Siemens Arena
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| Address | Ozo g. 14 |
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| Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Owner | UAB "Universali arena" |
| Capacity |
Basketball: 10,000 Concerts: 12,500 Ice hockey: 8,750 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | October 30, 2004 |
| Construction cost | 25 million USD |
| Architect | Jungtinės Architektų Dirbtuvės, Stadium Consultants International |
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| BC Lietuvos rytas (2004–present) | |
Siemens Arena, located in Šeškinė elderate of Vilnius, is the second largest arena in Lithuania. It generally hosts basketball games as well as concerts. The arena opened on October 30, 2004. The basketball club BC Lietuvos rytas, which currently competes in the domestic LKL, the regional BBL, and in continental competitions (the Euroleague or Eurocup, depending on its current performance), uses the facility for all of its European home fixtures. Siemens Arena also hosts Rytas' home fixtures of the Lithuanian "national derby" against its archrival BC Žalgiris in both the LKL and BBL. The rest of the games are played in the adjacent Lietuvos rytas Arena.
Siemens Arena is the first universal arena of international level in Lithuania. Here, the largest and most important national entertainment, sports and business events take place: concerts of world-famous and local sport stars, various international sports matches, performances, theatre performances, business seminars and assemblies. Many world-famous music stars had performed here, including Metallica, Anastacia, Aerosmith, Phil Collins, Def Leppard, Patricia Kaas, Lana Del Rey, James Blunt, Hurts, t.A.T.u., Deep Purple, Sting, Chris Rea, Paco de Lucía, Toto Cutugno, Ozzy Osbourne, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Nazareth, Scorpions, Depeche Mode, Dream Theater, Enrique Iglesias, Linkin Park, Lenny Kravitz, Dima Bilan, Avril Lavigne, Snoop Dogg, Backstreet Boys, R.E.M. and Helena Paparizou, David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland, Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran.
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