Wellblechpalast

Wellblechpalast is the now official name the ice hockey arena in the sports complex Sportforum Hohenschönhausen in Berlin Germany. The arena, with a crowd capacity of 4,695 people was built in 1963 and was home ice of the ice hockey team Eisbären Berlin until the 2007/2008 season. The facility still serves as training unit for the Eisbären Berlin. The structure's roof is made up of corrugated iron sheets ("Wellblech" in German). The nickname "Wellblechpalast" (corrugated roof palace), coined by a journalist during the 1990s, had originally a pejorative connotation that meant to characterise the destitute nature of the Eisbären Berlin ice hockey club, which regularly finished at the bottom of the standings. However, the name stuck and assumed somewhat of a cult status among fans. On 6 October 2001 the hall was officially re-named to Wellblechpalast.

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