Arena COS Torwar

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Arena COS Torwar
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Full name Central Sports Centre Torwar
Former names Hala Torwar (1953-2016)
Address ul. Łazienkowska 6a
00-449 Warsaw
Poland
Location Ujazdów
Owner Centralny Ośrodek Sportu
Capacity 4,806
Construction
Broke ground May 1953
Opened 12 December 1953 (1953-12-12)
Renovated 1999, 2012
Architect
Tenants
UHKS Mazowsze

The Central Sports Centre Torwar (formerly known as Hala Torwar, commonly referred to as the Arena COS Torwar) is an indoor arena in Warsaw, Poland. It opened in 1953 and seats 4,824 people in the stands, with up to an additional 1,480 seats available to add on the floor.

It is located adjacent to Stadion Wojska Polskiego and is primarily used for popular music concerts, ice hockey and other indoor sports, and it is the home of the hockey team UHKS Mazowsze.

Torwar Hall hosted the 2001 Saporta Cup final in which Maroussi BC defeated Elan Sportif Chalonnais.[1] On 22–28 January 2007 the Hall hosted the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships and the arena hosted a Preliminary round group of the EuroBasket 2009.[2] It has also hosted a number of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW) mixed martial arts events.

In 1984 Iron Maiden played the opening night of their 197 concert World Slavery Tour to a capacity crowd at Torwar with thousands of fans listening outside the venue. In 1985 Depeche Mode played one of their first concerts in Eastern Europe in Torwar.[3]

OneRepublic performed at this venue on 2 November 2014 during the European leg of their Native Tour.

Def Leppard played here in 2015 with support from hometown heroes Lessdress, Poland's best known glam/sleaze rock band.[4]

References

  1. Saporta Cup 2000-01
  2. Kibice wywalczyli nam polskie mecze Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 15 January 2007
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Preceded by Saporta Cup
Final Venue

2001
Succeeded by
Palais des Sports de Gerland
Lyon

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