Riga Arena
Encyclopedia
Arena Riga is an indoor arena in Riga
, Latvia
. It is primarily used for ice hockey
, basketball
and concert
s. Riga Arena holds a maximum of 14,500 people 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.
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. It is primarily used for ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
s. Riga Arena holds a maximum of 14,500 people and was completed in 2006. It was built to be used as one of the venues for the 2006 IIHF World Championship
2006 IIHF World Championship
-Group B :All times local - Group C :All times local - Group D :All times local -Qualifying round:The top three teams from each group in the Preliminary round advance to the Qualifying Round...
, the other being Skonto Arena.
It has been home to the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
club Dinamo Riga since 2008.
During the years the Arena has also hosted many well-known artists from all over the world.
External links
Notable events
- 2006 IIHF World Championship2006 IIHF World Championship-Group B :All times local - Group C :All times local - Group D :All times local -Qualifying round:The top three teams from each group in the Preliminary round advance to the Qualifying Round...
- List of KHL vs NHL games (2010) (Dinamo Riga vs. Phoenix Coyotes)
- Kontinental Hockey League All-Star GameKontinental Hockey League All-Star GameThe Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game is an exhibition ice hockey game that marks the midway point of the Kontinental Hockey League's regular season, with many of the league's star players playing against each other...
(2012)