Nokia Arena (Tampere)

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Nokia Arena
Nokia-areena
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The arena, with the hotel on top, in May 2022
Nokia Arena (Tampere)
Full nameTampere Deck Arena
(Tampereen Kannen areena)
Former namesTampere Deck Arena
Tampere Central Multipurpose Arena
UROS LIVE
AddressKansikatu 3
Location Tampere, Finland
Coordinates 61°29′38″N23°46′23″E / 61.493952°N 23.772955°E / 61.493952; 23.772955
OwnerKOY Tampereen Monitoimiareena
OperatorTampere Deck and Arena Management Oy
Executive suites63
Capacity 13,455 (ice hockey)
15,000 (concerts)
Record attendance13.054
Field size60 m (200 ft) by 28 m (92 ft)
Acreage 50,000 m2 [1]
ScreensCenter-hung media cube, two ribbon displays
Construction
Broke ground2018
Opened3 December 2021 (2021-12-03) [2]
Construction cost€124 million (estimated)
Architect Daniel Libeskind
Structural engineerRamboll Finland
Main contractors SRV-yhtiöt  [ fi ]
Tenants
Tappara (ice hockey)
Ilves (ice hockey)
Website
nokiaarena.fi/en/

Nokia Arena, [3] [4] also known by its non-sponsored name Tampere Deck Arena (Finnish: Tampereen Kannen areena), is an indoor arena in Tampere, Finland, which hosts ice hockey games and large cultural events. It is the home arena of Ilves and Tappara of the SM-liiga. Its construction was approved by the City Council of Tampere on 19 May 2010, [5] and it was officially opened on 3 December 2021. [2] [6]

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The NHL teams Columbus Blue Jackets and Colorado Avalanche played two games at Nokia Arena in the 2022 NHL Global Series on 4–5 November 2022, [7] [8] and during the upcoming 2024 NHL Global Series, Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers will play at Nokia Arena on 1–2 November 2024. [9] Nokia Arena hosted back-to-back IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in 2022 and 2023. [10]

On 10 February 2024, the venue hosted Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), the Finnish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. [11] In 2025, it will host the group phase matches for the FIBA EuroBasket.

Background

The opening ice hockey game at the arena. Nokia Arenan avajaiset 1.jpg
The opening ice hockey game at the arena.

After delays, the arena and the adjacent mixed use high-rise development got a final approval and construction began in January 2018. The final plan calls for a deck to be built over a railway line. This deck will have the multi-purpose arena (at least 13,455 seats), [12] offices, commercial development, housing, a hotel and a casino. The overall vision was designed by Daniel Libeskind. [13] [14] The arena was completed by December 2021, [15] in time for the 2022 IIHF World Championship. The rest of the development is to be completed by 2024. [16] Casino Tampere will also open in connection with the arena, [17] [18] and according to preliminary plans, the casino will employ about 80 people. [19] Lapland Hotels  [ fi ] opened a luxury hotel called Lapland Hotels Arena next to the arena on 12 December 2021. [20] [21] [22] [23]

The match between Ilves (yellow and green) and Tappara (blue and orange) on December 3, 2021 at Nokia Arena Nokia Arenan avajaiset 14.jpg
The match between Ilves (yellow and green) and Tappara (blue and orange) on December 3, 2021 at Nokia Arena

In March 2020, it was announced that, under a ten-year sponsorship agreement with the UROS Group in Oulu, the arena would be called "UROS LIVE". [24] The naming caused a small scale scandal due to name's overly masculine tone, as uros means "male" in Finnish. [25] [26] The agreement was terminated on 28 October 2021 due to Uros Oy's financial problems, and the name of the arena was changed as a result. [27] Nokia Corporation was chosen as the new sponsor on 19 November 2021, and the arena was renamed as "Nokia Arena". [3] [4]

The first scheduled events in the arena were the local matches of the Finnish Championship League on 3 and 4 December 2021. It was originally scheduled to open on 15 December, [28] but later the official opening was brought forward to 3 December. [2]

Nokia Arenan avajaiset 28.jpg
Nokia Arena opening

Concerts

Date Artist(s) Tour/Event
15 December 2021 Eppu Normaali with the
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra [29] 		Arena opening
16 December 2021 Popeda [30] Voitto kaikesta Tour
17 December 2021 Raskasta Joulua [31]
26 March 2022 Lauri Tähkä [32]
22 April 2022 Nightwish [33] Human. :II: Nature. World Tour
27 April 2022 Ghost [34] Imperatour
17 June 2022 Eric Clapton [35]
19 June 2022 Evanescence [36]
24 July 2022 Queen + Adam Lambert [37] The Rhapsody Tour
25 July 2022
20 September 2022 Sting [38] My Songs Tour
23 October 2022 Volbeat [39] Servant of the Road World Tour
12 November 2022 Ellinoora, Kaija Koo, Jenni Vartiainen & Vesala [40] Mestarit Tour  [ fi ]
5 December 2022 Haloo Helsinki! [41]
17 December 2022 Suvi Teräsniska [42]
18 December 2022 Raskasta Joulua [43]
2 February 2023 Dream Theater [44] Top of the World Tour
5 March 2023 Robbie Williams [45] XXV Tour
24 March 2023 Yö [46] 40th Anniversary Concert
31 March 2023 Antti Tuisku [47] Mayhem Tour
1 April 2023
4 April 2023 Andrea Bocelli [48] Believe World Tour
3 June 2023 Iron Maiden [49] The Future Past Tour
4 June 2023
24 November 2023 Jarkko Ahola & Valtteri Torikka [50] Kuninkaiden paluu
9 December 2023 Raskasta joulua [51]

Transport

Nokia Arena is easily accessible by public transport, being located 600 meters from the Tampere central railway station and 350 meters from the long-distance bus station. The nearest stops on the Tampere tramway are also approximately 600 and 350 meters away, for lines 3 and 1 respectively. Several local bus routes run on the nearby streets. During the 2023–24 Liiga and CHL seasons, hockey game tickets are also valid tickets for the buses, trams and trains of Nysse, the regional transport authority.

For private cars, there are few parking spaces at the arena but several parking facilities are available nearby. Before and after major events, the streets around the arena may be closed to vehicular traffic.

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