Tivoli Hall

Tivoli Hall

Panoramic view of the ice hockey arena in 2021
Location	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Coordinates	46°03′37″N14°29′43″E / 46.0602916°N 14.4952792°E / 46.0602916; 14.4952792
Owner	City Municipality of Ljubljana
Operator	Javni zavod Šport Ljubljana
Capacity	6,800 (big hall) [1] 4,500 (small hall) [2] [3]
Surface	Ice (big hall) Parquet (small hall)
Construction
Broke ground	November 1963 [4]
Built	1963–1965 [4]
Opened	April 1965 [4]
Renovated	1995 (small hall) [4] 2000 and 2020 (big hall) [4] [5]
Architect	Marjan Božič Stanko Bloudek

Tivoli Hall (Slovene : Hala Tivoli) is a complex of two multi-purpose indoor sports arenas in the Tivoli City Park in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The complex was opened in 1965. The larger, ice hockey arena has a seating capacity of 6,800 people and is the home of HK Olimpija ice hockey club. ^[1] During the EuroBasket 2013, the capacity was adjusted to 5,600. ^[6]

The smaller basketball hall has a capacity for 4,500 spectators ^{[2] [3]} and is the secondary home venue of the basketball team KK Cedevita Olimpija. ^[7]

Events

Regular sporting events include:

• HK Olimpija (ice hockey)
• KK Cedevita Olimpija (basketball); secondary home venue after Arena Stožice
• Ilirija (basketball); since the 2017–18 season
• RK Olimpija (handball)
• ACH Volley (volleyball)

One-time sporting events include:

• 1965 World Table Tennis Championships
• 1970 FIBA World Championship, the final round ^[8]
• 1970 World Figure Skating Championships
• 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• 1982 World Weightlifting Championships
• 2004 European Men's Handball Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championships:
  • 1966 Ice Hockey World Championships – Group A
  • 1969 Ice Hockey World Championships – Group B
  • 1974 Ice Hockey World Championships – Group B
  • 1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships – Group B
  • 1993 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships – Group C
  • 1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships – Group B
  • 2001 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships – Division I
  • 2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships – Division I
  • 2010 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships – Division I
  • 2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships – Division I
• EuroBasket 2013, Group A
• UEFA Futsal Euro 2026

Other activities

Apart from being a sporting venue, Tivoli Hall also hosts numerous concerts, musicals and other shows.

