It is the biggest indoor venue in the Hanover Region, and most major concerts are held there.

The handball club TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is also using the arena for games with high attendances at irregular intervals, for example in 2011 against Eintracht Hildesheim and 2013 against Frisch Auf Göppingen.

[1] The arena has been constantly struggling with financial problems since the day of opening and has been a money-losing business since then due to the lack of enough regular events.

Janet Jackson was scheduled to perform during her All for You Tour on 12 November 2001, but the show was cancelled because of the 11 September attacks.

The national final returned to the venue on 5 March 2015 as Unser Song für Österreich In March 2017, Fury in the Slaughterhouse started their 30th Anniversary tour at the arena, playing three dates.