Property

New sports and event arena for Hamburg?

3 July 2025
Billebogen Entwicklungsgesellschaft invites companies and investors to tender

Billebogen Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (BBEG), a subsidiary of HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, is offering an 11-hectare site in the Neuer Huckepackbahnhof district for the development of an 8,000-seat sports, events and commercial arena. The invitation to tender is now underway. Should Hamburg's Olympic bid prove successful, the arena will also host the volleyball competitions. The arena would later become the venue for sports such as basketball and handball on at least 25 days per year.

First events in early 2030s

BBEG is targeting development companies and investors interested in purely private financing. The bidding process will result in a handover. In 2026, an exclusive agreement will be concluded between BBEG and the developer, forming the basis for planning and construction feasibility.  Provided all the requirements are met, the client can enter into a lease agreement with BBEG.

Construction is expected to start in the late 2020s and the arena will start operating in the early 2030s . "We are cautiously optimistic that we will get the arena off the ground," Andreas Kleinau, CEO of HafenCity GmbH, told the daily Hamburger Abendblatt. "Serious initial talks" have been held with a handful of interested parties, he added.

New arena in Hamburg's Billebogen
New arena in Hamburg's Billebogen

New premises for firms in Billebogen 

Billebogen is a commercial development area in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort. Close to the city centre, it also offers companies new premises in Billebecken, Neuer Huckepackbahnhof and Stadteingang Elbbrücken districts mainly for R&D, innovation, sport and culture. Up to 500 new flats  will be built and up to 10,500 new jobs created on the 75-hectare site.

HafenCity biggest inner-city development in Europe

Billebogen is near the underground and suburban railway stations in HafenCity, which is the biggest urban development project in Europe. A vibrant district is emerging in the former port with flats, offices, shops, restaurants as well as cultural and leisure facilities. HafenCity has expanded the city centre by around 40 per cent. Around 120 projects were completed there by late 2024. Around 10,000 people live in around 4,900 flats there. The figures are expected to rise to 16,000 residents in 8,000 flats in future.

The Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier can also be found in the new district. The ensemble of 14 buildings houses 130 shops, 40 restaurants and cafés as well as 10 cinemas. In addition to three Accor hotels, the mixed-use project also includes 579 flats. The Cruise Centre HafenCity, which has berths for two ships with up to 1,800 passengers, is in the southern part of the Überseequartier. 
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