List of indoor arenas by capacity
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The following is a list of arenas ordered by seating capacity, which is the maximum number of seated spectators the arena can accommodate for a sports event. Only the capacity for indoor sports, such as basketball, ice hockey, and volleyball, are included. Currently all arenas with a capacity of 15,000 or more are included.
Venues are only included if they are designed primarily for sports traditionally held indoors. Venues built for field sports that also host indoor events are not included. Such venues include, but are not limited to:
- AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas, USA), a retractable-roof venue built for the Dallas Cowboys (American football).
- Carrier Dome (Syracuse, New York, USA), a domed venue built for multiple sports teams at Syracuse University.
- Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA), a domed venue built for the New Orleans Saints (American football).
- Paris La Défense Arena (Nanterre, France), a domed venue built for Racing 92 (rugby union).
- Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Lille, France), a retractable-roof venue built for Lille OSC (association football).
Some of the above venues have hosted some of the largest crowds in history for indoor sports. The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, for example, regularly seats more than 70,000 for basketball games (NCAA and NBA), boxing (over 65,000 for the Ali-Spinks Rematch), and more than 75,000 for professional wrestling. In 1981 the Rolling Stones reported Superdome attendance of 87,500 for a concert, while Pope John Paul II spoke to a crowd of more than 80,000 children in 1987. The largest confirmed attendance for a basketball game (108,713) was at AT&T Stadium (then known as Cowboys Stadium) for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game.
By contrast, Saitama Super Arena in the Japanese city of the same name is included because it was built primarily for indoor sports, although it can be configured to host field sports. (Both it and Paris La Défense Arena have movable seating blocks that can adapt to either an arena or field configuration.)
The confusion of what is an Arena, Stadium or Dome is due to the fact that opinion and other arbitrary criteria that do not matter have been considered. Thus, there are no significant differences in the true definition between the three because each has incorporated design elements of the others, other than size and limitation of use of the space by original design. The best modern definition of an Arena is an indoor venue that typically holds less than 40,000 spectators. Domed and Indoor Stadiums for the most part are the same thing but hold more than 40,000 spectators. However, there is a strong push to separate removable roof/ sliding roof as a specific identifier for Dome venues. Architecturally, there really is no difference between an Indoor Stadium and a Domed Stadium other than the roof can be opened in good weather.
The list is divided into three subsections: current arenas, arenas under construction, and arenas which are closed no longer used for sporting events.
Current arenas[]
Arena | Capacity (max.) | City | Country | |
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Philippine Arena | 55,000[1][2] | Bocaue | Philippines | |
Saitama Super Arena | 36,500 | Saitama | Japan | |
Baku Crystal Hall | 27,000 | Baku | Azerbaijan | |
Mineirinho | 25,000 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | |
Arena Ciudad de México[3] | 25,000 | Mexico City | Mexico | |
Štark Arena | 24,300 | Belgrade | Serbia | |
Greensboro Coliseum | 23,500 | Greensboro, North Carolina | United States | |
United Center | 23,500 | Chicago | United States | |
Sportpaleis | 23,359 | Antwerp | Belgium | |
Tacoma Dome | 23,000 | Tacoma, Washington | United States | |
Bell Centre | 22,114 | Montreal | Canada | |
KFC Yum! Center | 22,090 | Louisville, Kentucky | United States | |
Tauron Arena Kraków | 22,000 | Kraków | Poland | |
