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Press Release 2025, November 19th

Seating allocation for the INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe 2026 sold out within twelve hours: standing room tickets now on sale

It took around twelve hours for the last of the approximately 3,500 seats for the INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe on 8 February 2026 in Karlsruhe's Europahalle to be sold. This means that the world stars of the athletics scene will, as usual, compete in front of a sold-out arena at the fifth stop of the World Indoor Tour Gold. ‘It's great to see how the INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe inspires athletics fans on a global level,’ said Martin Wacker, managing director of the organising company Karlsruhe Marketing und Event GmbH.

Press Release 2025, November 18th

Advance ticket sales for the INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe 2026 have started

Tickets available online from Ticketmaster / Karlsruhe is the fifth stop on the international indoor athletics series World Indoor Tour / Points for the overall victory will be awarded in nine of eleven disciplines in Karlsruhe

World-class athletics in a total of eleven disciplines. Athletics fans can look forward to this again when the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold world series stops off in Karlsruhe on 8 February 2026 with the INIT INDOOR MEETING. This means that Karlsruhe will once again be one of eight meetings with Gold status – the highest category an indoor meeting can be awarded – as an athletics venue next year.

Press Release 2025, October 1st

41st INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe on 8 February 2026

Advance ticket sales start on 18 November 2025

World-class athletics is coming to the Europahalle Karlsruhe for a Sunday afternoon session: on Sunday, 8 February 2026, the international indoor athletics series World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold will be stopping off at the Europahalle. Starting at 4:30 p.m., spectators will experience the fifth of a total of eight tour stops live on site. This means that Karlsruhe remains part of the highest category awarded for indoor meetings. As in 2025, TV and streaming images from Karlsruhe will be broadcast worldwide – last year, the meeting was seen in over 120 countries.