The following is a list of indoor arenas in Finland with a capacity of at least 1,000 spectators, most of the arenas in this list are for multi use proposes and are used for popular sports such as individual sports like karate, judo, boxing as well as team sports like ice hockey, curling, volleyball. Parts of the arenas also host many concerts and world tours.
Arena | Capacity | Opening | Location |
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Helsinki Garden [5] | 15,000 | TBD | Helsinki |
Suvilahti Arena [6] | 17,000 | TBD | |
Oulu Arena [7] | 10,000 | TBD | Oulu |
TBA [8] | 8,900 | TBD | Turku |
Arena 3.3 [9] | 21,000 (concerts) 17,000 (sport events) | 2025 | Vantaa |
Nokian Palloiluhalli | 2,100 | 2024 | Nokia |
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