Tivoli Hall

The Tivoli Hall (Slovene: Hala Tivoli) is a complex of two multi-purpose indoor sport arenas in the Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The complex was opened in 1965. The larger, ice hockey arena has a seating capacity of 7,000 people.^[1] When configured to host basketball games, the capacity is adjusted to 6,000. The smaller, basketball hall has a seating capacity of 4,500 people. This hall hosted home games of the professional basketball team KK Union Olimpija until 2011, while the larger one is the home of HDD Olimpija Ljubljana professional ice hockey club.

History

• Regular sporting events:
  • HDD Olimpija Ljubljana (ice hockey) plays all home games here, on the national and international levels (EBEL, Slovenian Hockey League).
  • HS Olimpija Ljubljana (ice hockey) plays all home games here, on the national and international levels (Slohokej Liga, Slovenian Hockey League).

• One time sporting events:
  • 1965 World Table Tennis Championships
  • 1970 World Basketball Championship, the final round^[2]
  • 1970 World Figure Skating Championships
  • 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
  • 1982 World Weightlifting Championships
  • 1984 World Nine-pin bowling Championships
  • 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, the Slovenia-Portugal play-off
  • Ice Hockey World Championships:
    • 1966 World Ice Hockey Championships - Group A
    • 1969 World Ice Hockey Championships - Group B
    • 1974 World Ice Hockey Championships - Group B
    • 1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Group B
    • 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Group C
    • 1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Group B
    • 2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
    • 2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
    • 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships - Division I

Other activities

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

Concerts

• Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - April 4, 1965
• Jethro Tull - April 15, 1975 and May 11, 2000
• Frank Zappa - November 22, 1975
• Procol Harum - January 30, 1976
• Cat Stevens - May 14, 1976
• Queen - February 7, 1979
• Gillan - December 7, 1979
• Motörhead - April 27-28, 1989
• Iron Maiden - August 19, 1984, September 12, 1986 and January 21, 1996
• Uriah Heep - May 16, 1983 and December 13, 2008
• Dire Straits - May 13, 1985
• The Pixies - September 24, 1988
• Laibach - March 30, 1989
• The Cure - May 24, 1989, with Shelleyan Orphan
• Black Sabbath - September 27, 1989, with Axxis
• Nirvana - November 3, 1989, with Tad and February 27, 1994, with The Melvins
• Siouxsie and The Banshees - October 9, 1991
• The Ramones - October 10, 1994
• The Beastie Boys - February 26, 1995, with Luscious Jackson
• Simple Minds - October 19, 1995 and April 8, 2006
• David Bowie - February 6, 1996
• Green Day - March 23, 1996
• The Sex Pistols - July 9, 1996
• ZZ Top - March 12, 1997 and October 16, 2009
• The Prodigy - October 31, 1997
• Faith No More - November 19, 1997
• NOFX - October 6, 1998
• Bob Dylan - April 28, 1999 and June 13, 2010
• Blondie - October 23, 1999, with The Flirt
• Joe Cocker - November 7, 1999 and May 22, 2005
• Rage Against the Machine - February 8, 2000, with The Asian Dub Foundation
• Yes - March 20, 2000
• Steve Vai and Eric Sardinas - April 13, 2000
• Sting - May 14, 2000
• Pearl Jam - June 19, 2000, with The Dismemberment Plan
• HIM - November 12, 2000
• The Offspring - January 28, 2001, with AFI
• Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance - April 24-26, 2001
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - June 3, 2001
• Eros Ramazzotti - June 17, 2001 and November 19, 2009
• Rammstein - June 10, 2002 and February 25, 2005, with Apocalyptica
• Kosheen - February 22, 2003
• Bryan Adams - April 22, 2003 and November 26, 2006
• Simply Red - July 9, 2003, with Sinéad O'Connor and June 24, 2009
• Deep Purple - December 5, 2003 and October 5, 2006
• G3 - July 9, 2004
• R.E.M. - January 17, 2005, with Brainstorm
• Anastacia - February 19, 2005
• The Killers - February 20, 2005
• Lou Reed - March 13, 2005 and March 13, 2006
• Mark Knopfler - May 3, 2005
• Svetlana Ražnatović - May 20, 2005
• Dream Theater - October 19, 2005, and October 31, 2009, with Opeth, Bigelf and Unexpect
• Joan Baez - March 30, 2007
• Zucchero - May 12, 2007
• The Arctic Monkeys - May 27, 2007
• Il Divo - June 15, 2007 and March 27, 2009
• Tori Amos - June 26, 2007, with Joshua Radin
• P!nk - July 4-5, 2007
• Bryan Ferry - October 10, 2007
• Nightwish - March 4, 2008, with PAIN
• 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 (twice on the 5th) and December 16, 2008
• Iggy Pop & The Stooges - September 29, 2008, with The Psihomodo Pop
• Jean Michel Jarre - November 7, 2008
• Lepa Brena - March 21, 2009
• Armin van Buuren and Rank 1 - October 23, 2009
• Air - December 14-15, 2009, with We Fell to Earth
• Michael Bolton - January 25, 2010
• Chris Rea - February 22, 2010
• 50 Cent - March 3, 2010
• Anahí - March 12, 2010
• Billy Idol - June 24, 2010
• Whitesnake - November 30, 2011

Also:

• Đorđe Balašević
• The Dubliners
• Tina Turner

Cancellations:

• Lenny Kravitz - June 9, 2009
• Chris Rea - 2008
• Lady Gaga was scheduled to perform on September 6, 2009, but the show was cancelled.

References

External links

• Official site