Let’s go!

The McArena outdoor hall is certainly the most versatile offer in the Frintrop Sports and Citizens’ Park.

The park is run by the resi­dent SC Frin­trop 05/21, which was based on two clay sports grounds here three years ago. With the conver­sion of the first large sports ground into an arti­fi­cial turf pitch in the summer of 2020, the foot­ball future of the committed club was ensured with the motto “Inclu­sion. Inte­gra­tion. Coope­ra­tion. Future.”

The Frin­trop Sports and Citi­zens’ Park has now been built on the area of the second large sports ground – with barrier-free move­ment possi­bi­li­ties, adven­ture paths, lying areas, benches and various sports faci­li­ties.

The technical equipment of the open-air hall is remarkable: digital scoreboard with time and goal counter, audio system controllable via Bluetooth and LED floodlight system.

The outdoor hall has an arti­fi­cial turf surface, which is also suitable for wheel­chair users. The revol­ving boards, the ball catching nets and the roof make the game fast and provide speed, commu­nity and a sense of achie­ve­ment.

An indi­vi­du­ally controll­able digital score­board and an audio system can be controlled via Blue­tooth from any mobile phone for any form of acou­stic accom­p­animent – from an announce­ment that a car is incor­rectly parked to the beat for the Zumba course.

The flood­light system consists of energy-saving LED lights under the hall roof. This means that the hall can even be used in the dark.

Of course, the footballers of SC Frintrop are happy about the new hall. However, its versatility also makes it suitable for many other activities.

Another special feature of the hall is its adap­ta­bi­lity to the requi­re­ments of sound insu­la­tion. In Essen, two walls were closed for this reason. For people with visual impairm­ents, this design method can even be a benefit, because the sound feed­back improves their orien­ta­tion.

Of course, the foot­bal­lers of SC Frin­trop are also happy about the new hall. However, its versa­ti­lity also makes it suitable for many other acti­vi­ties – open sports and exer­cise offers, senior sports and gymnastics, girls’ dance lessons, taiji and qigong have been taking place since before the opening.

There will be groups and supervised training offers for practically all devices and playing fields, which will promote the success of the project.

Another high­light is the basket­ball arena. It’s not only acces­sible to wheel­chair users, but it’s also suitable for them thanks to the non-slip plastic cove­ring.

In this area of the Frin­trop Sports and Citi­zens’ Park , immis­sion control also played a major role, because the basket­ball arena is also located on a property boun­dary. Here, too, the plan­ners from Seeger Land­schafts­ar­chi­tektur have made a virtue out of neces­sity: the required sound­pro­ofing walls, which are more than five metres high, were desi­gned as gabions and are being expanded into a gene­rous clim­bing wall.

Frintrop Sports and Citizens’ Park  is a meeting place for all generations, abilities and interests. 

So the Frin­trop Sports and Citi­zens’ Park  is a meeting place for all gene­ra­tions, abili­ties and inte­rests. Thanks to the enormous commit­ment of the asso­cia­tion in the field of inclu­sion and the inte­gra­tion of refu­gees, an entire district and its social and societal deve­lo­p­ment can benefit here.