Event Info

7 - 9 July 2017

Official Event Guide

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Location

Venue Address

LANXESS arena
Willy-Brandt-Platz 3
50679 Köln
Germany

The Venue

LANXESS arena is still echoing with the cheers of the 14,000 people attending this year's ESL One Cologne. The excitement returns in 2017 with another world-class tournament to be held in Germany's largest indoor arena.

Age restriction

Due to German legislation and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's USK16 rating, only people aged 16 years or older will be admitted to the event. Even with parental consent or an accompanying adult, people under the age of 16 will not be able to gain entry to ESL One Cologne 2017.

What you can bring into the arena

Please leave your backpack at the hotel, the arena security doesn’t allow big bags inside the venue. You can bring a small backpack (no luggage) into the arena but the will be thoroughly checked. No dangerous items are allowed. No food and drinks will be allowed in the arena. Only point and shoot, or action cameras can be brought into the arena. Cameras with interchangeable lenses are not permitted.

Getting to Lanxess Arena

By Train:

European high speed trains Thalys, ICE and Metropolitan arrive into Cologne Central Station at least once per hour. The ICE makes an additional stop at Köln-Deutz station just outside the LANXESS arena.

By Plane:

Distance to the closest airports (distance by car): Cologne/Bonn 14 km Düsseldorf 55 km Frankfurt 192 km By car Wherever you're arriving from: Thanks to its central position in the Köln-Deutz district the LANXESS arena is very easy to reach: just follow directions marked "LANXESS arena" and "Koelnmesse". You will find the LANXESS arena immediately next to the Köln-Deutz railway station.

By Car:

  • From Düsseldorf, Oberhausen, Dortmund: At Leverkusen intersection proceed via A3 direction Frankfurt to intersection Köln-Ost, then onto the motorway B55 direction Köln-Zentrum, exit LANXESS arena. Follow the signs.

  • From Olpe/Siegen: A4, respectively B55 direction Köln-Zentrum, exit LANXESS arena. Follow the signs.

  • From Frankfurt: A3 to motorway merging point Heumar, onto A4 direction Aachen to intersection Gremberg, onto A559 direction Köln-Deutz to the end of the motorway.

  • From Bonn, Airport Cologne/Bonn: A559 direction Köln-Zentrum, -Deutz to the end of the motorway.

  • From Aachen, Koblenz, Euskirchen: From intersection Köln-West onto A4 direction Olpe, Frankfurt to intersection Gremberg, onto A559 direction Köln-Deutz to the end of the motorway.

  • From Krefeld, Neuss: A57 to the end of the motorway, then B55 direction Zoobrücke, intersection Köln-Ost to exit LANXESS arena. Parking possibilities LANXESS arena's car parks P1-P4 are signposted. You can access them via Opladener Strasse through the LANXESS arena tunnel. Entrances are highlighted. City-bound directions access P1 and P3, outward traffic accesses P1 and P2. Via Gummersbacher Strasse you can access P4 or the bus parking lot P5.
  • Parking Facilities

    There is a Parking charge of 1,30 € per hour and payable before leaving the garage. There are pay machines on every level and an office on the third level of P1. Or you can simply pay in advance by choosing the "Arena Tarif" - that way you can avoid waiting after the event. The "Arena Tarif" costs 5,50 € and is valid until 6am next morning.

    Public Transport:

    Tram lines 1, 3, 4, 9 and Bus lines 150, 151, 153, 170, 250 and 260 all stop at the stations Bahnhof Deutz / Messe, Köln-Deutz or Deutz-Kalker Bad.

Accommodation

Hotel

There are many hotels in the vicinity of the LANXESS Arena. For a detailed map including prices, we recommend using the ESL One Cologne   Stay22 website.