Hala Arena

Hala Arena
Arena
Full name	Hala widowiskowo-sportowa Arena
Location	Poznań, Poland
Coordinates	52°23′53″N 16°53′32″E / 52.398163°N 16.892233°E
Owner	City of Poznań
Type	Multi-purpose arena
Capacity	6200
Acreage	13,500 m2 (145,000 sq ft)
Scoreboard	24 m × 15 m (79 ft × 49 ft)
Construction
Broke ground	July 1972
Built	28 June 1974
Opened	28 June 1974
Architect	Jerzy Turzeniecki
Website
	www.arenapoznan.pl Building details
General information
Inaugurated	1969
Height	28 m (92 ft)
Dimensions
Diameter	100 m (330 ft)
Technical details
Floor area	1,625 m2 (17,490 sq ft)
Other information
Number of suites	Press: 99 spaces ; VIP: 69 spaces
Parking	Reymont Street: 175 car spaces ; Pool: 225 car spaces + 16 coach spaces

Hala Arena [ˈxala aˈrɛna], generally called simply Arena, is an indoor sporting arena in the Grunwald district of the city of Poznań in western Poland. It is primarily used for volleyball, other indoor sports, and concerts. The venue opened in 1974 and seats approximately 5,500 people, depending on type of event.

The arena hosted a preliminary round group of the EuroBasket 2009 competition.

In 1985 Hala Arena hosted the Rock Arena two day festival headlined by Hanoi Rocks and Pretty Maids.^[1]

Hala was the penultimate site, on August 19, 1990, of the Rolling Stones 1989-1990 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour.