Ethias Arena
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The Ethias Arena is the largest multipurpose arena
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in Hasselt
Hasselt
Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg...

, Belgium
Belgium
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 used for music concerts, sports (tennis, indoor cycling, jumping, etc) and other large events. The arena opened in 2004 and holds up to 21,600 people.

The Ethias Arena is a part of the Grenslandhallen
Grenslandhallen
The Grenslandhallen in Hasselt, Belgium is one of the biggest event complexes in the BENELUX. The first halls were built in 1983. In 2002 one of the first halls has been transformed in to a congress theatre for musicals, concerts, .....

and has a surface of 13,600 square meters (44,619 square feet).

On the 26th of November, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest took place in the Ethias Arena.

At the end of 2005, "Plopsa Indoor Hasselt", an indoor attraction park for children, opened next to the Grenslandhallen/Ethias Arena and is unique in Belgium.

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