Hartwall Areena (called often Helsingin Areena by Finnish press) is a large multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. The idea of building the arena came from Harry Harkimo in 1994. It was built to be ready for the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1997 and was delivered by the constructor on April 11th 1997.

The building is elliptical, 133 meters long and 103 meters wide.

Total capacity in ice hockey games is 13665 (all seats). The arena is convertible for various events. For athletics, the capacity is about 10000, for concerts about 12000, and as an amphitheatre, 3000-5000. It is connected to a multi-storey car park, which has a total capacity of 1421 vehicles.

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

Past events:

• Concerts: The Beach Boys, Aerosmith, Luciano Pavarotti, Eric Clapton, KISS, Spice Girls, Tapani Kansa , Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elton John, David Bowie, The Eagles, AC/DC, Robbie Williams, Rammstein
• Sports: Ice Hockey World Championships, World Figure Skating Championships, Thunder Indoor Karting, World Cup of Hockey
• Theatre and shows: Riverdance, Jesus Christ Superstar, Chess, Cats, Les Misérables, Saturday Night Fever, David Copperfield
• Rallies: Assembly demo party

External links

• Hartwall Areena Official website, in Finnish and English