Tauron Arena Kraków
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Tauron Arena Kraków | |
| Location | Kraków, Poland |
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| Coordinates | 50°04′02.9″N 19°59′30.1″E / 50.067472°N 19.991694°ECoordinates: 50°04′02.9″N 19°59′30.1″E / 50.067472°N 19.991694°E |
| Capacity | from 11,554 to 18,000 |
| Record attendance |
12,990 (Wisła v Galatasaray, 18 December 2014)[1] |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 2010 |
| Opened | 12 May 2014 |
| Construction cost |
PLN zł 445 million EUR € 106 million |
| Tenants | |
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2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I 2016 European Men's Handball Championship | |
Tauron Arena Kraków[2] is an indoor arena located in Kraków, Poland. It has a seating capacity of 15,328 for sporting events. It hosted the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship tournament, and 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I. It also hosted the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
Overview
Tauron Arena Kraków is one of the largest and most modern entertainment and sports venues in Poland. It allows to host a variety of sports events, including badminton, boxing, curling, acrobatic and artistic gymnastics, indoor football, hockey, basketball, track and field, figure skating, volleyball, handball, martial arts, extreme sports, tennis, table tennis, equestrian competitions and sports dancing competitions.
The facility area has 61,434 m2, with maximum area of the arena court of 4 546 m2. The average capacity is 18,000 for concerts, and 15,000 for sport events, with maximum number of spectators being 22,800.[3]
The Arena boasts Poland's largest LED media façade, with a total surface of 5,200 m2 of LED strip lighting, wrapping around the stadium, and one of Europe's largest LED screens, measuring over 540 m2.[4]
Events
Sports events
- 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
- 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I
- 2016 European Men's Handball Championship
Concerts
| Concerts at Tauron Arena | |||
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| Date | Artist | Tour | Attendance |
| 4 November 2014 | Michael Bublé | To Be Loved Tour | N/A |
| 5 November 2014 | Elton John | Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour | N/A |
| 20 November 2014 | Slash | World on Fire World Tour | N/A |
| 16 December 2014 | Bryan Adams | Reckless 30th Anniversary Tour | N/A |
| 14 February 2015 | Ennio Morricone | N/A | |
| 21 February 2015 | Queen + Adam Lambert | Queen + Adam Lambert Tour 2014–2015 | N/A |
| 24 February 2015 | Katy Perry | The Prismatic World Tour | 12 500 |
| 17 April 2015 | Robbie Williams | Let Me Entertain You Tour | N/A |
| 28 May 2015 | André Rieu | N/A | |
| 8 June 2015 | Faith No More | N/A | |
| 13 July 2015 | Mark Knopfler | Tracker Tour[5][6] | N/A |
| 29 September 2015 | Eros Ramazzotti | Eros World Tour 2015 | N/A |
| 9 November 2015 | Foo Fighters | Sonic Highways World Tour | N/A |
| 20 December 2015 | Jose Carreras | A Life in Music | N/A |
| 6 February 2016 | Thomas Anders + Modern Talking | N/A | |
| 4 March 2016 | Scorpions | Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour | N/A |
| 11 April 2016 | Mariah Carey | Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour | N/A |
| 3 May 2016 | Hans Zimmer | N/A | |
| 15 May 2016 | Al Bano and Romina Power | N/A | |
| 25 May 2016 | Lara Fabian | N/A | |
| 31 May 2016 | Il Divo | Amor & Pasión Tour 2016 | N/A |
| 1 June 2016 | Maroon 5 | Maroon V Tour | N/A |
| 4 June 2016 | André Rieu | N/A | |
| 2 July 2016 | Black Sabbath | The End Tour | N/A |
| 11 November 2016 | Justin Bieber | Purpose World Tour | N/A |
External links
References
- ↑ Wisła v Galatasaray boxscore
- ↑ http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/krakow/krakow-arena-zmienia-nazwe-znaleziono-sponsora/cgx0y
- ↑ "About Us". Kraków Arena. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Kraków Arena | References". ColosseoEAS. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "New album and European tour dates". MarkKnopfler.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Tour". MarkKnopfler.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.