St. Jakobshalle

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St. Jakobshalle

Location	Basel, Switzerland
Coordinates	47°32′23″N 7°37′07″E / 47.53972°N 7.61861°E / 47.53972; 7.61861
Owner	City of Basel
Capacity	12,400
Construction
Broke ground	April 19, 1971
Opened	September 26, 1976
Renovated	2015–2018[1]
Architect	Giovanni Panozzo[2] Renovation: Berrel Berrel Kräutler in collaboration with Degelo Architekten [de]
Tenants
EHC Basel (1976–2002)
Website
www.stjakobshalle.ch

St. Jakobshalle is an arena in Basel on the adjacent territory of the municipality of Münchenstein, Switzerland. It is primarily used for indoor sports and concert events. The main arena has a capacity of 12,400 people (originally 9,000) and was opened in September 1976. It is the home of the Swiss Indoors men's tennis tournament.

The building has different sized halls and rooms, which are used for all types of events. Each year, the world's elite badminton players gather for their international grand prix tournament and the best European Sepak takraw players meet.