Enterprise Center | 22,000 | St. Louis, Missouri | United States | |
Dean Smith Center | 21,750 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | United States | |
Thompson–Boling Arena | 21,678 | Knoxville, Tennessee | United States | |
Ethias Arena | 21,600 | Hasselt | Belgium | |
Wells Fargo Center | 21,500 | Philadelphia | United States | |
Amalie Arena | 21,500 | Tampa, Florida | United States | |
American Airlines Center | 21,146 | Dallas | United States | |
Qudos Bank Arena | 21,032 | Sydney | Australia | |
Manchester Arena | 21,000[4] | Manchester | United Kingdom | |
PNC Arena | 21,000 | Raleigh, North Carolina | United States | |
Madison Square Garden | 20,789 | New York City | United States | |
BB&T Center | 20,737 | Sunrise, Florida | United States | |
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse | 20,562 | Cleveland | United States | |
Rupp Arena | 20,545 | Lexington, Kentucky | United States | |
Scotiabank Arena | 20,511 | Toronto | Canada | |
Target Center | 20,500 | Minneapolis | United States | |
Moda Center | 20,500 | Portland, Oregon | United States | |
Little Caesars Arena | 20,491 | Detroit | United States | |
Capital One Arena | 20,356 | Washington, D.C. | United States | |
AccorHotels Arena | 20,300 | Paris | France | |
Spectrum Center | 20,200 | Charlotte, North Carolina | United States | |
Pyongyang Gymnasium | 20,100 | Pyongyang | North Korea | |
New Budapest Arena | 20,022 | Budapest | Hungary | |
Smart Araneta Coliseum | 20,000[5] | Quezon City | Philippines | |
Giti Pasand Arena | 20,000 | Isfahan | Iran | |
Mall of Asia Arena | 20,000[6] | Pasay | Philippines | |
The O2 Arena | 20,000[7] | London | United Kingdom | |
Poliedro de Caracas | 20,000[8] | Caracas | Venezuela | |
Palacio de los Deportes | 20,000 | Mexico City | Mexico | |
The Covered Hall | 20,000 | Cairo | Egypt | |
Altice Arena | 20,000 | Lisbon | Portugal | |
Coliseo Amauta | 20,000 | Lima | Peru | |
Yamada Green Dome | 20,000 | Maebashi | Japan | |
Amway Center | 20,000 | Orlando, Florida | United States | |
T-Mobile Arena | 20,000 | Paradise, Nevada | United States | |
Vikingskipet | 20,000 | Hamar | Norway | |
Žalgiris Arena | 20,000 | Kaunas | Lithuania | |
Lanxess Arena | 20,000 | Cologne | Germany | |
Ticketpro Dome | 20,000 | Johannesburg, Gauteng | South Africa | |
Bridgestone Arena | 20,000 | Nashville, Tennessee | United States | |
Nationwide Arena | 20,000 | Columbus, Ohio | United States | |
PPG Paints Arena | 19,758 | Pittsburgh | United States | |
Rogers Arena | 19,700 | Vancouver | Canada | |
American Airlines Arena | 19,600 | Miami | United States | |
Oracle Arena | 19,596 | Oakland, California | United States | |
TD Garden | 19,580 | Boston | United States | |
Ball Arena | 19,520 | Denver | United States | |
Rogers Place | 19,500 | Edmonton | Canada | |
Vivint Smart Home Arena | 19,387 | Salt Lake City | United States | |
Bud Walton Arena | 19,368 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | United States | |
Scotiabank Saddledome | 19,289 | Calgary | Canada | |
T-Mobile Center | 19,252 | Kansas City, Missouri | United States | |
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall | 19,250 | Athens | Greece | |
KeyBank Center | 19,200 | Buffalo, New York | United States | |
BOK Center | 19,199 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | United States | |
SAP Center at San Jose | 19,190 | San Jose, California | United States | |
Staples Center | 19,060 | Los Angeles, California | United States | |
Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center | 19,049 | Columbus, Ohio | United States | |
Golden 1 Center | 19,000 | Sacramento, California | United States | |
Legacy Arena | 19,000 | Birmingham, Alabama | United States | |
Toyota Center | 19,000 | Houston | United States | |
FirstOntario Centre | 19,000 | Hamilton, Ontario | Canada | |
Gila River Arena | 19,000 | Glendale, Arizona | United States | |
AT&T Center | 19,000 | San Antonio | United States | |
Marriott Center | 18,987 | Provo, Utah | United States | |
