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.