Atlas Arena

Atlas Arena

Location	Łódź, Poland
Coordinates	51°45′25″N 19°25′30″E
Owner	City of Łódź
Operator	Miejska Arena Kultury i Sportu
Type	Arena
Seating type	Reserved seating
Capacity	13,805
Construction
Built	2006–2009
Opened	June 26, 2009
Construction cost	€ 80 million
Architect	ATJ Architekci
Main contractors	Varitex, Mostostal, Skanska
Website
http://www.atlasarena.pl

The Atlas Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Łódź, Poland.

Seating 10,400, with an optional extra 3,000, it has 1,500 parking places and 11 VIP lounges (each with a terrace).

It is one of Poland's largest venues.

The arena hosts conferences, conerts and sports events (e.g. basketball, volleyball, athletics and ice hockey). In August 2009, Atlas Group purchased the naming rights to the arena for a period of 5 years.

The Atlas Arena will be the venue for the shooting of the tour DVD of the US rock band Toto during their 35th Anniversary Tour 2013.

Music

Previous appearances:

• Depeche Mode
• Rammstein
• Tokio Hotel
• Roger Waters
• Slayer
• Megadeth
• Shakira
• Sade
• 30 Seconds To Mars
• Rihanna
• Andrea Bocelli
• Elton John
• Il Divo
• Sting
• Muse
• Smokie
• Justin Bieber

Booked for 2013:

• Mark Knopfler
• Eric Clapton
• Green Day
• Iron Maiden
• Elton John
• Leonard Cohen
• System of a Down
• Toto

Sport

• World League intercontinental games between Poland and Brazil.
• Second phase matches of the EuroBasket 2009.
• Women's European Volleyball Championship.
• Boxing night Tomasz Adamek vs. Andrew Golota.
• arena football game between Poland and Sweden (2 February 2013)

References

Events and tenants
Preceded by O2 Arena Prague	CEV Champions League Final Venue 2010	Succeeded by PalaOnda Bolzano
Preceded by PalaOnda Bolzano	CEV Champions League Final Venue 2012	Succeeded by TBD