Arena Riga

Arena Riga
Construction

Location	Riga, Latvia
Capacity	14,500 (concerts) 11,200 (basketball) 10,300 (ice hockey)
Broke ground	17 June 2004
Built	1 February 2006
Opened	15 February 2006
Construction cost	Ls 20 million EUR € 28.5 million
Tenants
Dinamo Riga (KHL) (2008–present) HK Riga (MHL) (2010–present) BC VEF Rīga (2009–present) Barons LMT (BBL/LBL) (2006–2009) ASK Riga (BBL/LBL) (2006–2009) EuroBasket 2015

Arena Riga (Latvian: Arēna Rīga) is an indoor arena in Riga, Latvia. It is primarily used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts. Riga Arena holds a maximum of 14,500 and was completed in 2006. It was built to be used as one of the venues for the 2006 IIHF World Championship, the other being Skonto Arena.

It has been home to the Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga since 2008.

During the years the Arena has also hosted many well-known artists from all over the world.

The arena hosted the 'D' group of Eurobasket 2015.

Notable events

Preceded by North Shore Events Centre Auckland	FIBA U-19 World Championship Final Venue 2011	Succeeded by Incumbent

Current arenas in the Kontinental Hockey League

Chernyshev Division	Barys Arena Platinum Arena Omsk Arena Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace Ice Sports Palace Sibir Ufa Arena

Kharlamov Division	TatNeft Arena Neftekhimik Ice Palace KRK Uralets Arena Ugra Arena Metallurg Traktor Sport Palace

Tarasov Division	Mytishchi Arena Minsk-Arena Arena 2000 Ice Palace Cherepovets Trade Union Sport Palace CSKA Ice Palace Sokolniki Arena

Bobrov Division	Ice Hockey Center 2004 Megasport Arena Luzhniki Small Sports Arena Ice Palace Saint Petersburg Tipsport Arena Ondrej Nepela Arena Arena Riga Dom Sportova Arena Zagreb Hartwall Arena

EuroBasket 2015

Stages	Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Final

General	Squads Qualification

Venues	Arena Riga (Riga) Arena Zagreb (Zagreb) Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin) Park&Suites Arena (Montpellier) Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Lille)

Teams	Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia (host) Czech Republic Estonia Finland France (host) Georgia Germany (host) Greece Iceland Israel Italy Latvia (host) Lithuania Macedonia Netherlands Poland Russia Serbia Slovenia Spain Turkey Ukraine

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