Columbia Hall, Music venue and gymnasium in Tempelhof, Germany.
Columbia Hall is a music and sports facility in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district of Berlin with a wide open interior beneath a high ceiling. The space offers flexible arrangements for standing crowds or seating depending on the scheduled event or training, with capacity varying based on configuration.
The hall was built after the Second World War to provide sports facilities for American soldiers in West Berlin and remained in military use until the troops withdrew in the early nineties. After years without a fixed purpose, the building was adapted for civilian events and opened to a wider public.
The hall now welcomes a rotating schedule of electronic, rock, and pop acts that draw audiences from across Berlin. Local clubs and promoters work closely with the programming to bring varied musical scenes through the same doors where athletes once trained.
Visitors should check ahead for scheduled events before a concert visit, as athletic use and music alternate on the calendar. The main entrance sits on a busy street from which pedestrians can easily reach the front side.
The building stands across from the former Tempelhof Airport, whose sprawling grounds are now a public park. Renovation a decade ago brought modern stage and sound technology into the old sports rooms and transformed the interior fundamentally.
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