CHI Health Center Omaha | 18,975 | Omaha, Nebraska | United States | |
Honda Center | 18,900 | Anaheim, California | United States | |
Freedom Hall | 18,865 | Louisville, Kentucky | United States | |
Jeunesse Arena | 18,768 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | |
Prudential Center | 18,711 | Newark, New Jersey | United States | |
Fargodome | 18,700 | Fargo, North Dakota | United States | |
Thomas & Mack Center | 18,645 | Paradise, Nevada | United States | |
Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot | 18,500 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | |
Smoothie King Center | 18,500 | New Orleans | United States | |
Talking Stick Resort Arena | 18,422 | Phoenix, Arizona | United States | |
Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 18,345 | Indianapolis | United States | |
Centre Vidéotron | 18,259 | Quebec City, Quebec | Canada | |
Allstate Arena | 18,211 | Rosemont, Illinois | United States | |
Chesapeake Energy Arena | 18,203 | Oklahoma City | United States | |
FedExForum | 18,119 | Memphis, Tennessee | United States | |
State Farm Arena | 18,118 | Atlanta | United States | |
Cadillac Arena | 18,000 | Beijing | China | |
Dalian Arena | 18,000 | Dalian | China | |
Beijing National Indoor Stadium | 18,000 | Beijing | China | |
Mercedes-Benz Arena | 18,000 | Shanghai | China | |
New Shenzhen Arena | 18,000 | Shenzhen | China | |
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center | 18,000 | Shanghai | China | |
Guangzhou International Sports Arena | 18,000 | Guangzhou | China | |
O2 Arena | 18,000 | Prague | Czech Republic | |
Coliseo El Pueblo | 18,000 | Cali | Colombia | |
Indonesia Convention Exhibition | 18,000 | Tangerang | Indonesia | |
Unipol Arena | 18,000 | Bologna | Italy | |
M-Wave | 18,000 | Nagano | Japan | |
Simmons Bank Arena | 18,000 | North Little Rock, Arkansas | United States | |
Colonial Life Arena | 18,000 | Columbia, South Carolina | United States | |
Yas Bay Arena | 18,000 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | |
Palau Sant Jordi | 17,960 | Barcelona | Spain | |
Xcel Energy Center | 17,954 | Saint Paul, Minnesota | United States | |
Xfinity Center | 17,950 | College Park, Maryland | United States | |
Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center | 17,900 | Austin, Texas | United States | |
Barclays Center | 17,732 | Brooklyn, New York | United States | |
Arena Monterrey | 17,599 | Monterrey | Mexico | |
U.S. Bank Arena | 17,556 | Cincinnati | United States | |
The Forum, presented by Chase | 17,500 | Inglewood, California | United States | |
Times Union Center | 17,500 | Albany, New York | United States | |
KeyArena | 17,459 | Seattle | United States | |
Canadian Tire Centre | 17,373 | Ottawa | Canada | |
Capital Indoor Stadium | 17,345 | Beijing | China | |
Fiserv Forum | 17,341 | Milwaukee | United States | |
Kohl Center | 17,230 | Madison, Wisconsin | United States | |
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall | 17,222 | Bloomington, Indiana | United States | |
MGM Grand Garden Arena | 17,157 | Paradise, Nevada | United States | |
PostFinance-Arena | 17,031 | Bern | Switzerland | |
Arena Sofia | 17,000 | Sofia | Bulgaria | |
Salle Omnisport de Radès | 17,000 | Radès | Tunisia | |
Ziggo Dome | 17,000 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | |
Yokohama Arena | 17,000 | Yokohama | Japan | |
Halle Tony Garnier | 17,000 | Lyon | France | |
Mercedes-Benz Arena | 17,000 | Berlin | Germany | |
Movistar Arena | 17,000 | Santiago | Chile | |
Wells Fargo Arena | 16,980 | Des Moines, Iowa | United States | |
Ginásio Nilson Nelson | 16,600 | Brasília | Brazil | |
Pala Alpitour | 16,600 | Turin | Italy | |
Arena México | 16,500 | Mexico City | Mexico | |
Arena Zagreb | 16,500 | Zagreb | Croatia | |
State Farm Center | 16,500 | Champaign, Illinois | United States | |
Westfalenhallen | 16,500 | Dortmund | Germany | |
Sinan Erdem Dome | 16,457 | Istanbul | Turkey | |
Canada Life Centre | 16,345 | Winnipeg | Canada | |
Allen Fieldhouse | 16,300 | Lawrence, Kansas | United States | |
