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

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