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Helsinki Ice Hall

Coordinates: 60°11′21″N 24°55′20″E / 60.18917°N 24.92222°E / 60.18917; 24.92222
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Helsinki Ice Hall
Petoluola
Map
LocationNordenskiöldinkatu 11–13
Helsinki
OwnerJääkenttäsäätiö Ry
Capacity8,200
Construction
OpenedOctober 1 1966
ArchitectJaakko Kontio, Kauko Räike
Tenants
HIFK (1966-present)
Jokerit (19671997)
The home team HIFK has just taken on Tappara in a SM-liiga game in Helsinki Ice Hall

Helsinki Ice Hall (Helsingin Jäähalli) is an indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. It is the home arena for HIFK of the SM-liiga. It is sometimes called "Petoluola", Finnish for "The beast's cave", referring to the logo of HIFK: a red panther. It is capable of holding 8,120 people.

Helsinki Ice Hall used to be the main arena for all important ice sports events, as well as indoor arena concerts, but after the construction of Turkuhalli and Hartwall Areena, many events take place in the newer arenas. Helsinki Ice Hall still remains an active arena for concerts, conferences, expos and sports events.

Examples of past events

Concerts, e.g: Porcupine Tree, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, N.K.O.T.B., Tina Turner, Pink, Megadeth, Nightwish, The Beach Boys, Judas Priest, Deep Purple, Avril Lavigne, Pink, The Killers, Placebo, My Chemical Romance, Kanye West, Slipknot, Metallica, The Darkness, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Toto, Mötley Crüe, The Unholy Alliance, Kelly Clarkson, 30 Seconds to Mars, Paramore, and many others.

Media related to Helsinki Ice Hall at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
No arena
HIFK
Home Arena

1966 – present
Succeeded by
Current
Preceded by
No arena
Jokerit
Home Arena

1967 – 1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Eurobasket
Final Venue

1967
Succeeded by

60°11′21″N 24°55′20″E / 60.18917°N 24.92222°E / 60.18917; 24.92222