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Helsinki Areena
Hartwall Arena, Helsingin Areena, Helsingforsarenan
	The arena in 2022
Former names	Hartwall Areena (1997–2014)
Address	Areenankuja 1
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Coordinates	60°12′20.66″N 24°55′44.03″E / 60.2057389°N 24.9288972°E
Owner	Arena Events Oy
Capacity	14,000 (basketball); 13,349 (ice hockey); 7,500–15,000 (concerts); 3,000–5,000 (amphitheater)
Surface	Versatile
Construction
Broke ground	April 2, 1996
Opened	April 19, 1997
Renovated	2015
Construction cost	300,000,000 mk ; (69,000,000 in 2018 euros)
Architect	SCI Architects
Project manager	Harry Harkimo
Main contractors	Skanska
Tenants
	Jokerit (1997–present)

Helsinki Areena (previously known until 2nd of March 2022 as Hartwall Arena and before that known until 19 March 2014 as Hartwall Areena, called Helsinki Areena, Helsingin Areena or Helsingforsarenan ('The Helsinki Arena') by the national broadcaster Yle) is a large multi-functional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. Opened in 1997, the arena was known until 2nd of March 2022 as Hartwall Arena, It got the name from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall, also based in Helsinki.^[2]

Specifications

The idea of building the arena came from Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo in 1994. It was built to be ready for the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1997 and was delivered by the constructor on 11 April 1997. The building is elliptical, 153 metres long and 123 metres wide. 37 meters under ground there is a practice arena which is used by many hockey teams.

The arena is situated next to Pasila railway station, which is the second busiest railway station in Finland, 3.5 km north of Helsinki Central.

Total capacity in ice hockey games is 13,349 (all seats). The arena is convertible for various events. The capacity is about 14,000 for basketball, for concerts about 12,000, and as an amphitheatre, 3,000-5,000. It is connected to a multi-storey carpark, which has a total capacity of 1,421 vehicles.

Events

Entertainment

Sports

Hartwall Arena is the home venue of the ice hockey team Jokerit.

The arena has also been used for Ice Hockey World Championships, World Figure Skating Championships, NHL Challenge, and World Cup of Hockey. In May 2011, Hartwall Arena served as the main venue of the 2012 IIHF World Championship. It hosted all Group A games and quarterfinals, all semifinals and all medal games. Group B games and quarterfinals were hosted in Ericsson Globe, Stockholm. It also co-hosted the 2013 IIHF World Championship with Ericsson Globe, but in 2013 all games after quarterfinals were played in Stockholm.

Hartwall Arena was one of the host venues of the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Its assignment included hosting the gold-medal game, in which Kasperi Kapanen scored an Overtime goal to win Gold for Finland on home ice.

One of the group stages of EuroBasket 2017, was also played at the Hartwall Arena.

Hartwall Arena hosted two 2018-19 regular season NHL games between the Winnipeg Jets and Florida Panthers on Thursday, 1 November 2018 and Friday, 2 November 2018 as part of the 2018 NHL Global Series.^[3]

References

^ "Money value converter". Bank of Finland Museum. Bank of Finland. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ Hyyppä, Emma; Niemeläinen, Jonne. "Hartwall Arenan nimikyltit otettiin pois Helsingin areenasta – katso kuvat ja video historiallisesta hetkestä". Yleisradio (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ Bell, Jason (2018-03-06). "Jets, Panthers to play in Finland on Nov. 1, 2". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

External links

Media related to Hartwall Arena at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Finnish, Russian, and English)

Events and tenants
Preceded by Helsingin jäähalli	Jokerit Home arena 1997–present	Succeeded by Current
Preceded by Olympic Indoor Hall Athens	Eurovision Song Contest Venue 2007	Succeeded by Belgrade Arena Belgrade

[1] "Money value converter". Bank of Finland Museum. Bank of Finland. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

[2] Hyyppä, Emma; Niemeläinen, Jonne. "Hartwall Arenan nimikyltit otettiin pois Helsingin areenasta – katso kuvat ja video historiallisesta hetkestä". Yleisradio (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 March 2022.

[3] Bell, Jason (2018-03-06). "Jets, Panthers to play in Finland on Nov. 1, 2". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

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