Germany: a fan vote decides the future Olympiapark (Munich) arena will be named the "SAP Garden"

The new multipurpose arena to be built in the Olympiapark in Munich (Germany), will be called the "SAP Garden", announced the German software company SAP, on 20/03/2019.

"The recent #NameGameOn campaign gave sports fans and spectators around the world the chance to name the arena that will be home to the ice hockey team EHC Red Bull Munich (Deutsche Eishockey Liga) and basketball club FC Bayern Basketball (easyCredit BBL). In the final round of the campaign, a shortlist of three favorites was put to the public vote. With 45.3% of the votes, SAP Garden came out on top, followed by SAP Park, with 44.8% of the votes, and SAP Live with 9.9% of the votes," added SAP.

The "SAP Garden", for which SAP obtained the naming rights on 18/09/2018, with a capacity of 11,500, should be completed for the 2021-22 season. Its construction, which is due to start at the end of 2019, is expected to cost €100m according to the German media.

• SAP holds the naming rights to the SAP Arena (15,000 capacity) in Mannheim (GER), the venue for Adler Mannheim (Deutsche Eishockey Liga) and Rhein-Neckar Löwen (DKB…