Jyske Bank BOXEN is a brand new arena in Herning, Denmark. It was opened on october 20th, 2010 with a Lady Gaga concert with 14.000 attending. The arena will mainly be used for concerts, sport events, fairs, musicals and other big shows. Cube and LED ring are to be added during november. Lots of info below the renderings below.

Capacity:
Handball: 12.138
Boxing: 13.488
Concerts (all seater): 12.233
Concerts (standing+seating): 15.000
Motorcross: 8.000

A few press photos from the presentation of the name:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/presse01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/presse02.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/presse03.jpg
All © MCH / Tony Brøchner

Interior Renderings:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/aarstiderne1.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/aarstiderne2.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/aarstiderne3.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/aarstiderne4.jpg
© Årstiderne Arkitekter


Post one as it appeared during the construction phase

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/mchlogo.gif (http://www.mch.dk/)

About Herning:

Herning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herning_Municipality) is a town in in the middle of Jutland, Denmark. The municipality has ~85.000 inhabitans and ~46.000 lives within the city limits. Around 1,5-1,7 million people are able to reach Herning within a driving distance of 100 km, that includes people in Århus, Horsens, Vejle, Kolding, Esbjerg, Holstebro, Viborg, Silkeborg and others.

About MCH:

MCH is the holding company for Messecenter Herning, Herning Kongrescenter and MCH Arena football stadium (previously SAS Arena). The ~50 year old messecenter is among the largest in northern Europe with an exhibition area of some ~100.000 sqm in 14 different halls. The annual number of visitors are around 900.000 for the three venues. Beside exhibitions, MCH also arrange concerts and events, this year their biggest concerts are with Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, Beyonce and Jean Michel Jarre. Currently they can arrange indoor concerts for up to 10.000, but that will change with this new arena. Outdoor concerts up to 50.000, like with Springsteen this comming summer.

About the new arena:

This new arena is the latest addition to the ever expanding MCH. Until now only very few details have been announced for the arena, but it seems it will have a capacity of some 12.000/12.500 for sport and around 15.000 for concerts. I've seen that all/most of the "stands" will be telescopic so it will be extremely flexible. This should ensure that it can be used for other things than sport and concerts, such as trade fairs.

No renderings have been published yet so it's very hard to know exactly what we'll get. The sections plans however shows that there'll be around 20 rows of seats in the first tier, "sevice ring" with suites and restaurants, and then a second tier on 3 of the sides.

I'm guessing it will have some similarities with the UC La Grande Salle (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=33750420&postcount=728) in Montpellier. Atleast there's a lot of similar things like size, constructions time, capacity and so on. I hope we'll see some renderings soon.

With this new arena and the coming arena in Copenhagen (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=805522) Denmark will finally be able to host things like the icehockey world championships and mens handball world championships. This hasn't been possible until now because of the lack of arenas.

MCH Photos:

MCH main entrance:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/mch01.jpg

MCH with Herning in the background:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/mch02.jpg

Closer look at the complex. In front the MCH Arena football stadium and back the exhibition centre. The new arena is build in the space between the stadium and the exhibition centre:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/mch03.jpg

Old illustration from when the arena plans were first presented. Plans have been changed since then:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/mch04.jpg

(Edited for content. Plans should be presented soon.)


Facts:

All gathered from different sources, some could be wrong or changed later:

Name: Jyske Bank BOXEN (Work title: "MCH Multiarena Herning")
Sport capacity: 12.000/12.500 - There will be 7180 seats on telescopic tribunes in the lower section and 3553 normal in the upper section + some ~ 400 in the lounges and skyboxes. More can be added to the lower section depending on the type of event.
Concert capacity: Up to 15.000
Size: 29.610 sqm
Price: ~400 million DKK (~54 million €)
Height: 22-29 meters
Facade: 10.000 sqm
Construction start: October 2008
Construction end: October 2010
Facilities: VIP-lounges, 14 skyboxes, bars, cafes og restaurants

