Siemens Arena

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Siemens Arena

Location Vilnius, Lithuania
Opened October 30, 2004
Owner
Tenants BC Lietuvos Rytas
Capacity Basketball 11,000
Concerts 12,000
Hockey 8,750

Siemens Arena, located in Šeškinė elderate of Vilnius, is the largest arena in Lithuania. It generally hosts basketball games as well as concerts. The basketball club BC Lietuvos Rytas, which currently competes in the domestic LKL and Europe's top-level continental competition, the Euroleague, uses the facility for all of its European home fixtures and some in the LKL, against its archrival BC Žalgiris. It opened on October 30, 2004. The rest of the games are played in the adjacent Lietuvos Rytas Arena.

Musical acts appearing at the Siemens Arena have included Phil Collins, Patricia Kaas, t.A.T.u., Deep Purple, Sting, Chris Rea, Paco de Lucía, Toto Cutugno, Ozzy Osbourne, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Nazareth, Scorpions, Depeche Mode, Enrique Iglesias and Dima Bilan.

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Coordinates: 54.716° N 25.282° E