Hartwall Areena (often called
Helsinki Areena,
Helsingin Areena or
Helsingforsarenan ('The Helsinki Arena') by the Finnish press) is a large multifunctional indoor
arenaAn arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
located in
HelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it the most populous municipality in Finland by a wide margin...
,
FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland
, is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland...
. The arena
gets its nameNaming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. Institutions like schools, places of worship and hospitals have a tradition of granting donors the right to name facilities in exchange for...
from its largest sponsor, the beverage company
HartwallHartwall is a beverage company based in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1836. Its soft drinks range includes Hartwall Jaffa and Hartwall Novelle water. The company also owns the license for manufacturing and selling PepsiCo's Pepsi, 7 Up and Mountain Dew brands in Finland...
, also based in Helsinki.
The idea of building the arena came from
Harry HarkimoHarry "Hjallis" Harkimo is a Finnish businessman. He is best-known as chairman of the board of the Helsinki-based ice-hockey team Jokerit, the developer of its home arena, Hartwall Areena, and as an investor in sports. He has also been a professional sailor and a sports manager...
in 1994. It was built to be ready for the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1997 and was delivered by the constructor on April 11, 1997.
Hartwall Areena (often called
Helsinki Areena,
Helsingin Areena or
Helsingforsarenan ('The Helsinki Arena') by the Finnish press) is a large multifunctional indoor
arenaAn arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
located in
HelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it the most populous municipality in Finland by a wide margin...
,
FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland
, is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland...
. The arena
gets its nameNaming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. Institutions like schools, places of worship and hospitals have a tradition of granting donors the right to name facilities in exchange for...
from its largest sponsor, the beverage company
HartwallHartwall is a beverage company based in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1836. Its soft drinks range includes Hartwall Jaffa and Hartwall Novelle water. The company also owns the license for manufacturing and selling PepsiCo's Pepsi, 7 Up and Mountain Dew brands in Finland...
, also based in Helsinki.
Specifications
The idea of building the arena came from
Harry HarkimoHarry "Hjallis" Harkimo is a Finnish businessman. He is best-known as chairman of the board of the Helsinki-based ice-hockey team Jokerit, the developer of its home arena, Hartwall Areena, and as an investor in sports. He has also been a professional sailor and a sports manager...
in 1994. It was built to be ready for the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1997 and was delivered by the constructor on April 11, 1997. The building is elliptical, 153 metres long and 123 metres wide. 37 meters under ground there is a practice arena which is used by many hockey teams.
Total capacity in
ice hockeyIce Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport...
games is 13 464 (all seats). The arena is convertible for various events. For sport events, the capacity is about 10,000, about 14,000 for basketball, for
concertA concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band. Informal names for a concert include "show" and "gig"...
s about 13,000, and as an
amphitheatreAn amphitheatre is an open-air venue for spectator sports, concerts, rallies, or theatrical performances. There are two similar, but distinct, types of structure for which the word 'amphitheatre' is used: Ancient amphitheatres, built by the ancient Romans, were large central performance spaces...
, 3,000-5,000. It is connected to a
multi-storey carparkthumb|Top floor of a multi-floor parking deck at [[Rutgers University]] in [[New Brunswick]], [[New Jersey]], [[USA]].Parking is the act of stopping a vehicle and leaving it unoccupied for more than a brief time. Parking on one or both sides of a road is commonly permitted, though often with...
, which has a total capacity of 1,421 vehicles.
Events
Hartwall Areena is the home venue of ice hockey team
JokeritJokerit is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Helsinki, Finland at the Hartwall Areena. The team has won 6 league championships .-Early history:...
.
Past events:
- Concerts: MUSE
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- Sports: Ice Hockey World Championships
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in 2002, 2004 and 2005
- Theatre and shows: Riverdance
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, Mamma Mia!Mamma Mia! is a jukebox musical with a book by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. It was an early example of the jukebox musical genre and helped to popularize the form...
-musical
- Other events: Assembly demo party
- Trivia: Here on May 26th 1998 Geri Halliwell
Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English recording artist, author and philanthropist. After coming to international prominence as a member of the girl group, the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career and released her debut album Schizophonic...
performed with the Spice GirlsThe Spice Girls were an English pop girl group formed in 1994. They consist of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They are the most successful girl group of all time....
for the last time, until the 2007 reunion. Tarja TurunenTarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a full lyric soprano and songwriter, best known as original member and the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic power metal quintet Nightwish. She was dismissed from the band on 22 October 2005 after nine years. Turunen is now devoting her time to her...
also performed her last show as lead vocalist of symphonic heavy metal band NightwishNightwish is a symphonic power gothic metal band from Kitee, Finland, formed in 1996 by songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen...
on October 21, 2005. On September 19, 2009, Nightwish ended their tour, this time with their new vocalist, Anette OlzonAnette Olzon is a Swedish soprano, best known as the lead singer of Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. Olzon was formerly the vocalist in the Swedish AOR band Alyson Avenue...
.
Hartwall Areena was the venue for the
2007 Eurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE....
on Thursday 2007-05-10 Saturday 2007-05-12.
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