Malmö Arena

multi-use indoor arena located in Malmö, Sweden

Key facts

Address: Arenagatan 15
Location: Hyllie , Malmö , Sweden
Owner: Doxa AB
Capacity: Sports: 12,600, Concerts: 15,500
Surface: Versatile
Acreage: 51,000 m (550,000 sq ft)
Public transit: Hyllie Station
Groundbreaking: 10 January 2007
Opened: 6 November 2008
Construction cost: SEK 750 million , EUR € 85 million
Architect: MM Matsson Konsult AB, Pöyry Architects , Wingårdh arkitektkontor , BBB Architects
Structural engineer: Byggteknik i Skåne

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Malmö Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Malmö, Sweden, and the venue for home games of SHL ice hockey team Malmö Redhawks. It is the largest arena in the SHL, and the second-largest indoor arena in Sweden. Apart from hosting Redhawks hockey matches, the arena is a significant venue for team handball, floorball, concerts, and other events. It has also hosted indoor athletics. Owned and operated by Parkfast AB, the arena was designed by Mats Matson of MM Matsson Konsult AB, Hannu Helkiö of Pöyry Architects, and Gert Wingårdh of Wingårdh arkitektkontor. Naming rights for the venue are owned by Malmö Stad, in a ten-year contract, agreed in 2007. The venue hosted the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships from 26 December 2013 to 5 January 2014. It hosted the Eurovision Song Contest between 14 and 18 May 2013, and hosted the same event again between 7 and 11 May 2024.

With a capacity of 12,600 for sports and 15,500 for concerts, Malmö Arena is the second-largest indoor arena in Sweden, only trailing the Avicii Arena, located in Stockholm, and is currently the biggest venue in the Swedish Hockey League. The attendance record for concerts at Malmö Arena is 11,300, set by a Lady Gaga concert on 19 November 2010. The venue attendance record for ice hockey was set on 12 November 2008, when Malmö Redhawks hosted Leksands IF in front of 13,247 people. Ground was broken on 10 January 2007, and the arena was inaugurated on 6 November 2008. The final construction cost for the arena was 750 million SEK. The arena is located about 80 m (260 ft) from Hyllie railway station, from where there are rail and bus connections to Malmö Central Station, Copenhagen Airport, and Copenhagen Central Station.