Client: MCH (http://www.mch.dk/)
Architect: Årstiderne Arkitekter (http://www.aarstiderne.dk/)
Main contractor: C. C. Contractor A/S (http://www.cc-contractor.dk/)
Engineering: Midtconsult A/S (http://www.midtconsult.dk/)
Steel provider: J. Langkjær Stålbyg A/S (http://www.staalbyg.dk/)
Facade contractor: Pro Montage A/S (http://www.pro-montage.dk/)
Facade supplier: ThyssenKrupp (http://www.thyssenkrupp-byg.dk/)
Concrete elements: A/S Midtjydsk Betonvare og elementfabrik (http://www.mbeas.dk/)

Possible future tenants:

None of the below teams/clubs are moving in now, at the moment they're simply too small. Some big games could be moved to the arena though.

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/logobluefox.jpg (http://www.bluefox.dk/)

Herning Bluefox is the most winning Danish icehockey team with 14 championships (11 of those since 1991). They currently play in the Kvik Hockey Arena with a capacity of ~4000 in the other end of town.

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/logohcm.jpg (http://www.hcmidtjylland.dk/)

HC Midtjylland is a relatively new Danish mens handball team formed with a merger a few years ago. They're currently in the top of the second best Danish league still with chances of moving up for next season. They'll probably soon merge again with nearby towns team Ikast. Currently HCM plays in different smaller arenas in the area, but none of them have capacities of more than ~800. There's surely interest in mens handball in Herning though, latest shown in a game between HCM (2. place) and the team on the 1. place in the second best league. The game was played in the Messecenter with an attandance of ~3800 which is season best in Denmark for a club game <-- Pretty good considdering the game was between two teams from the second best league. Within a few years HC Mistjylland might also and up as a part of:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/logofcm.jpg (http://www.fcm.dk/)

FC Midtjylland is a football team which plays in the best Danish league. It was formed in a merger in 1999, and they have come on 2nd in the last two season. Currenly they're in the 4th spot in the league. They're playing at the football stadium next to this new arena, MCH Arena. FCM also has a womens handball team currently playing in the nearby town of Ikast. Ikast/FCM has been in the top 5 of the Dansih womens handball league in the last 10 years or so atleast, but with only one championship. I doubt they'll move to the new arena, since the one they use in Ikast seems to be fine for them. Maybe they'll move some of their biggest games to the new arena.

First major event:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/logohandboldem.jpg (http://www.ehf-euro.com/den-nor2010)

This new arena will host one main round, both semifinals and the final of the Womens 2010 European Handball Championship. It will take place from 7th to 19th of december 2010. The championsip is co-hosted between Denmark and Norway with Aalborg, Århus, Lillehammer and Larvik as the other venues.

Older construction photos:

October 2008:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/mcharena01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/mcharena02.jpg

Future expansion:

Already now they're planning stage 2 which will be next to the arena. It'll include a new entrance area, lots of commercial space, hotel and other facilities. No timeframe on this for now. Some early illustrations has been published in a report:

With exhibition fair going on:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/hc1.jpg

With football game:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/hc2.jpg
(© MCH)

And the latest contruction photos from yesterday:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-03-19-01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-03-19-02.jpg

Great presentation, mlm. Will be interesting to follow this one for sure - especially since we have no idea what it is going to look like. :)

Latest photos here:

http://www.mbeas.dk/aktuelle-projekter

Sadly it seems "just" to be a new exhibition building - with the added capacity of hosting sporting venues usinge mobile seats :ohno:

^^ There's no doubt that it won't be something like O2 Berlin or other of the new big european arenas, something like that is of course not possible with such a relatively low budget. They say that it will be something "completely different" from their normal exhibition halls though. As far as I understand the seats will also always be there, just movable, as in they can be "collapsed" into the wall or something but we'll see how it ends up.

I think this is a good solution, it's either this or nothing, since there's no way a 100+ million € arena would be sound here. Atleast this (together with the planned "real" one in Copenhagen) will give Denmark the possibility of hosting some larger events that wouldn't be possible otherwise, such as icehockey or handball world cup.

