List of indoor arenas in Europe

This is a list of indoor arenas in Europe by capacity. A broad definition of "Europe" is used here, including the entirety of Russia, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

The following is a list of arenas ordered by seating capacity, which is the maximum number of seated spectators the arena can accommodate for a sports event. Only the capacity for indoor sports, such as basketball, badminton, handball, ice hockey, tennis and volleyball, are included. Currently all arenas with a minimum capacity of 10,000 are included, some of which do not regularly host any sports. There is typically more capacity available if additional/temporary seats and standing room is included (i.e. for hosting concerts and other events like boxing). Other types of indoor event venues (such as a convention center) which can be used as an arena are not included unless the arena is housed in a separate designated part of the building or complex.

Current arenas by seating capacity

Capacity of at least 15,000 for sports

Arena	Capacity	Opened	Location	Country	Image
Sportpaleis	23,001 [1]	1933	Antwerp	Belgium
SKA Arena	21,500 [2]	2023	Saint Petersburg	Russia
Manchester Arena	21,000 [3]	1995	Manchester	United Kingdom
Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall	20,700 [4]	1995	Athens	Greece
Tauron Arena Kraków	20,400 [5]	2014	Kraków	Poland
Accor Arena	20,300 [6]	1984	Paris	France
Altice Arena	20,100 [7]	1998	Lisbon	Portugal
MVM Dome	20,022 [8]	2021	Budapest	Hungary
Štark Arena	20,000 [9]	2004	Belgrade	Serbia
The O2 Arena	20,000 [10]	2007	London	United Kingdom
Lanxess Arena	20,000 [11]	1998	Cologne	Germany
O2 Arena	19,000	2004	Prague	Czech Republic
Inalpi Arena	18,100	2005	Turin	Italy
Palau Sant Jordi	17,960	1990	Barcelona	Spain
WiZink Center	17,453 [12]	1960	Madrid
Mercedes-Benz Arena	17,400	2008	Berlin	Germany
Ziggo Dome	17,200 [13]	2012	Amsterdam	Netherlands
Gliwice Arena	17,178	2018	Gliwice	Poland
PostFinance Arena	17,100	1967	Bern	Switzerland
Arena Zagreb	16,500	2008	Zagreb	Croatia
Westfalenhallen	16,500	1952	Dortmund	Germany
Rotterdam Ahoy	16,426 [14]	1950	Rotterdam	Netherlands
Barclays Arena	16,400 [15]	2002	Hamburg	Germany
Wiener Stadthalle	16,300	1958	Vienna	Austria
Avicii Arena	16,200	1989	Stockholm	Sweden
Royal Arena	16,100	2017	Copenhagen	Denmark
LDLC Arena	16,000 [16]	2023	Lyon	France
P&J Live	16,000 [17]	2019	Aberdeen	United Kingdom
Utilita Arena Birmingham	15,800 [18]	1991	Birmingham
Resorts World Arena	15,685 [19]	1980	Birmingham
Fernando Buesa Arena	15,504	1991	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Spain
Malmö Arena	15,500	2009	Malmö	Sweden
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	15,500	1983	Stuttgart	Germany
Olympiahalle München	15,500	1972	Munich	Germany
Žalgiris Arena	15,415	2011	Kaunas	Lithuania
Bizkaia Arena	15,414	2004	Barakaldo	Spain
Sinan Erdem Dome	15,400	2010	Istanbul	Turkey
PSD Bank Dome	15,151	2006	Düsseldorf	Germany
Minsk-Arena	15,086	2009	Minsk	Belarus
ING Arena	15,000 [20]	2013	Brussels	Belgium
Ergo Arena	15,000	2010	Gdańsk/Sopot	Poland
Halle Tony Garnier	15,000	1988	Lyon	France
SAP Arena	15,000	2005	Mannheim	Germany
Nokia Arena	15,000	2021	Tampere	Finland
Helsinki Halli	15,000	1997	Helsinki
Jyske Bank Boxen	15,000	2010	Herning	Denmark
VTB Arena	15,000	2019	Moscow	Russia

