European Arenas Association

European Arenas Association

Formation	1991 [1]
Headquarters	Rotterdam Ahoy, Ahoyweg 10, 3084 BA Rotterdam, Netherlands [1]
Location	Europe
Membership	41 [1]
President	Olivier Toth [2]
Website	European Arenas Association

The European Arenas Association (EAA) is a group of indoor arenas located in Europe with a range of event hosting experiences, including concerts, entertainment productions, and sporting and corporate events. As of 2025, it is made up of 41 member arenas and arena clusters from 20 countries. Established in 1991, its headquarters are located at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam. ^[1]

Executive team

The European Arenas Association executive team includes its President Olivier Toth—who also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Rockhal and Executive Officer Victoria Matthews. ^[2]

Other executive team members, include:

• Central Region – Nicolas Dupeux, Chief Executive Officer of Accor Arena, Paris, France
• East Region – Konrad Koziol, Director of Sales and Marketing, Gliwice Arena, Gliwice, Poland
• North Region – Lotta Nibell, Chief Executive Officer of Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
• South Region – Jorge Vinha da Silva, Chief Executive Officer of MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
• West Region – Adrian Doyle, Chief Experience Officer of The Odyssey Trust (owners of SSE Arena), Belfast, United Kingdom

Venues

As of 2025, the EAA website listed 39 member arenas and 2 arena clusters from across 20 European nations. The website lists the neighbouring Porsche-Arena and Schleyer-Halle together and the entire Stockholm Live group is listed as one entry. ^[2]

Arenas

Region	Country	Arena	Location
Central	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	Vienna
	Belgium	Forest National	Brussels
	France	Accor Arena	Paris
		Paris La Défense Arena	Paris (Nanterre)
	Germany	Barclays Arena	Hamburg
		Festhalle Frankfurt	Frankfurt
		Olympiapark	Munich
		Uber Arena	Berlin
	Luxembourg	Rockhal	Esch-sur-Alzette
	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy	Rotterdam
East	Czech Republic	O2 Arena	Prague
	Estonia	Unibet Arena	Tallinn
	Latvia	Xiaomi Arena	Riga
	Lithuania	Twinsbet Arena	Vilnius
		Žalgirio Arena	Kaunas
	Poland	PreZero Arena Gliwice	Gliwice
		Tauron Arena Kraków	Kraków
North	Finland	Nokia Arena	Tampere
	Norway	Unity Arena	Oslo (Fornebu)
	Sweden	Malmö Arena	Malmö
		Scandinavium	Gothenburg
South	Hungary	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena	Budapest
	Italy	Arena Milano	Milan
		Unipol Forum	Milan (Assago)
	Portugal	MEO Arena	Lisbon
	Spain	Movistar Arena	Madrid
		Navarra Arena	Pamplona
		Palacio Vistalegre	Madrid
		Palau Sant Jordi	Barcelona
		Roig Arena	Valencia
	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	Zurich
		St. Jakobshalle	Basel (Münchenstein)
West	United Kingdom	AO Arena	Manchester
		BP Pulse LIVE	Birmingham (Solihull)
		Co-op Live	Manchester
		The O2 Arena	London
		OVO Arena Wembley
		OVO Hydro	Glasgow
		SSE Arena	Belfast

Arena clusters

Region	Country	Arena	Location
Central	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle and Porsche-Arena	Stuttgart
North	Sweden	Stockholm Live: Annexet Avicii Arena Hovet Södra Teatern Strawberry Arena 3Arena	Stockholm

Former members

The following arenas were once listed on the EAA website as members, but were removed.

Country	Arena	Location
Croatia	Arena Zagreb	Zagreb
Finland	Gatorade Center	Turku
	Helsinki Halli	Helsinki
Germany	ISS Dome	Düsseldorf
Hungary	Főnix Aréna	Debrecen
Italy	PalaLottomatica	Rome
Serbia	Belgrade Arena	Belgrade
United Kingdom	Utilita Arena Birmingham	Birmingham

Events

Lisbon's MEO Arena hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2005, Eurovision in 2018, and has hosted Mark Knopfler, Bruno Mars, Kylie Minogue, Roger Waters, and Robbie Williams. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

The Rotterdam Ahoy has twice held the MTV Europe Music Awards, firstly in 1997 and subsequently in 2016, the 2021 staging of Eurovision, and concerts performed by Jennifer Lopez, U2, and Justin Bieber. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

The Scandinavium in Gothenburg is a 4-time home to the Davis Cup final—firstly in 1984, then 1987 and 1988, and most recently in 1997. It also mounted the 1985 edition of Eurovision and welcomed The Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston, and Stevie Wonder. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

Parisian venue—the Accor Arena hosted artistic gymnastics, basketball matches, and trampolining events during the 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2002 Davis Cup final. The venue has seen Prince "put on a show" with Stevie Wonder and welcomed Madonna and Paul McCartney… Roger Waters and Peter Gabriel. ^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

London's OVO Arena served as the host venue for the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2017 and hosted sports during both the 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics. The arena has hosted many musicians, including: Madonna, David Bowie, and The Who… Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones have appeared together on the same bill. ^{[21] [22]}

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