Edited for content. Plans should be presented soon.

Looks cool....

A few new shots from today:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-04-17-01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-04-17-02.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-04-17-03.jpg

Wonder if this a facade test unit, it has been standing there alone quite some time:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-04-17-04.jpg

Well I had asumed that both PARKEN's planed arena, and this one, would be way to big for Handball, but last week FCK and Aab handball met in Gigantium with an audience of 5600...Okay, so it was 2 top team, a bit of a one-off event and probably helped by a lot of local patriotism and a lot of free tickets...But it still proves that it can work...Still, I am looking forward to seeing this...

Well... it's easy to be pessimistic... and say there will never be 12.500 spectators for a handball-match in Denmark.

Reason... Denmark never had the facilities to sell more tickets than 5.500 for a hanball-event. However... during the last 7 years between 30-50 matches have been with more than 4.000 spectators. Most in Aalborg DH, but also European Finals have been sold out when Slagelse, Viborg or Ikast have been in MCH, Aarhus, Brøndby. Even back when matches in the Danish league between Viborg and Ikast was moved to MCH... there would be more than 4.000 spectators.

So... the pessimistic would say... if there only was 4.000 spectators (in a hall with 4.000 seats)... how come there will ever be sold out in an Arena with 12.500 seats ???

The same goes with FCK... average attendance around 700-900 (in an arena with 1100 seats). However you should not forget it means 68 % of all seats are gone... the rest... 200-300 could easily be sponsors not showing up.
68 % of 4.500 in the new Caprinordic Arena: 3.068 spectators... which I find very realistic for FCK to reach with the new arena...

Thereby also said... that I'm one of the few optimistic people. I'm sure most of the matches at EURO 2010 will be sold out. It means 12.500 spectators for all the matches with Denmark.

My theory: If Ikast and Viborg should meet in Ikast Arena there would be 1.500 - 1.700 spectators. If the match was moves to MCH hal M or the round one... there would be 3.200 - 4.500 spectators. The more the merrier... the bigger the better!!

:-)

BTW: AaB - FCK was not a one-off happening. AaB will play the whole "grundspil" in Gigantium Isarena... my guess optimistic guess would say they hit over 5.000 spectators for all 4 homematches :-)

HC Midtjylland has also moved their 3 qualification games (from 1 div to league) to MCH and the round hall. There''ll be room for ~3800 like there was when they met Lemivg during the regular season. Pretty well for a 1. div team with a normal attandance of ~500 (full capacity). I doubt all 3 games will be sold out though, that'll depend on the results...

Time for a little photo update since things progress rather quickly at the moment.

Overview of the construction site:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/09-04-30-01.jpg

Right next to the new arena is the "old" SAS Arena football stadium from 2004:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/09-04-30-02.jpg

The big steel frame on the south side of the arena:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/09-04-30-03.jpg

South/east corner:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/09-04-30-04.jpg

The northside. It seems to be ahead of the southside, here they have started adding concrete decks on 3. level (for suites):
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/09-04-30-05.jpg

From the opposite side:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/09-04-30-06.jpg

Trucks in line to join in:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/09-04-30-07.jpg

Well... it's easy to be pessimistic... and say there will never be 12.500 spectators for a handball-match in Denmark.

Reason... Denmark never had the facilities to sell more tickets than 5.500 for a hanball-event. However... during the last 7 years between 30-50 matches have been with more than 4.000 spectators. Most in Aalborg DH, but also European Finals have been sold out when Slagelse, Viborg or Ikast have been in MCH, Aarhus, Brøndby. Even back when matches in the Danish league between Viborg and Ikast was moved to MCH... there would be more than 4.000 spectators.

So... the pessimistic would say... if there only was 4.000 spectators (in a hall with 4.000 seats)... how come there will ever be sold out in an Arena with 12.500 seats ???

