Tauron Arena Kraków
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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 | 15,300 (Kielce v PSG, 29 August 2015) |
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Broke ground | May 2010 |
Opened | 12 May 2014 |
Construction cost |
PLN zł 445 million EUR € 106 million |
Tenants | |
2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I 2016 European Men's Handball Championship |
Tauron Arena Kraków 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, 2016 European League of Legends Championship Finals and 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I. It also hosted the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
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.
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.