European Arenas Association (EAA) is a group of

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with a range of hosting experiences, including: concerts, comedy, and sporting events…

congresses A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ad ...

, conferences, and

trade fairs A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and cu ...

Executive committee

The European Arenas Association Board is composed of 8 members, including its President Olivier Toth of the Rockhal, General Manager Nancy Skipper, and Executive Officer Victoria Matthews. Other board members include: Adrian Doyle of The Odyssey Trust, Girts Krastins of the

Arena Riga Arena Riga ( lv, Arēna Rīga) is an indoor arena in Riga, Latvia. It is primarily used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts. Arena Riga holds a maximum of 14,500 and was opened on 15 February 2006. It was built to be used as one of the v ...

, John Langford of

London's London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major se ...

O₂, Lotta Nibell of Gothenburg's Scandinavium, and Jorge Vinha da Silva of Lisbon's Altice Arena.

Members

As of October 2022, the EAA website listed 35 member arenas and 2 arena clusters from across 20 nations, including: 6 UK listings, 4 from Germany, and 3 listings each from Spain and

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. The 35 arenas are: * Accor Arena * Altice Arena *

AO Arena Manchester Arena, currently referred to as the AO Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria station in air rights space. The arena has the ...

* Avia Solutions Group Arena *

Barclays Arena The Barclays Arena (originally known as the Color Line Arena and formerly known as barclaycard arena and O2 World Hamburg) is a multipurpose arena in Hamburg, Germany. It opened in 2002 and can hold up to 16,000 people (13,800 or 12,947 for spo ...

* Forest National * Gliwice Arena * Hallenstadion * Helsinki Halli * László Papp Budapest Sports Arena * Malmö Arena * Mediolanum Forum * Mercedes-Benz Arena *

Navarra Arena Navarra Arena is an indoor sporting arena and fronton located in Pamplona, Spain. Its capacity is 9,808 people in the main court and 3,000 in the fronton. History Located in the place of the old swimming pools property of local football club C ...

* O₂ Arena * O₂ Arena * Olympiapark * OVO Arena * OVO Hydro * Palacio Vistalegre * PalaLottomatica * Palau Sant Jordi * Paris La Défense Arena * Resorts World Arena * Rockhal * Rotterdam Ahoy * Saku Suurhall * Scandinavium * SSE Arena *

St. Jakobshalle St. Jakobshalle is an arena in Münchenstein, near Basel, Switzerland. It is primarily used for indoor sports and concert events. The arena originally had capacity for 9,000 people and was opened in September 1976. It is the home of the Swiss In ...

* Tauron Arena Kraków * Telenor Arena * Wiener Stadthalle * Žalgirio Arena The 2 arena clusters are: * Hall Duo, composed of the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle and the Porsche-Arena * Stockholm Live, composed of the Annexet, the

Avicii Arena Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (; "the Globe"), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockh ...

, the

Friends Arena Nationalarenan, currently known as Friends Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Located next to the lake Råstasjön in Solna, just north of the City Centre, it is the biggest stadium in ...

, the Hovet, the Södra Teatern, and the Tele2 Arena

Major events

Member arenas hosting experiences, include: Eurovision Song Contests, MTV Europe Music Awards,

Summer Olympic The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

events, and various World and European Championships. Lisbon's Altice Arena, Stockholm's

, and the Rotterdam Ahoy have hosted both the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

and the MTV Europe Music Awards.

References

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