The same goes with FCK... average attendance around 700-900 (in an arena with 1100 seats). However you should not forget it means 68 % of all seats are gone... the rest... 200-300 could easily be sponsors not showing up.
68 % of 4.500 in the new Caprinordic Arena: 3.068 spectators... which I find very realistic for FCK to reach with the new arena...

Thereby also said... that I'm one of the few optimistic people. I'm sure most of the matches at EURO 2010 will be sold out. It means 12.500 spectators for all the matches with Denmark.

My theory: If Ikast and Viborg should meet in Ikast Arena there would be 1.500 - 1.700 spectators. If the match was moves to MCH hal M or the round one... there would be 3.200 - 4.500 spectators. The more the merrier... the bigger the better!!

:-)

BTW: AaB - FCK was not a one-off happening. AaB will play the whole "grundspil" in Gigantium Isarena... my guess optimistic guess would say they hit over 5.000 spectators for all 4 homematches :-)

Well, I am personally still a bit iffy about Capinordic Arena (if it ever gets build). Handball is not that popular in Copenhagen.

When is the grundspil going to be played?

Great pics btw mlm. Thanks.

Thanks for the update, mlm. Your pictures are good as always – especially the brightness and colors.

Great pictures... keep them coming.

It's a very interesting site to follow. :)

Just one from today. The steel is now also rising at the west end (the tallest):

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-12-01.jpg

They added the first rafter of the roof today. From this end it looks like huge steel puzzle, I wonder if that is really cheaper/better than using concrete?? 3 Shots:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-18-01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-18-02.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-18-03.jpg

Mikael, as i can see on the drawings they also include an icerink in the new Arena. Do you know whether or not, Herning IK will move permanently to this facility, or will they still be using the old icerink.

:)

^^Nothing has been decided yet, or atleast nothing has been announced. But I have heard that Herning Kommune has a wish to gather football, handball and icehockey at MCH, so maybe it will happen in the future. There's of course some financial things that would have to be solved since it can't be that cheap to play in this new arena. On the other hand, it would be good for the arena to have some regular tenants.

I guess we'll be a lot wiser in around a year when the arena is to open soon. :)

Four fresh photos from today.

The full view, it's on this end most steel work has been done lately:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-29-01.jpg

The western end is also the tallest part of the arena:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-29-02.jpg

For size comparison, here with the neighboring SAS Arena (football stadium):
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-29-03.jpg

On the inside they're still adding concrete elements, latest the walls between some of the skyboxes:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-29-04.jpg

I found a website of the facade contractor and I'll start on the face already in week 25 (june 15-21).

Looks pretty big compared with the SAS Arena.

Really excited about the result of all this. So strange that there aren't any renderings available.

^^ It does indeed look big compared to SAS Arena. Here's another shot with more visible:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-05-29-05.jpg

(Edited for content. Plans should be presented soon.)

Looks interesting indeed.

Any idea of which color the seats will be in the Arena ?

^^ I've heard they'll most likely be red, but I don't know for sure.

^^ It does indeed look big compared to SAS Arena. Here's another shot with more visible:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/collage.jpg
© Aarstiderne Arkitekter

Now give us some real ones pls...

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/arena01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/arena02.jpg[/QUOTE]

I think the picture is quite close to what it's going to be like. Notice that the upper tier gets smaller near the ends of the arena and there is no upper tier on one side, just like on the plans.

Maybe it's going to be a bit different, but not much.
But it looks good so no worries.

Edited for content. Plans should be presented soon.

Edited for content. Plans should be presented soon.

I just happend to pass by this morning just as they installed the first of the big rafters for the roof (one small was already added in the end).

A few snapshots:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-06-11-01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-06-11-02.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-06-11-03.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-06-11-04.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-06-11-05.jpg

Two fresh shots from today. Roof construction seems to progress fast now:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-06-22-01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-06-22-02.jpg

So anything happening out there ?

^^ Yeah but I haven't really been able to get any new photos since the area has been "fenced in" because of last wednesdays Bruce Springsteen concert which was right next to the construction site. Maybe I can make a little photo update before I leave for Barcelona the coming wednesday.

