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Music Venues in Mannheim
Mannheim's industrial character shapes a pragmatic venue scene. The SAP Arena provides major capacity, while Capitol and smaller venues serve a city that produced Xavier Naidoo and other German pop acts.
SAP Arena seats 15,000 in this Rhine-Neckar industrial city of 310,000, birthplace of the automobile and bicycle. Capitol Mannheim hosts rock in the grid-pattern city centre while Alte Feuerwache maintains alternative credibility. The Popakademie university trains music business professionals, creating Germany's most industry-connected mid-size city.