Pacific Coliseum | 16,281 | Vancouver | Canada | |
Rod Laver Arena | 16,200 | Melbourne | Australia | |
Save Mart Center at Fresno State | 16,182 | Fresno, California | United States | |
Fernando Buesa Arena | 16,164 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain | |
Wiener Stadthalle | 16,152 | Vienna | Austria | |
Pinnacle Bank Arena | 16,130 | Lincoln, Nebraska | United States | |
Royal Arena | 16,000 | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
AsiaWorld Arena | 16,000 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
Coliseo General Rumiñahui | 16,000 | Quito | Ecuador | |
Barclaycard Arena | 16,000 | Hamburg | Germany | |
Osaka-jo Hall | 16,000 | Osaka | Japan | |
Axiata Arena | 16,000 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | |
Rotterdam Ahoy | 16,500 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | |
Arena Birmingham | 15,800[9] | Birmingham | United Kingdom | |
Resorts World Arena | 15,685[10] | Birmingham | United Kingdom | |
XL Center | 15,564 | Hartford, Connecticut | United States | |
Perth Arena | 15,500 | Perth | Australia | |
Olympiahalle | 15,500 | Munich | Germany | |
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle | 15,500 | Stuttgart | Germany | |
Avicii Arena | 17,000 | Stockholm | Sweden | |
Malmö Arena | 15,500 | Malmö | Sweden | |
WiZink Center | 15,500 | Madrid | Spain | |
Bizkaia Arena | 15,414 | Barakaldo | Spain | |
Dreamstyle Arena | 15,411 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | United States | |
Carver–Hawkeye Arena | 15,400 | Iowa City, Iowa | United States | |
Coleman Coliseum | 15,383 | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | United States | |
Lusail Sports Arena | 15,300 | Lusail | Qatar | |
Bryce Jordan Center | 15,261 | University Park, Pennsylvania | United States | |
SaskTel Centre | 15,100 | Saskatoon | Canada | |
United Supermarkets Arena | 15,098 | Lubbock, Texas | United States | |
Minsk-Arena | 15,086 | Minsk | Belarus | |
Taipei Arena | 15,085 | Taipei | Taiwan | |
Mizzou Arena | 15,061 | Columbia, Missouri | United States | |
Arena-Auditorium | 15,028 | Laramie, Wyoming | United States | |
Intrust Bank Arena | 15,004 | Wichita, Kansas | United States | |
Plenary Hall Jakarta | 15,000 | Jakarta | Indonesia | |
Palais 12 | 15,000 | Brussels | Belgium | |
Olympic Gymnastics Arena | 15,000 | Seoul | South Korea | |
Jon M. Huntsman Center | 15,000 | Salt Lake City | United States | |
VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | 15,000 | Jacksonville, Florida | United States | |
Marine Messe Fukuoka | 15,000 | Fukuoka | Japan | |
Arena Jaraguá | 15,000 | Jaraguá do Sul | Brazil | |
Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães | 15,000 | Recife | Brazil | |
Goiânia Arena | 15,000 | Goiânia | Brazil | |
Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena | 15,000 | Shanghai | China | |
Cotai Arena | 15,000 | Macau | Macau | |
Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva | 15,000 | Havana | Cuba | |
Helliniko Olympic Arena | 15,000 | Elliniko | Greece | |
Ergo Arena | 15,000 | Gdansk | Poland | |
Taoyuan Arena | 15,000 | Taoyuan | Taiwan | |
Kaohsiung Arena | 15,000 | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | |
Coca-Cola Arena | 17,000 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | |
Hamdan Sports Complex | 15,000 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | |
Jyske Bank Boxen | 15,000 | Herning | Denmark | |
Hartwall Arena | 15,000 | Helsinki | Finland | |
Telenor Arena | 15,000[11] | Oslo | Norway | |
SAP Arena | 15,000 | Mannheim | Germany | |
VFG Arena | 15,000 | Guadalajara | Mexico | |
DirecTV Arena | 15,000 | Tortuguitas | Argentina | |
15,000 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | ||
Romexpo Dome | 15,000[12] | Bucharest | Romania | |
Hallenstadion | 15,000 | Zürich | Switzerland | |
Dakar Arena | 15,000 | Dakar | Senegal |
Arenas under construction[]
Arena | Capacity | City | Country | Open |
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KJC King Dome | 70,000 | Davao City | Philippines | 2022 |