They have now added 7 out of 10 of the huge roof rafters, so not long to go with that. Facade work has also started this week, until now they have only added a ~3 m high concrete facade at ground level, but there seems to be a bunch of facade elements at the site, so we'll probably soon see how it'll look. The last few days they have also started installing some huge boxes which must be the cooling system.

Photos hopefully coming in the next few days. :)

A few fresh photos as promissed yesterday, first from some fields to the south:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-11-01.jpg

Next the same angles as last update:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-11-03.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-11-02.jpg

The inside, here the northside:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-11-04.jpg

EDIT: A few more, first we have part of the cooling system:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-11-05.jpg

And here a view from the west end where the main entrance will be. Still a long way to go here:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-11-06.jpg

Closer view of the southern side, they just started with the facade as you can see:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-11-07.jpg

And finally a closer look at the roof structure:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-11-08.jpg

Its coming along very nicely. It still lokks quite small though...

^^ Big or small is relative I guess. Compared to Mount Everest it is surely, compared to the neighboring MCH Arena (formar SAS Arena) it looks really big to me (see first photo).

When looking at just the arena I think the inside looks very big, while the "walls" surrounding the middle look a bit small. They still need a lot of floors and walls in the end with the main entrance though, so hard to judge yet.

Great pictures...

I especially like no. 4 from the top. You can allmost imagine how the stands will be above and benath the skyboxes in the mittle of the picture.

The arena will be really massive :-)

After a week among wonderfull architecture in Barcelona it's back to reality here at home. Time for a little quick update, both the facade and also now the roof are progressing. The west end is also comming along nicely, and you can start to see the curve in the west end - don't have any photos of that though, the sun was in a really bad direction for that.

The "usual" view from southwest:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-22-01.jpg

And here the facade on the opposite side. It's a bit hard to judge here, since the sun is directly behind it, but it's pretty dark with different shades of gray. There'll most likely be windows in the empty "holes":
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-07-22-02.jpg

It's progressing nicely...

Still no renderings ?

No offense to you guys, but what will this arena be used for? (Football, American Football, Basketball, Hockey)

^^ To be honest no one really knows yet, except maybe MCH who's building it. It is being build to fit all kind of indoor sports, concerts and events.

The only known event so far is the womens handball EURO 2010, where the final rounds will be in this arena (in december 2010).

I think the idea is to move both the local icehockey and handball teams to the arena in the future, but not sure when/if that will happen.

^^ :lol: Well even though this arena will host different types of sports, I guess they will have to have a lot of reconstructions.

^^ Shouldn't be necessary, as far as I understand the entire lower bowl (8000/8500 seats) will heve "telescopic tribunes" meaning it is very easy to fit to whatever is needed. That's also the reason it's called a "Multipurpose Arena" (or just Multiarena). These telescopic tribunes are quite anvanced today, some for example "collapse" with just a push on a button. (Check out this company (http://www.audiencesystems.com/) for example)

It should also be possible to change between the different types of uses easy, that is already much used in many other arenas in the world. I was at a guided tour in Madison Square Garden back in 2001, and the guide told me they sometimes had 3 event on 1 day. Something like a circus in the morning, an icehockey game in the afternoon and a basket game in the evening. This scenario will most likely never be a possibility here anyway, but just changing from day to day should be no problem.

Btw, I've heard the will present the plans to the public in the fall, guess we'll know a lot more then.

^^ Oh ok, thnx ;)

How are things progressing out there... ?

^^ Not really anything new to tell, think many of the workers had vacation the last weeks. Looks like they are ready to speed things up again though (from what I could see out there tonight).

A few snaps from today. The work with the steelframe is now soon completed, they'll be done during september. Yesterday they started on the eastern facade, which was the last one without the steel structure. On the northside they're installing the facade now, think they're a little less than halfway on that facade. It's a bit hard to follow though, since the entire northern side isn't accessible. They're also working fast with the roof, I would say about 50 % is covered now.

