The Arena Pruszków, known until 2017 as BGŻ BNP Paribas Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a
velodrome in
Pruszków
Pruszków is a city in east-central Poland, capital of Pruszków County in the Masovian Voivodeship. Pruszków is located along the western edge of the Warsaw metropolitan area.
Pruszków is the largest city in the Warsaw metropolitan area outs ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Opened in 2008 as Poland's first indoor velodrome, it hosted the
2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It also hosted the
2008 European Track Championships at under-23 and junior level and the
2010 European Track Championships at elite level.
The track is long and made of
Siberian Pine. It has seats for 1800 people with the capacity to install 1500 more seats. The BGŻ Arena is also home of the
Polish Cycling Federation.
See also
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List of cycling tracks and velodromes
References
External links
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Cycle racing in Poland
Indoor arenas in Poland
Pruszków County
Velodromes in Poland
Sports venues in Masovian Voivodeship
BGŻ Arena
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