Hartwall Areena
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Hartwall Areena (often called Helsingin Areena ('Arena of Helsinki') by the Finnish press) is a large multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. The idea of building the arena came from Harry Harkimo in 1994. It was built to be ready for the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1997 and was delivered by the constructor on 1997-04-11.
The building is elliptical, 153 meters long and 123 meters wide.
Total capacity in ice hockey games is 15,665 (all seats). The arena is convertible for various events. For athletics, the capacity is about 10,000, for concerts about 12000, and as an amphitheatre, 3,000-5,000. It is connected to a multi-story carpark, which has a total capacity of 1,421 vehicles.
Hartwall Areena is the home venue of ice hockey team Jokerit.
Past events:
- Concerts: The Beach Boys, Aerosmith, Luciano Pavarotti, Eric Clapton, KISS, Spice Girls, Tapani Kansa, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elton John, David Bowie, The Eagles, AC/DC, Robbie Williams, Rammstein, Nightwish, Iron Maiden
- Sports: Ice Hockey World Championships, World Figure Skating Championships, Thunder Indoor Karting, World Cup of Hockey, NHL Challenge, Monster Jam
- Theatre and shows: Riverdance, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess, Cats, Les Misérables, Saturday Night Fever, David Copperfield and three visits by World Wrestling Entertainment.
- Rallies: Assembly demo party
External links
- Hartwall Areena Official website, in Finnish and Englishde:Hartwall Areena