It's a bit hard to get good photos right now, both because there's a lot of construction stuff placed outside the arena, and because 3/4 sides are being closed off because of a Coldplay concert next weekend (next to the arena).

From the southeastern corner:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-08-01.jpg

Same angle as above, but futher away:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-08-02.jpg

The northern facade:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-08-03.jpg

Inner section, this is the northwestern corner:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-08-04.jpg

Here is a few pictures from last nights Coldplay concert.

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp250/milipumba/herning138-1.jpg
http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp250/milipumba/herning137-1.jpg

^^ Cool, did you enjoy the concert?

I'm no big Coldplay fan myself, but I went by when they started just to hear a little, since I live pretty close to MCH.

They were amazing.
btw i did´t know that the building was so big. It´s almost 2 times bigger than the football arena.

It is indeed very big. :)

Can't wait to see the final result.

A little update from today.

The have now also started with the facade on the south side, this make make it much easier to see how the final result of the facade will be
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-19-01.jpg

The roof is being covered:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-19-02.jpg

The steelframe is now also completed on the eastern side:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-19-03.jpg

The entire building from west:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-19-04.jpg

Time for another update. First, the photos are quite gray and "wet", since it was raining a lot just before I took them. I'll try to show more details than normal, in the ways it is possible. It's getting harder and harder to see what happens "inside" as they're closing the facade, but here we go:

Southern facade is rising fast now:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-01.jpg

Detailed look:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-02.jpg

The entire south facade:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-03.jpg

Moving to the western end (the highest), first a overview:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-04.jpg

Stairs:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-05.jpg

And a closer look at the roof:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-06.jpg

Now the the eastern end, here you can still see a bit inside:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-07.jpg

The have started adding the "skybridges" in the roof:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-08.jpg

And a look inside, towards the westend. Concrete elements are now at 4th level:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-09.jpg

Finally from the east towards the northside, where you can see a row of skyboxes:
http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-08-29-10.jpg

That's it for now...

They had topping out ceremony last monday, since the steelframe is now completed.

The facade is probably covering about half of the arena now, wont take long until it is entirely covered. That'll mean one year of "unknown" construction inside. :/

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-09-12-01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-09-12-02.jpg

Any news... ?

No presentation in September, hmm...

^^ Nope, no presentation. They held topping out ceremony in the middle of September, but no renderings has been released. :/

The architect, Aarstiderne Arkitekter, had a little exhibition on november 1st, where they showed some of their projects, among these the original plans for this arena. You can see a rendering of that by going here (http://www.aarstiderne.dk/nyheder?) and click "Invitation (PDF)" in the lower right corner. Unfortunately it was only this old version of the arena they showed. The exteriour looks cool, but inside it wasn't that cool. It was really big, I think they could fit a soccer field inside it. Good thing they chose to build a "normal" sized arena IMO, altough the facade is a bit more boring.

The only visible new on the construction site is the facade works, which progress fine. I think the facade will be completely covered in a 2-3 weeks. hope I'll be able to take a few photos soon, there's just so much rain at the moment.

^^ I think you're doing a superb job in keeping this thread updated. :cheers: mlm, do you know if you'll ever get to see what's happening inside the new arena? Couldn't you disguise yourself as one of the construction guys to get some pics? ;)

^^ Thanks: :cheers1: I would very much like to be able to follow whats happening inside, but I guess it'll be more or less impossible when the facade is done.

Would be cool if they would open it to the public one day, or if I could be allowed to take some photos inside. I don't have big hopes though, considdering everything is being kept so secret.

