas in Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_European_ice_hockey_arenas/QcfIJm6s">List of European ice hockey arenas</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li> Media related to SAP-Arena at Wikimedia Commons</li> <li><a href="http://www.saparena.de/">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>SAP-Arena: Technical Data (in German). Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 August 2011. <a href="http://www.saparena.de/lader.php?dateiseite=DIEARENA_TECHNISCHE_DATEN.htm" target="_blank">http://www.saparena.de/lader.php?dateiseite=DIEARENA_TECHNISCHE_DATEN.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Michael Sonnick (28 December 2022). "Die Heidelberger-Basketballer begeistern vor der Rekordkulisse in der SAP Arena". Wochenblatt (in German). Retrieved 15 March 2023. <a href="https://www.wochenblatt-reporter.de/mannheim/c-sport/die-heidelberger-basketballer-begeistern-vor-der-rekordkulisse-in-der-sap-arena_a433502" target="_blank">https://www.wochenblatt-reporter.de/mannheim/c-sport/die-heidelberger-basketballer-begeistern-vor-der-rekordkulisse-in-der-sap-arena_a433502</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Bout: Chris Byrd vs. Wladimir Klitschko". boxrec.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020. <a href="https://boxrec.com/en/event/487670/1063319" target="_blank">https://boxrec.com/en/event/487670/1063319</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Bout: Wladimir Klitschko vs Ray Austin". boxrec.com. Retrieved 9 May 2025. <a href="https://boxrec.com/en/event/666897/1781609" target="_blank">https://boxrec.com/en/event/666897/1781609</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Bout: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Hasim Rahman". Retrieved 8 April 2020. <a href="https://boxrec.com/en/event/562002/1348175" target="_blank">https://boxrec.com/en/event/562002/1348175</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Bout: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Francesco Pianeta". boxrec.com. Retrieved 9 May 2025. <a href="https://boxrec.com/en/event/666897/1781609" target="_blank">https://boxrec.com/en/event/666897/1781609</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"SAP Arena: Monitor und Navigations-App informieren Arena-Besucher - Medientechnik - Monitore". Stadionwelt Business (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2018. <a href="https://www.stadionwelt-business.de/index.php?head=Monitor-und-Navigations-App-informieren-Arena-Besucher&rubrik=ausstattung&site=news_view&news_id=14415&kat=medientechnik&ukat=monitore&firma=sap_arena" target="_blank">https://www.stadionwelt-business.de/index.php?head=Monitor-und-Navigations-App-informieren-Arena-Besucher&rubrik=ausstattung&site=news_view&news_id=14415&kat=medientechnik&ukat=monitore&firma=sap_arena</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>