Capacity of below 15,000 for sports

Arena	Capacity	Opened	Location	Country	Image
Peace and Friendship Stadium	14,905	1983	Piraeus	Greece
Arēna Rīga	14,500	2006	Riga	Latvia
Arena Stožice	14,500	2010	Ljubljana	Slovenia
Tipsport Arena	14,475	1962	Prague	Czech Republic
Palacio Vistalegre	14,000	2000	Madrid	Spain
Scandinavium	14,000	1971	Gothenburg	Sweden
Hallenstadion	14,000	1939	Zürich	Switzerland
Megasport Arena	14,000	2006	Moscow	Russia
Sud de France Arena	14,000	2010	Montpellier	France
Atlas Arena	13,806	2009	Łódź	Poland
Ülker Sports Arena	13,800	2011	Istanbul	Turkey
First Direct Arena	13,781 [21] [22]	2013	Leeds	United Kingdom
Utilita Arena Sheffield	13,600 [23]	1991	Sheffield
Sparkassen-Arena	13,500	1952	Kiel	Germany
OVO Hydro	13,000 [24]	2013	Glasgow	United Kingdom
Vitrifrigo Arena	13,000	1996	Pesaro	Italy
Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona	12,760	1991	Badalona	Spain
Rudolf Weber-Arena	12,650	1996	Oberhausen	Germany
Avia Solutions Group Arena	12,500	2004	Vilnius	Lithuania
Forum di Milano	12,500	1990	Milan	Italy
Papp László Budapest Sportaréna	12,500	2003	Budapest	Hungary
Thialf	12,500	1967	Heerenveen	Netherlands
OVO Arena Wembley	12,500 [25]	1934	London	United Kingdom
Caja Mágica	12,442	2009	Madrid	Spain
St. Jakobshalle	12,400	1976	Basel	Switzerland
Arena Sofia	12,373 [26]	2011	Sofia	Bulgaria
Galaxie d'Amnéville	12,200	1990	Amnéville	France
CSKA Arena	12,100	2015	Moscow	Russia
Zénith de Strasbourg	12,079	2008	Strasbourg	France
Bolshoy Ice Dome	12,000	2012	Sochi	Russia
Palais des sports de Grenoble	12,000	1967	Grenoble	France
Ice Palace Saint Petersburg	12,000	2000	Saint Petersburg	Russia
Velodrom	12,000	2000	Berlin	Germany
Arena Leipzig	12,000	2002	Leipzig
Zetra Olympic Hall	12,000	1983	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceberg Skating Palace	12,000	2012	Sochi	Russia
Barys Arena	12,000	2015	Astana	Kazakhstan
Almaty Arena	12,000	2016	Almaty
Swiss Life Arena	12,000	2022	Zurich	Switzerland
G Drive Arena	12,000	2022	Omsk	Russia
Gatorade Center	11,820	1990	Turku	Finland
Luzhniki Palace of Sports	11,500	1956	Moscow	Russia
Gran Canaria Arena	11,500	2014	Las Palmas	Spain
Saab Arena	11,500	2004	Linköping	Sweden
Spodek	11,500	1971	Katowice	Poland
Utilita Arena Newcastle	11,400 [27]	1995	Newcastle	United Kingdom
Plaza de Toros de La Ribera	11,046	2001	Logroño	Spain
PalaLottomatica	11,000	1960	Rome	Italy
M&S Bank Arena	11,000 [28]	2008	Liverpool	United Kingdom
Håkons Hall	11,000	1993	Lillehammer	Norway
MTS Live Arena [29]	11,000	2022	Odintsovo	Russia
Ankara Arena	11,000	2010	Ankara	Turkey
ZAG-Arena	11,000	2000	Hanover	Germany
Coliseum da Coruña	11,000	1991	A Coruña	Spain
Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena	11,000	1999	Málaga
Unipol Arena	11,000	1993	Casalecchio di Reno	Italy
Spaladium Arena	10,931	2009	Split	Croatia
Hall XXL	10,750	2013	Nantes	France
Iradier Arena	10,714	1941	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Spain
Sibir Arena	10,500	2023	Novosibirsk	Russia
Madrid Arena	10,500	2002	Madrid	Spain
Pabellón Príncipe Felipe	10,500	1990	Zaragoza
Tipsport arena Pardubice	10,300	1960	Pardubice	Czech Republic
Plaza de Toros de Illumbe	10,241	1998	San Sebastián	Spain
Slovnaft Aréna	10,110	2011	Bratislava	Slovakia
Belgorod Arena  [ ru ]	10,105	2021	Belgorod	Russia
Max-Schmeling-Halle	10,012	1996	Berlin	Germany
Centennial Hall	10,000	1913	Wrocław	Poland
Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo	10,000	1988	Seville	Spain
İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall	10,000	2004	İzmir	Turkey
ÖVB Arena	10,000	2004	Bremen	Germany
Bilbao Arena	10,000	2010	Bilbao	Spain
León Arena	10,000	1948	Léon
Plaza de Toros La Cubierta	10,000	1997	Leganés
Motorpoint Arena Nottingham	10,000 [30]	2000	Nottingham	United Kingdom
Antalya Sports Hall	10,000 [31]	2016	Antalya	Turkey
BTarena	10,000	2014	Cluj-Napoca	Romania
Tbilisi Arena	10,000 [32]	2015/2022	Tbilisi
CO'Met Arena	10,000 [33]	2023	Orléans	France