Two new photos from today, not long until the facade is completely covered:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-10-07-01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-10-07-02.jpg

Not much new to report from the construction site. The facade is completely closed and it's imposssible to see what's going on inside. Here from today with a frozen facade:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2009-12-31-01.jpg

^^ Time for you to sneak inside and get some pics ;) Hehe

^^ Doubt that would be a good idea, since they're for some reason trying to keep everything secret and they're also watching this thread from time to time. ;) (:hi:)

I know renderings have been made, but I'm starting to doubt we'll see them before it's all completed. :(

Interesting shape

Not many updates lately since the outside has been more or less finished for some time, and it is impossible to follow what's happening inside. Here's a shot from an unusual angle:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/2010-05-01-01.jpg

It will open in october, right now it looks like the first show will be a the Lady Gaga concert on Oct. 20th.

i've heard the match betwen viborg and oltchim will take place here, next week. they just said "the hall from herning", so it could be another one?

^^ It's a the "MCH" but not in this new arena.

To be exact, it's in the round hall at middle/the top of this (pre-new arena) photo:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/mch03.jpg

These are about 2 weeks old.

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^^ Cool! Thanks for sharing :okay:

Thanks a lot Jiil, it's starting to look like something. :okay:

Don't hesitate to post more if you have others. :)

Btw, the arena will open on september 25th, so just a little more than a month to go. :)

Here's the current schedule, more will most likely be added. It will also be used for some exhibitions, won't include them here:

25/09/2010: SuperSix Boxing - Mikkel Kessler vs. Allan Green
20/10/2010: Lady Gaga
30/10/2010: Linkin Park
09/12/2010: Elton John & Ray Cooper
13/12/2010-19/12/2010: Womens Handball Euro Championship
08/01/2011: Sport 2010 (Danish Award show)
18/03/2011: James Last
14/05/2011: Helene Fischer

There's also rumour of a Prince concert on november 8th, but nothing confirmed yet.

Yesterday this arena got a new name, the name is now Jyske Bank BOXEN. Jyske Bank is the 3rd largest bank in Denmark and has it's HQ in neighboring town of Silkeborg. The name has already created a heated dabate here, since most don't like it. It might not be the smartest name, but money talks. :)

A few press photos from the presentation:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/presse01.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/presse02.jpg
Both © MCH

At the same time the architect has (finally) released some interior renderings, here with 4 different setups:

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/aarstiderne1.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/aarstiderne2.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/aarstiderne3.jpg

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/aarstiderne4.jpg
© Årstiderne Arkitekter

The arena will officially open on october 20th with a Lady Gaga concert. A Cube and LED ring will be installed after the first concerts so it's ready for the Womens Handball EURO in december. Here's the current list of events (Fairs and company parties not included):

20/10/2010: Lady Gaga
22/10/2010: Prince
30/10/2010: Linkin Park
06/11/2010: "10.000 til Håndbold" (AaB - Skjern & BSV - AG København)
09/12/2010: Elton John & Ray Cooper
13-19/12/2010: Womens Handball EURO 2010
08/01/2011: Sport 2010
11-12/02/2011: Yahama Super Cross Herning
19/02/2011: Kylie Minogue
08/03/2011-13/03/2011: "WE WILL ROCK YOU" - Queen Musical
18/03/2011: James Last
14/05/2011: Helene Fischer
13/06/2011: Roger Waters
??/10/2012: Table Tennis EURO 2012
??/??/2013: Mens Volleyball EURO 2013
??/01/2014: Mens Handball EURO 2014

Whats the cap for Handball, Basketball and Icehokey?

^^ I don't know yet, a lot of different figures has been mentioned. For handball it should be somewhere between 12.000 and 12.500, depending on how many rows of chairs they use on the ground. If you feel like counting you can do it HERE (http://www.billetnet.dk/EHF+EURO+2010-billetter/event/MUA1912S), that's the ticket sales for the womens euro handball final on december 19th. :D

The upper section has 3553 seats, and then there's also a few hundred in the VIP boxes which you don't see on the ticket page.

There're two handball games on november 6th, I guess we'll know more after that, it's more or less sold out.

I guess it should be moved to completed now since it opened yesterday. Cube and LED ring will be added during november.

Lady Gaga had the honor of opening it with a well received concert yesterday in front of 14.000 people. A Youtube video from the beginning of the concert (not mine, wasn't there):

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Tomorrow Prince takes over...