Concerts

• Louis Armstrong & The All Stars – April 4, 1965
• Blood, Sweat & Tears – June 1970
• Christie – October 1, 1971
• BOOM Festival 1972 – April 21–22, 1972
• Ray Charles – September 27, 1972
• BOOM Festival 1973 – April 20–21, 1973
• BOOM Festival 1974 – May 10–11, 1974
• Ike & Tina Turner – November 1974
• Jethro Tull – April 15, 1975
• Frank Zappa – November 22, 1975
• Procol Harum – January 30, 1976
• Suzi Quatro – February 27, 1976
• Bijelo Dugme – March 19, 1976 ( Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu Tour)
• Cat Stevens – May 14, 1976
• Queen – February 7, 1979
• José Feliciano – May 18, 1979
• Bijelo Dugme – October 12, 1979 ( Bitanga i princeza Tour)
• Gillan – December 7, 1979
• Lene Lovich – April 4, 1980
• Bijelo Dugme – March 25, 1981 ( Doživjeti stotu Tour)
• Azra – January 15, 1982
• Riblja Čorba – February 24, 1982 ( Mrtva priroda Tour)
• Uriah Heep – May 16, 1983 ( Head First Tour)
• Riblja Čorba – May 21, 1984 ( Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju Tour)
• Iron Maiden – August 19, 1984 (World Slavery Tour, opening act: Warriors)
• Dire Straits – May 13, 1985
• Plavi Orkestar – November 11, 1985
• Yoko Ono – March 18, 1986
• Riblja Čorba – April 23, 1986 ( Osmi nervni slom Tour)
• Iron Maiden – September 12, 1986 (Somewhere on Tour, opening act: Waysted)
• Bajaga i Instruktori – November 17, 1986
• Bijelo Dugme – April 1, 1987 ( Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo Tour)
• Laibach – December 3, 1987
• Pankrti – December 10, 1987
• The Pixies – September 24, 1988
• Laibach – March 30, 1989
• Motörhead – April 27–28, 1989
• The Cure – May 24, 1989 (opening act: Shelleyan Orphan)
• Black Sabbath – September 27, 1989 (opening act: Axxis)
• The Sisters of Mercy – March 11, 1991
• Siouxsie and the Banshees – October 9, 1991
• Parni Valjak & Plavi Orkestar & Martin Krpan  [ sl ] – December 21, 1991
• Zoran Predin – December 22, 1992
• Faith No More – June 16, 1993
• Bajaga i Instruktori – February 21, 1994
• Nirvana – February 27, 1994 (opening act: Melvins)
• The Ramones – October 10, 1994
• Đorđe Balašević – November 14, 1994
• Beastie Boys – February 26, 1995 (opening act: Luscious Jackson)
• Simple Minds – October 19, 1995
• Iron Maiden – January 21, 1996
• David Bowie – February 6, 1996
• Green Day – March 23, 1996
• The Sex Pistols – July 9, 1996
• ZZ Top – March 12, 1997
• The Prodigy – October 31, 1997
• Faith No More – November 19, 1997
• Đorđe Balašević – December 1, 1997
• NOFX – October 6, 1998
• Đorđe Balašević – December 8, 1998
• Bob Dylan – April 28, 1999
• Blondie – October 23, 1999 (opening act: The Flirt)
• Joe Cocker – November 7, 1999
• Plavi Orkestar – December 3, 1999
• Rage Against the Machine – February 8, 2000 (opening act: Asian Dub Foundation)
• Yes – March 20, 2000
• Steve Vai and Eric Sardinas – April 13, 2000
• Jethro Tull – May 11, 2000
• Sting – May 14, 2000
• Pearl Jam – June 19, 2000 (opening act: The Dismemberment Plan)
• HIM – November 12, 2000
• The Offspring – January 28, 2001 (opening act: AFI)
• Melanie C – February 14, 2001
• Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance – April 24–26, 2001
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – June 3, 2001
• Eros Ramazzotti – June 17, 2001
• Riblja Čorba – March 25, 2002 ( Pišanje uz vetar Tour)
• Rammstein – June 10, 2002
• Goran Bregović & The Weddings and Funerals Orchestra – October 27, 2002
• Kosheen – February 22, 2003
• Bryan Adams – April 22, 2003
• Simply Red – July 9, 2003 (opening act: Sinéad O'Connor)
• Deep Purple – December 5, 2003
• Oliver Dragojević – February 22, 2004
• Riblja Čorba – May 6, 2004 ( Ovde Tour)
• G3 – July 9, 2004
• R.E.M. – January 17, 2005 (opening act: Brainstorm)
• Anastacia – February 19, 2005
• Rammstein – February 25, 2005 (opening act: Apocalyptica)
• Lou Reed – March 13, 2005
• Mark Knopfler – May 3, 2005
• Ceca – May 20, 2005
• Joe Cocker – May 22, 2005
• Dream Theater – October 19, 2005
• Parni Valjak – December 14, 2005
• Lou Reed – March 13, 2006
• Simple Minds – April 8, 2006
• Deep Purple – October 5, 2006
• Bryan Adams – November 26, 2006
• Joan Baez – March 30, 2007
• Zucchero – May 12, 2007
• Il Divo – June 15, 2007
• Tori Amos – June 26, 2007 (opening act: Joshua Radin)
• P!nk – July 4–5, 2007
• Bryan Ferry – October 10, 2007
• Pankrti – December 1, 2007
• Nightwish – March 4, 2008 (opening act: PAIN)
• Tribute to Bijelo Dugme – April 5, 2008
• Katie Melua – April 27, 2008
• John Fogerty – June 14, 2008
• Status Quo – July 2, 2008
• Seal – July 14, 2008
• RBD – September 4–5, 2008
• Iggy Pop & The Stooges – September 29, 2008 (opening act: Psihomodo Pop)
• Jean Michel Jarre – November 7, 2008
• Uriah Heep – December 13, 2008
• RBD – December 16, 2008
• Lepa Brena – March 21, 2009
• Il Divo – March 27, 2009
• Simply Red – June 24, 2009
• ZZ Top – October 16, 2009
• Armin van Buuren and Rank 1 – October 23, 2009
• Dream Theater – October 31, 2009 (opening acts: Opeth, Bigelf, and Unexpect)
• Eros Ramazzotti – November 19, 2009
• Air – December 14, 2009 (opening act: We Fell to Earth)
• Michael Bolton – January 25, 2010
• Chris Rea – February 22, 2010
• Plavi Orkestar – February 26–27, 2010
• 50 Cent – March 3, 2010
• Anahí – March 12, 2010
• Parni Valjak – March 28, 2010
• Bob Dylan – June 13, 2010
• Billy Idol – June 24, 2010
• Boy George – September 23, 2010
• Manu Chao – April 2, 2011
• Whitesnake – November 30, 2011
• Tony Cetinski – December 21, 2011
• Smokie – February 2, 2012
• Keane – October 29, 2012
• Brit Floyd – Tribute to Pink Floyd – November 9, 2012
• Srebrna krila – November 30, 2012
• Motörhead – December 10, 2012
• Bajaga i Instruktori – December 20, 2012
• Slash – February 8, 2013
• Nelly Furtado – March 14, 2013
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – November 25, 2013
• Dream Theater – February 4, 2014
• Sticky Fingers – Tribute to Rolling Stones – February 14, 2014
• Tadej Toš – Stand Up for Slovenija – March 26, 2015
• Toto – July 2, 2015
• Morrissey – October 10, 2015
• Whitesnake & Alice Cooper – June 12, 2016
• Željko Bebek – September 21, 2018
• Bajaga i Instruktori – November 29, 2018 (opening act: Vatra)
• The Dire Straits Experience – February 8, 2019
• Marija Šerifović – October 18, 2019
• Slade – November 30, 2019
• Smokie – April 16, 2022
• Pankrti – October 21, 2022 (opening act: Električni Orgazam)
• Jethro Tull – June 3, 2023