Current arenas that can be used for football

Telenor Arena, Bærum

Currently these arenas are primarily used for indoor sports and/or other events i.e. music concerts, but can also receive association football or rugby matches in the winter, unlike the US and Canada domes, which are enclosed stadiums primarily used for outdoor sports.

Telenor Arena could be considered the only dome in Europe from its opening in 2009 until 2011, when the association football club Stabæk used it for their home matches before returning to their old home, Nadderud Stadion, as the club couldn't support the rent to play at Telenor Arena. The next multi-purpose indoor arena to open in Europe was Paris La Défense Arena in 2017.

Arena	Capacities		Opened	Location	Country
	Sport	Concerts
Paris La Défense Arena	30,000 [34]	40,000	2017	Nanterre	France
Telenor Arena	15,000	25,000	2009	Bærum	Norway
Vikingskipet	10,600	20,000	1992	Hamar	Norway
Egilshöllin	2,000	18,000	2002 [35]	Reykjavík	Iceland
Vallhall Arena	5,500	12,500	2001	Oslo	Norway

Arenas under construction

UMMC Arena in June 2023

Arena	Capacity	Opening	Location	Country
Co-op Live	23,500 [36]	2024	Manchester	United Kingdom
Roig Arena	18,600	2024	Valencia	Spain
PalaItalia Santa Giulia	16,000 [37]	2026	Milan	Italy
Nou Palau Blaugrana	15,000	2026	Barcelona	Spain
New CSKA Ice Palace	14,000 [38]	2026	Moscow	Russia
Arena Brno	13,300 [39]	2026	Brno	Czech Republic
UMMC Arena	12,000	2024	Yekaterinburg	Russia
Halle 1	12,000 [40]	2024	St. Gallen	Switzerland
New Torpedo Arena	12,000 [41]	2025	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia
New Olimpiisky Arena	12,000 [42]	2025	Moscow
SAP Garden	11,500 [43]	2024	Munich	Germany
Sala Polivalentă	10,059 [44]	2025	Brașov	Romania

Proposed arenas

Arena	Capacity	First proposed	Location	Country
Wien Holding-Arena  [ de ]	20,000 [45]	2020	Vienna	Austria
Arena Polivalentă	20,000 [46]	2019	Bucharest	Romania
Suvilahti Arena	17,000 [47]	2023	Helsinki	Finland
Arena 3.3	17,000 [48]	2023	Vantaa
YTL Arena Bristol	17,000 [49]	2019	Bristol	United Kingdom
Sala Polivalentă	16,000 [50] [51]	2020	Timișoara	Romania
New Scandinavium Arena [52]	16,000 [53] [54]	2023	Gothenburg	Sweden
Kyiv Arena	15,800 [55]	2022	Kyiv	Ukraine
New Cardiff Bay Arena	15,348 [56] [57]	2018	Cardiff	United Kingdom
Helsinki Garden	14,000 [58] [59]	2020	Helsinki	Finland
Frankfurt Arena	13,500 [60]	2022	Frankfurt	Germany
The Sage	12,500 [61]	2018	Gateshead	United Kingdom
New Drammen Arena	12,000 [62]	2020	Drammen	Norway
Bergen Byarena	11,000 [63]	2018	Bergen
WeArena	10,500 [64]	2018	Reggio Emilia	Italy
Sala Polivalentă Regina Maria	10,212 [65]	2019	Iași	Romania
Oulu Arena	10,000 [66]	2023	Oulu	Finland
Uppsala Eventcenter	10,000	2013	Uppsala	Sweden
Sunderland Arena	10,000 [67]	2022	Sunderland	United Kingdom
Dundee Arena	10,000 [68]	2022	Dundee
Lviv Colosseum	10,000 [55]	2022	Lviv	Ukraine

See also

• Lists of stadiums
• List of covered stadiums by capacity
• List of indoor arenas by capacity
• List of association football stadiums by capacity
• List of European stadiums by capacity

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