Another Youtube video, now with overview of the arena. :)

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Looks great :-)

Can't wait to see it with my own eyes.

Thanks alot MCH for this fantastic new indoor arena, now people from the Jutlandian peninsula, do not have to go all the way to Hamburg or Malmø for the biggest events/concerts, we´ll just go to Herning instead.

:cheers:

Why did they build such a big arena in a small city like Herning? It's not even among top 15, is it? That means many people have to travel a long way to get there. It's a very nice arena though :)

Looking forward to see Norway play the handball final there soon ;)

^^ Because they're crazy. :D ...and since it's privately funded (mostly) the state hasn't decided where it should be build.

Herning is the 12th largest Danish city, but yes, unusually small for such a big arena. No matter where it had been build in western Denmark many people would have to drive to reach it though, and Herning is afterall pretty much in the middle of Jutland, so it could be worse. And the distances are still very small compared to Norway of course, most of the ~ 2.5 million in Jutland can reach it within 2 hours by car and some ~1,7 million lives within 100 km.

I have no interest in handball, but it would be cool to see a Denmark - Norway final. I doubt Denmark will get that far though.

Hey everyone. I just read about the MCH Messecenter on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messecenter_Herning

According to this Wikipedia article, the MCH complex has two separate arenas- other than Jyske Bank Boxen. One of them is the 11,800-capacity MCH Arena Herning, which is an outdoor stadium that was once known as the SAS Arena.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCH_Arena

The Wikipedia article on the MCH Messecenter also mentions that the complex contains an "MCH Outdoor Arena", which acts as a 50,000-capacity concert venue. I believe Coldplay performed at this outdoor venue on their last tour.

I can't find a separate Wikipedia article on this "MCH Outdoor Arena". I also can't find any pictures of it on the internet.

Does such an "MCH Outdoor Arena" actually exist? How does it compare to the SAS Arena?

Is this "MCH Outdoor Arena" an actual tiered stadium like Parken?

What does this concert venue actually look like?

Can anyone from Denmark tell me?:?

^^ I can understand why you're confused because of all their "arena" names. MCH Outdoor Arena is not an actual arena, it's just a big parking space where they had some big concerts (Springsteen & Coldplay) last year, so the name is pretty misleading. To make it even more confusing, before that they called another "empty" area MCH Concert Arena, but that ain't an real arena either. I doubt they'll use the MCH Concert Arena much more after this "real" arena has been build.

Here's an overview of MCH's different venues:

MCH Arena (former SAS Arena) - Football stadium with a capacity of ~11,800
Jyske Bank BOXEN (former MCH Multiarena) - Indoor arena with a capacity of 12.000-15.000.
MCH Herning Messecenter - The 110.000 sqm exhibition center.
MCH Outdoor Arena - Parking space in front of the football stadium and BOXEN.
MCH Concert Arena - Parking space/outdoor fair ground behind the exhibition center.

Beside these, they also have 2 other venues in north and central Herning:

MCH Herning Kongrescenter - Congresscenter in central Herning
Sportscenter Herning - 16.000 sqm sport facilites in northern Herning, for locals mostly.

And finally the overview on a photo of mine from 2006 (before Jyske Bank BOXEN was build):

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/messeomraadet.jpg

EDIT: Btw, you can see a photo of this "outdoor arena" at the MCH website, I belive it's during the Coldplay concert. Go HERE (http://www.mch.dk/MCH/MCH/Faciliteter/Jyske-Bank-BOXEN.aspx) and find the photo in the lower left corner.

Here's a press photo from the just finished Womens Handball Euro which was hosted by Denmark and Norway. The final games were played in this arena, almost full all of the 5 days. Capacity was a bit reduced because of press seats and cameras, so the attendance was between 11.004 and 11.461.

http://www.mikaellykmadsen.dk/skyscrapercity/mcharena/presse04.jpg
© Tony Brøchner / MCH

In it's first 2 months (10 event days) there has been a total of 117.944 visitors at the arena.