Mellowpark
Encyclopedia
The Mellowpark in Berlin
is Europe
's biggest outdoor skatepark.
Mellowpark grew very fast and is now the biggest Outdoor Skaterpark in Europe. Today the it is used by more than 20,000 people a year. The Youth Welfare Office sponsors Mellowpark with over €75,000 (USD $115,000) annually. The Berner Group, a private investor, bought the place next to Mellowpark and planned a project for loft apartments. The Berner Group wanted Mellowpark to be closed as few people would want to live next to a skatepark.
It was decided in June 2008, after two demonstrations and a year long petition collection, the City of Berlin decided that Mellowpark would close on December 31, 2008. Later that month, the City of Berlin announced Mellowpark would be moved to a new location, opposite the football stadium of 1. FC Union Berlin
.
Partners
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
is Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
's biggest outdoor skatepark.
Details
| hectare | yearly visitors | publisher |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.000 | All eins e.v. |
History
The "All 1" moved to an old cable factory in 1999 when its previous site at the "Allende Virtel" was redeveloped for housing. It was planned as a sports and teens project and won the 1999 & 2000 city contest "Teens Build the New Berlin".Mellowpark grew very fast and is now the biggest Outdoor Skaterpark in Europe. Today the it is used by more than 20,000 people a year. The Youth Welfare Office sponsors Mellowpark with over €75,000 (USD $115,000) annually. The Berner Group, a private investor, bought the place next to Mellowpark and planned a project for loft apartments. The Berner Group wanted Mellowpark to be closed as few people would want to live next to a skatepark.
It was decided in June 2008, after two demonstrations and a year long petition collection, the City of Berlin decided that Mellowpark would close on December 31, 2008. Later that month, the City of Berlin announced Mellowpark would be moved to a new location, opposite the football stadium of 1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to...
.
Events
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Mellowpark Jam" "Highway to Hill" "BMX Dirt Contest" "BMX Lake Jump Contest" |
"Highway to Hill" "Mellowpark Jam" "European King of Dirt" "Crossroads Streetjam" "Beach Party @ Mellowpark" "Ready to Rock Streetjam" "Presentation of futurevisions / Designing of the Project Mellowpark" |
"Road*Star BMX-Jam" "Red Bull Local Hero Tour" "Highway to Hill" "Carnival of the Cultures" "Bin Baden - BMX Lake Jump Contest" "Mellowpark Jam" "European King of Dirt" "Crossroads Streetjam" "GERMAN OPEN - German BMX Championship" "Beatheadz" |
"Road*Star BMX-Jam" "Highway to Hill" "B-Berlin Open" "Red Bull Local Hero Tour" "The big eating" "Ladiez First" "Berlin City Games - Palast der Republik" |
"Road*Star BMX-Jam" "Carnival of the Cultures" "Highway to Hill" "Mellowpark Jam" "rebeljam - unfiltered bmx" "Ladiez 1st" "Globe Skateboard Team @ Mellowpark" "kidsfestival" "Berlin City Games - Dresdener Bahnhof" |
"Ladiez 1st" "Highway to Hill" "Carnival of the Cultures" "Marshmellow Jam" "Final Mellowpark Soccer League" "Red Bull Local Hero Tour" "Three Amigos Skateboard Contest" "rebeljam - unfiltered bmx" "Berlin City Games - Parochialkirche Parochialkirche The Parochialkirche is a Reformed church in the Klosterviertel neighbourhood of the Mitte borough in Berlin. The church, now a listed building, was built between 1695 and 1703, it is the oldest church in Berlin built as a Protestant place of worship. The church is now used and owned by the... " |
"highway to hill" "c.o.s cup" "kidsfestival" "rebeljam" "marshmellow jam" "DRAGONFESTIVAL" |
"Highway to Hill" "SUMMERCLASH" "Family meets Mellowp" "GERMAN OPEN" |
Partners/Sponsors
Sponsors- Eastpak
- Felt
- Adidas
- Titus
- Carhartt
- Red Bull
Partners
- 030
- Audio
- Berlin Massive
- Best Sabel Touristikakademie
- Cafe HdJ
- Deutsche Kinder- & Jugendstiftung
- Fatbmx
- Fine Lines
- Gsub
- Messe Berlin
- Musicmediapark
- Praxis-Nah e.V.
- Roof BMX
- Star.FM
- Uncle Sally's