Coliseo Live | 24,000 | Bogotá | Colombia | 2021 |
22,400 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 2023 | |
20,000 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 2022 | |
20,000 | Bucharest | Romania | 2023 | |
New Gelora Bung Karno Indoor Stadium | 16,000 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 2022 or 2023 |
16,000 | Timișoara | Romania | 2022 | |
Bangkok Arena (Bang Na) | 15,000 | Bangkok | Thailand | 2023 |
Tampere Deck Arena | 15,000 | Tampere | Finland | 2021 |
Closed arenas[]
Arena | Capacity | City | Country | Closed |
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SC Olimpiyskiy | 35,000 | Moscow | Russia | 2019 (demolished in 2020) |
Charlotte Coliseum | 24,042 | Charlotte, North Carolina | United States | 2007 |
The Palace of Auburn Hills | 22,076 | Auburn Hills, Michigan | United States | 2017 |
Burswood Dome | 21,754 | Perth | Australia | 2012 |
Richfield Coliseum | 20,273 | Richfield, Ohio | United States | 1999 |
Memphis Pyramid | 20,142 | Memphis, Tennessee | United States | 2004 (2015 as reopened and renovated Memphis Pyramid) |
Joe Louis Arena | 20,066 | Detroit | United States | 2017 |
Mata Elang International Stadium | 20,053 | Jakarta | Indonesia | 2014 |
Meadowlands Arena | 20,049 | East Rutherford, New Jersey | United States | 2015 |
St. Louis Arena | 20,000 | St. Louis | United States | 1994 (demolished in 1999) |
SCC Peterburgskiy | 20,000 | Saint Petersburg | Russia | 2019 (demolished in 2020) |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre | 19,000 | London | United Kingdom | 2014 (demolished in 2017) |
Capital Centre | 18,756 | Landover, Maryland | United States | 1999 (demolished in 2002) |
Bradley Center | 18,717 | Milwaukee | United States | 2018 |
Madison Square Garden | 18,496 | New York City | United States | 1968 |
Wachovia Spectrum | 18,136 | Philadelphia | United States | 2009 (demolished in 2011) |
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | 18,000 | Buffalo, New York | United States | 1996 (demolished in 2009) |
Palasport di San Siro | 18,000 | Milan | Italy | 1985 |
Amway Arena | 17,519 | Orlando, Florida | United States | 2010 (demolished in 2012) |
Chicago Stadium | 17,317 | Chicago | United States | 1994 (demolished in 1995, now a parking lot for United Center) |
Sleep Train Arena | 17,317 | Sacramento, California | United States | 2016 |
Reunion Arena | 17,293 | Dallas | United States | 2008 |
McNichols Sports Arena | 17,171 | Denver, Colorado | United States | 1999 |
Northlands Coliseum | 16,839 | Edmonton | Canada | 2017 |
Miami Arena | 16,640 | Miami | United States | 2008 |
Market Square Arena | 16,530 | Indianapolis | United States | 2001 |
Omni Coliseum | 16,378 | Atlanta | United States | 1997 |
Maple Leaf Gardens | 16,307 | Toronto | Canada | 2002 (reopened as smaller venue in 2011) |
Compaq Center | 16,285 | Houston | United States | 1998 (closed for sporting events) |
Fantasy City Arena | 16,284 | Bangkok | Thailand | 1997 |
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 16,161 | Los Angeles | United States | 2016 |
HemisFair Arena | 16,057 | San Antonio | United States | 1995 |
St. Paul Civic Center | 16,000 | St. Paul, Minnesota | United States | 1998 |
Winnipeg Arena | 15,565 | Winnipeg | Canada | 2006 |
Hollywood Sportatorium | 15,532 | Pembroke Pines, Florida | United States | 1993 |
Colisée Pepsi | 15,399 | Quebec City | Canada | 2015 |
London Docklands Arena | 15,000 | London | United Kingdom | 2005 |
Detroit Olympia | 15,000 | Detroit | United States | 1987 |
Met Center | 15,000 | Bloomington, Minnesota | United States | 1994 |
See also[]
- List of indoor arenas in Africa
- List of indoor arenas in Argentina
- List of indoor arenas in Brazil
- List of indoor arenas in Canada
- List of indoor arenas in Europe
- List of indoor arenas in the Philippines
- List of indoor arenas in the United Kingdom
- List of indoor arenas in the United States
- List of association football stadiums by capacity
- List of European stadiums by capacity
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