Columbiahalle is a concert venue in the Tempelhof district of Berlin . Built in 1951 as a sports hall for US soldiers, it opened as a venue in 1998. It should not be confused with Columbia Theater , a former cinema on the same site, also opened in 1951 for US soldiers, which is also now a music venue.
1-1036: Columbiahalle is located opposite the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport , which from 1945, following the end of the Second World War , had been used by the US Army as part of the American occupation sector of West Berlin . Columbiahalle was built in 1951 as a sports hall for the soldiers stationed in the city. After the US withdrawal in 1994, the building was closed and reopened after renovation in 1998. A comprehensive renovation took place in 2014. The venue hosts mainly rock and pop music events. It has hosted many major artists including 50 cent , AC/DC , Aespa , Alice Cooper , Coldplay , Eminem , Muse , My Chemical Romance , Placebo , Rammstein , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Rihanna , Robyn , Slayer , and System of
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