IAKS facility tour - stadia & ice arenas

The three-day IAKS facility tour offers an immersive learning experience in the field of stadia and ice arenas, showcasing a blend of four exciting sports venues.

Starting in Munich, this tour is your chance to get under the skin of the newly built ‚SAP Garden‘ sports arena for ice hockey and basketball in the famous Olympic Park, and the succesful ‚Allianz Arena‘ – home of famous football club Bayern Munich. The IAKS tour will continue to Stuttgart to the recently modernised football stadium 'MHP Arena' giving top priority to sustainability, and finish at the combined pool and ice-skating facility ‚Lentpark‘ in Cologne.

Networking at its best: A visit to a traditional Bavarian beer hall, a tour of the informative Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, and shared lunches offer plenty of opportunities for exchange in a relaxed atmosphere.

With stops in three cities from 25-27 October 2025, the facility tour will take place in the run-up to aquanale/FSB trade fair duo.

Participation fee (incl VAT)

IAKS members: EUR 590
Non-members: EUR 880 

(Cancellations are free of charge until 2 Oct 2025, after which a cancellation fee of 50% will be charged.)

The IAKS travel package includes:

• 3-day-tour Munich-Stuttgart-Cologne (transport on Sunday and Monday by coach)
• Professionally guided tours in English language by the operators or architects of the respective projects
• Entrance to all four sports venues
• Entrance to Mercedes-Benz Museum
• Hotel accommodation on 25 and 26 Oct 2025
• Lunch* on 26 Oct 2025, packed lunch on 27 Oct 2025

(* drinks not included)

FC Bayern's home stadium

The Allianz Arena, opened in 2005, was designed purely as a football stadium. The architecturally unique arena was constructed in under three years.
The design approach was a highly innovative, with a futuristic interpretation of the basic football stadium concept. A cascade of colour can be projected onto the smooth lozenge-shaped exterior, which takes the form of a curved translucent shell, infusing the structure with an almost magical poetry. The three-tier seating arrangement guarantees every single one of the spectators a close up view of the action, combining raw emotional interaction with all the comforts of a modern stadium.

Wet and cold

The ice and swimming stadium Lentpark accommodates two ice rinks, an indoor swimming centre with a variety of pools, a sauna, an outdoor natural water swimming pond and a restaurant. An elevated ice skating track runs as a round circuit through every part of the building providing exciting views inside and outside. An intelligent cross-linking of the building services allows for the seemingly contradictory climatic requirements of an ice and swimming facility to operate in an energy-efficient manner.  

Winner of the 2013 IOC IAKS AWARD - Bronze Medal 

This facility tour is aimed in particular at international stadia&arena experts travelling in the run-up to the event-packed week in Cologne. This makes a visit to Germany doubly and triply worthwhile!

Gain first-hand expertise and discover the latest trends in sports facility construction. From 28-31 October: Cologne, Germany - the place to be!

29th IAKS Congress "Creating high-performing facilities for an active future" 

FSB - International Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports and Exercise Facilities. 

aquanale - International Trade Fair for Sauna. Pool. Ambience. 
Together with ISWF Conference 'International Swimming Pool and Wellness Forum'