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Arena Riga Location Riga, Latvia Broke ground June 17, 2004 Built February 1, 2006 Opened February 15, 2006 Construction cost Ls 20 million Capacity 14,500 (concerts)
12,500 (basketball)
10,300 (ice hockey)Tenants Dinamo Riga (KHL) (2008–present)
HK Riga (MHL) (2010–present)
Barons LMT (BBL/LBL) (2006–2009)
ASK Riga (BBL/LBL) (2006–2009)Arena Riga (Latvian: Arēna Rīga) is an indoor arena in Riga, Latvia. It is primarily used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts. Riga Arena holds a maximum of 14,500 people and was completed in 2006. It was built to be used as one of the venues for the 2006 IIHF World Championship, the other being Skonto Arena.
It has been home to the Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga since 2008.
During the years the Arena has also hosted many well-known artists from all over the world.
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Coordinates: 56°58′4.65″N 24°7′16.84″E / 56.9679583°N 24.1213444°E
Notable events
- 2006 IIHF World Championship
- List of KHL vs NHL games (2010) (Dinamo Riga vs. Phoenix Coyotes)
- Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game (2012)
Preceded by
North Shore Events Centre
AucklandFIBA U-19 World Championship
Final Venue
2011Succeeded by
IncumbentCurrent arenas in the Kontinental Hockey League Chernyshev Division Platinum Arena · Omsk Arena · Alatau Sports Palace · Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace · Ice Sports Palace Sibir · Ufa ArenaKharlamov Division TatNeft Arena · Neftekhimik Ice Palace · Yekaterinburg Sports Palace · Arena Ugra · Magnitogorsk Arena · Traktor Sport PalaceTarasov Division Bobrov Division CSKA Ice Palace · Megasport Arena · Minor Arena · Sokolniki Arena · Ice Palace Saint Petersburg · Tatravagónka Arena · Arena RigaIIHF World Championship venues 1998: Kolping Arena · St. Jakobshalle · 1999: Håkons Hall · Jordal Amfi · Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre · 2000: Ice Palace · Yubileyny · 2001: Nuremberg Arena · Kölnarena · 2002: Scandinavium · Löfbergs Lila Arena · Kinnarps Arena · 2003: Hartwall Areena · HK Arena · Tampereen jäähalli · 2004: Sazka Arena · ČEZ Aréna · 2005: Wiener Stadthalle · OlympiaWorld Innsbruck · 2006: Arena Riga · Skonto Hall · 2007: Khodynka Arena · Mytishchi Arena · 2008: Colisée Pepsi · Halifax Metro Centre · 2009: PostFinance Arena · Kolping Arena · 2010: Lanxess Arena · SAP Arena · Veltins-Arena · 2011: Orange Arena · Steel Aréna · 2012: Hartwall Areena · Ericsson Globe · 2013: Ericsson Globe · Hartwall Areena · 2014: Minsk-Arena · Chizhovka-Arena · 2015: O2 Arena · ČEZ Aréna · 2016: Megasport Arena · Ice Palace Saint Petersburg ·Ahoy Rotterdam (Rotterdam) · Arena Riga (Riga) · Belgrade Arena (Belgrade) · Budapest Sports Arena (Budapest) · Ericsson Globe (Stockholm) · Főnix Hall (Debrecen) · Forest National (Brussels) · Hallenstadion (Zurich) · Hartwall Areena (Helsinki) · Mediolanum Forum (Milan) · National Exhibition Centre (Birmingham) · O2 Arena (Prague) · O2 World (Berlin) · O2 World (Hamburg) · Olympiahalle (Munich) · Palacio Vistalegre (Madrid) · Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (Paris) · PalaLottomatica (Rome) · Palau Sant Jordi (Barcelona) · Pavilhão Atlântico (Lisbon) · Saku Suurhall Arena (Tallinn) · Scandinavium (Gothenburg) · Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (Glasgow) · Siemens Arena (Vilnius) · Spaladium Arena (Split) · St. Jakobshalle (Basel) · The O2 (Dublin) · The O2 Arena (London) · Wembley Arena (London) · Wiener Stadthalle (Vienna)
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Riga
- Indoor arenas in Latvia
- Indoor ice hockey venues in Latvia
- Basketball venues
- Kickboxing venues
- IIHF World Championship venues
- Ice hockey venue stubs
- Latvian building and structure stubs
- Latvian sport stubs
- Northern European sports venue stubs
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