Laying of the first stone: 13 September 2006
Opening: 10 September 2008
Costs for the arena construction: 165 million Euro
Construction time: 728 days

Length: 160m, width: 130m, height: 35m
Total arena area: 60,000 m²
Ice hockey rink: 60m x 30m
8 escalators and 8 passenger lifts
About 4,200 tons of steel have been used for the construction of the arena.
The roof of the arena can carry 142 tons of roof load.
The concrete area that is covered by the ice of the rink has a constant temperature of -12 °C.
The parquet floor for the basketball games consists of 424 panels.

Maximum capacity: 17,000 (seating + standing)
Entertainment and event suites
6 locker rooms
4 dressing rooms
On average 1.3 Mio visitors and 130 events per year

Beer consumption per year: ca. 400,000 liters
Coca Cola consumption per year: ca. 94,000 liters
Consumption of soft drinks per year: ca. 229,500 liters
Average beer consumption during a hockey game: ca. half a liter of beer per visitor
Average consumption of non-alcoholic beverages during an event at the Mercedes-Benz Arena: ca. 0.2 liters per visitor
Consumption of food at the Mercedes-Benz Arena within one year: ca. 132,000 pretzels, 38,000 curry wursts (5 tons), 19,000 Leberkäse (3 tons), 75,000 servings of fries (15 tons), 20,500 bratwurst, and 4,700 burgers.