Rudolf Weber-Arena


The Rudolf Weber-Arena is a multipurpose arena, located in Oberhausen, Germany. Opening in September 1996, the arena is a part of the leisure and shopping center, CentrO. The venue was built in, a former industrial plant.
In November 2001, König Brauerei, a brewery in Duisburg, purchased naming rights to the arena which took effect from January 2002. In December 2021, the arena's naming rights were purchased by Essen-based cleaning company Rudolf Weber GmbH.

Configuration

The maximum capacity of the arena is 12,650, where the seating is arranged on two levels. It is also possible to have a center stage configuration, 12,000 people can attend such events. There are also two possible theatre configurations with 3,000 and 5,200 capacity, respectively.

Naming history

  • Arena Oberhausen
  • König-Pilsener-Arena
  • Rudolf Weber-Arena

    Events

The arena hosts a wide variety of events, with more than 800,000 people attending about a hundred events. The arena also hosts a variety of shows, e.g. Stomp or Riverdance. The König Pilsener Arena played host to UFC 122 on 13 November 2010.

Performers

  • Anirudh Ravichander
  • Drake
  • A-ha
  • Chris Brown
  • Iron Maiden
  • Kiss
  • Alice Cooper
  • Rush
  • Judas Priest
  • Manowar
  • Amon Amarth
  • Arch Enemy
  • Sting
  • Page and Plant
  • Ronan Keating
  • Rod Stewart
  • Natalie Cole
  • Status Quo
  • Whitesnake
  • Def Leppard
  • Oasis
  • Dionne Warwick
  • Toni Braxton
  • Cliff Richard
  • Mark Knopfler
  • R.E.M.
  • Kylie Minogue
  • Alanis Morissette
  • Black Sabbath
  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • The Cure
  • André Rieu
  • Limp Bizkit
  • The Smashing Pumpkins
  • The Black Eyed Peas
  • Bryan Adams
  • Gloria Estefan
  • Toto
  • Placido Domingo
  • No Doubt
  • Prince & The New Power Generation
  • Roger Waters
  • David Gilmour
  • Neil Young
  • Dream Theater
  • Fleetwood Mac
  • The Corrs
  • Puff Daddy
  • Radiohead
  • Meat Loaf
  • Santana
  • Volbeat
  • Helene Fischer
  • Paul McCartney
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Backstreet Boys
  • Westlife
  • 50 Cent
  • Britney Spears
  • Usher
  • Anastacia
  • Placebo
  • Journey
  • Within Temptation
  • Elton John
  • Bob Dylan
  • Coldplay
  • Foo Fighters
  • The BossHoss
  • The Who
  • Leonard Cohen
  • AC/DC
  • Taylor Swift
  • Five Finger Death Punch
  • Tori Amos
  • Lionel Richie
  • Pink
  • Shakira
  • Deep Purple
  • Scorpions
  • Queensrÿche
  • Nickelback
  • Thirty Seconds to Mars
  • Lenny Kravitz
  • Depeche Mode
  • Metallica
  • Machine Head
  • Lady Gaga
  • Public Enemy
  • Kanye West
  • Justin Bieber
  • New Kids on the Block
  • Bruno Mars
  • Rihanna
  • Joe Cocker
  • Chris de Burgh
  • Supertramp
  • Simply Red
  • Take That
  • Die Fantastischen Vier
  • Christina Aguilera
  • Donots
  • Tokio Hotel
  • The Prodigy
  • Roxette
  • Alicia Keys
  • Ellie Goulding
  • Neil Diamond
  • Al Bano and Romina Power
  • Beyoncé
  • Whitney Houston
  • Sade
  • Chris Rea
  • Jennifer Lopez
  • George Michael
  • Zucchero
  • Eros Ramazzotti
  • Tool
  • Eric Clapton
  • One Direction
  • Joe Cocker
  • Harry Belafonte
  • OneRepublic
  • Sunrise Avenue
  • Die Ärzte
  • Nicki Minaj during her third tour, The Pinkprint Tour
  • 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Maroon 5
  • Runrig
  • Linkin Park
  • Die Toten Hosen
  • Imagine Dragons
  • Soy Luna Live
  • Nightwish
  • Sabaton
  • Powerwolf
  • Harry Styles
  • Shawn Mendes
  • Jeff Lynne's ELO
  • Shahram Shabpareh
  • Electric Callboy hosting their Escalation Fest twice