The Central Sports Centre Torwar (formerly known as Hala Torwar, commonly referred to as the Arena COS Torwar) is an indoor

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. It opened in 1953 and seats 4,824 people in the stands, with up to an additional 1,480 seats available to add on the floor. It is located adjacent to Stadion Wojska Polskiego and is primarily used for

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and other indoor sports, and it is the home of the hockey team UHKS Mazowsze. Torwar Hall hosted the 2001

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final in which

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defeated Elan Sportif Chalonnais.Saporta Cup 2000-01
/ref> On 22–28 January 2007 the Hall hosted the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships and the arena hosted a Preliminary round group of the EuroBasket 2009. It has also hosted a number of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW)

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events. In 1984

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played the opening night of their 197 concert World Slavery Tour to a capacity crowd at Torwar with thousands of fans listening outside the venue. In 1985

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played one of their first concerts in Eastern Europe in Torwar.

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performed at this venue on 2 November 2014 during the European leg of their Native Tour.

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played here in 2015 with support from hometown heroes

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, Poland's best known glam /sleaze rock band.

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