See also

• List of indoor arenas in Slovenia

References

1. "Velka dvorana Hale Tivoli (drsališče)". sport-ljubljana.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved December 21, 2024.
2. "Mala dvorana Hale Tivoli". sport-ljubljana.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved December 21, 2024.
3. "Hala Tivoli". kzs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved December 21, 2024.
4. Sportal (October 25, 2009). "Tivoli – hram slovenske košarke" (in Slovenian). Siol . Retrieved June 22, 2020.
5. Mavrič, Petra (March 14, 2020). "Hala Tivoli se je spremenila v gradbišče #foto #video" (in Slovenian). Siol . Retrieved June 22, 2020.
6. EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Archived March 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
7. "Dvorana" [Hall] (in Slovenian). KK Cedevita Olimpija . Retrieved December 21, 2024.
8. Finc, Mojca (August 8, 2013). "Košarka 1970: Luna vaša, zlata naša". Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved June 22, 2020.

External links

• Media related to Tivoli Hall at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

Preceded by Cilindro Municipal Montevideo	FIBA World Championship Final Venue 1970	Succeeded by Roberto Clemente Coliseum San Juan
Preceded by Ericsson Globe Stockholm	European Men's Handball Championship Final Venue 2004	Succeeded by Hallenstadion Zürich

46°3′35″N14°29′42″E / 46.05972°N 14.49500°E / 46.05972; 14.49500