Boom meets Boom

The Styrum sports park is the proto­type for the rede­ve­lo­p­ment of a dila­pi­dated grass pitch.

The Styrum sports park in Mülheim is a wonderful example of the trans­for­ma­tion of a dila­pi­dated grass pitch into a family and gene­ra­tion-friendly leisure park. Its center­piece is the Tengel­mann Arena, a multi­func­tional open-air hall by McArena.

The entire district bene­fits from the family- and gene­ra­tion-friendly offers. And it needs it, because Styrum has not been one of the most privi­leged areas of Mülheim an der Ruhr.

The Tengel­mann Arena can be booked by clubs, groups, compa­nies and fami­lies. In addi­tion to the arti­fi­cial turf pitch (15 x 30 m) and the peri­meter boards, its features include LED lighting, a score­board, mini goals and a spee­do­meter for goal kicks.

A special feature of this McArena open-air hall is the connec­tion with the calis­the­nics faci­lity. The instal­la­tion of perma­nently installed fitness equip­ment on the outside and in the covered area in front of the open-air hall creates a compact sports center. This also includes the digital goal wall on the outside wall.

In addi­tion to the Tengel­mann Arena, high-quality, chal­len­ging and unusual faci­li­ties have been estab­lished here: a “Ninja Run”, a 100 m running track and a 500 m running track, a thro­wing and jumping area, a boules court, a sports play­ground, a parkour faci­lity, a bould­e­ring rock, two beach volley­ball courts and a street­ball court.

The two halls at Sport­park Weil were planned to be barrier-free from the outset and were expressly desi­gned for inclu­sive sports.

In spring 2022, the Weil sports park in Esslingen am Neckar was extended to include two adja­cent outdoor halls. One is mainly used for soccer, the other for many other sports.

The halls are used by the two clubs FC Esslingen (soccer) and SV 1845 Esslingen (almost ever­y­thing else). In addi­tion, the surroun­ding schools, resi­dents, busi­nesses and social orga­niza­tions use the sports areas of the two open-air halls regard­less of the weather.

The two halls in Esslingen are the first to have solar panels installed and gree­nery planted on their roofs. They are also extre­mely econo­mical in other respects: they require no heating, are illu­mi­nated by LEDs and are operated auto­ma­ti­cally.

This is not a new sports park, but a targeted expan­sion of the offe­rings with two McArena open-air halls. Both halls were planned to be barrier-free from the outset and speci­fi­cally desi­gned for inclu­sive sports.

The rapid deve­lo­p­ment of sports parks and the conti­nuing boom in open-air halls are the logical conse­quence of our chan­ging sporting beha­vior.

The Frin­trop Sports and Citi­zens’ Park opened in Essen in October 2022. This pionee­ring project is the result of the trans­for­ma­tion of a grass pitch into a versa­tile sports and leisure faci­lity of social and commu­nity importance.

The park is operated by the local SC Frin­trop 05/21, which was still at home here three years ago on two clay pitches. With the conver­sion of the first large pitch into an arti­fi­cial turf pitch in summer 2020, the foot­bal­ling future of the dedi­cated club was initi­ally secured with the motto “Inclu­sion. Inte­gra­tion. Toge­ther. Future.” was secured.

The special feature of this McArena open-air hall is its adap­ta­bi­lity to the sound insu­la­tion requi­re­ments, which were extre­mely high for this project. For this reason, two walls were desi­gned to be closed.

The open-air hall certainly offers the most versa­tile range of acti­vi­ties. Thanks to its roof, it can be used all year round and in the best condi­tions: There is no snow on the pitch in winter, the athletes are in the shade in summer and dry on rainy days.

Another high­light is the basket­ball arena, which is also very easy to use for wheel­chair users. The boules court attracts many older people. There is also a calis­the­nics faci­lity, a tram­po­line field, wave run and obstacle course. The swing land­scape has a net swing and equip­ment suitable for wheel­chair users, which encou­rages children with and without disa­bi­li­ties to play toge­ther.