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Illuminated like the Allianz Arena: the Olympic ski stadium in Garmisch-Partenkirchen receives a floodlight system

2021-10-18T09:10:32.228Z


The work in the Olympic ski stadium is moving forward. All masts for the floodlight system are meanwhile. The end of the project is imminent. Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Things are moving forward in the Olympic ski stadium. Some will say: you have heard that many times. Probably true. But: Now the work on the large construction site actually seems to be coming to an end. Even Magnus Winterholler, re


The work in the Olympic ski stadium is moving forward.

All masts for the floodlight system are meanwhile.

The end of the project is imminent.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Things are moving forward in the Olympic ski stadium.

Some will say: you have heard that many times.

Probably true.

But: Now the work on the large construction site actually seems to be coming to an end.

Even Magnus Winterholler, responsible for the Partenkirchner Arena in the municipal building authority, is in good spirits.

And that means something, as the experts have already been through a lot in the past five years.

“We really want to be ready by the New Year's competition,” says the architect.

In any case, there are new visible signs: The masts for the floodlight system are in place - with the exception of two examples, on which the lighting units are still missing.

In the past few days, the steel giants have been erected - they tower up to 45 meters into the sky.

For the most modern lighting system currently available.

“I think that there aren't many stadiums in the world that are lit like ours.” There is a little pride in that.

In view of the acquisition and construction costs of 2.25 million euros, something can also be offered.

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Imposing view from the ski jump tower of the Olympic ski stadium and the town.

On the west side, the last work on the masts for the floodlights is in progress.

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The highlight of the system: The lighting runs entirely on LED technology.

The masterpiece is the so-called DMX control, which makes virtually every conceivable light scenario in the stadium possible.

“It's comparable to the Allianz Arena in Munich,” says Winterholler.

Event technicians around the world swear by this technology.

The market relied on this version, as it is well known that in the future they want to market the stadium more than just for pure sporting events such as the New Year's competition that takes place once a year.

“The facility is also intended to be used for tourism, so we made sure that it becomes multifunctional when there is light.” Winterholler is thinking about a possible World Ski Championships in 2027, a potential opening ceremony in the ski stadium.

Great luck for the community

But it's not that far yet. The lighting system cannot yet be used. The masts are installed, but a large part of the cabling is missing. “I think that it will be ready for use in early or mid-December.” Seven of the steel stamps are now around the Olympic ski stadium. Winterholler has already heard quite a few discussions about this. “Why it has to be so high” is one of the central questions that the expert answers without any problems. On the one hand, it's about the residents. "If the light comes from a higher mast, it can shine more downwards, so it disturbs the neighbors less." If the systems are built more flat, the light cone automatically shines more horizontally. The second reason: In the upper area of ​​the jump, parallel to the inrun,the Partenkirchen ski club installs its wind network for jumping every year. "And that right in front of the masts, so we had to get up to seven meters higher to get over it."

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Precision work: Employees from the specialist company BBT Freimoser from Ruhpolding install the steel colossi.

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It was very fortunate that in 2007 when the new Olympic hill was built on the slope, the foundations had already been laid for later floodlights. "We thought for a long time with the structural engineers whether we could use them because they were actually intended for a different technology," reveals Winterholler. Not for the modern LED system. “These lights have more area, so they also offer more area exposed to wind.” Ultimately, however, the experts gave the go-ahead. “That saved us a lot of money. Because starting digging again on the slope would have been expensive because it is so unstable anyway. ”It was difficult to find a suitable place for the number five in the outside area. Now he stands on the edge of the small parking lot on the west side of the stadium. "A water pipe even had to be laid for this," says Winterholler.

Maybe a premiere at New Year's ski jumping?

Another problem arose: "The medium-voltage lines that supply half of Partenkirchen with electricity run underneath the ground." They had to be avoided.

The final installation work still needs to be done in the east of the stadium.

The light units are still missing.

Everything should be assembled this week.

"The TV makers will be happy because, especially for the 4K recordings, the light in the second round was always very borderline."

Maybe there will be the competition premiere at the New Year's event.

Future tenants of the stadium will be able to book the floodlight system as a package.

"There will be fixed tariffs," says Winterholler, "we're doing the math."

Source: merkur

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