European Arenas Association

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The European Arenas Association (EAA) is a group of indoor arenas located in Europe with a range of event hosting experiences, including concerts, entertainment productions, and sporting and corporate events. As of 2025, it is made up of 41 member arenas and arena clusters from 20 countries. Established in 1991, its headquarters are located at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam.[1]

Executive team

The European Arenas Association executive team includes its President Olivier Toth—who also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Rockhal and Executive Officer Victoria Matthews.[2]

Other executive team members, include:

  • Central Region – Nicolas Dupeux, Chief Executive Officer of Accor Arena, Paris, France
  • East Region – Konrad Koziol, Director of Sales and Marketing, Gliwice Arena, Gliwice, Poland
  • North Region – Lotta Nibell, Chief Executive Officer of Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • South Region – Jorge Vinha da Silva, Chief Executive Officer of MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
  • West Region – Adrian Doyle, Chief Experience Officer of The Odyssey Trust (owners of SSE Arena), Belfast, United Kingdom

Venues

As of 2025, the EAA website listed 39 member arenas and 2 arena clusters from across 20 European nations. The website lists the neighbouring Porsche-Arena and Schleyer-Halle together and the entire Stockholm Live group is listed as one entry.[2]

Arenas

Region Country Arena Location
Central File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Wiener Stadthalle Vienna
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Forest National Brussels
File:Flag of France.svg France Accor Arena Paris
Paris La Défense Arena Paris (Nanterre)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Barclays Arena Hamburg
Festhalle Frankfurt Frankfurt
Olympiapark Munich
Uber Arena Berlin
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Rockhal Esch-sur-Alzette
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
East File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic O2 Arena Prague
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Unibet Arena Tallinn
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Xiaomi Arena Riga
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Twinsbet Arena Vilnius
Žalgirio Arena Kaunas
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland PreZero Arena Gliwice Gliwice
Tauron Arena Kraków Kraków
North File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Nokia Arena Tampere
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File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Malmö Arena Malmö
Scandinavium Gothenburg
South File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Budapest
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Arena Milano Milan
Unipol Forum Milan (Assago)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal MEO Arena Lisbon
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Movistar Arena Madrid
Navarra Arena Pamplona
Palacio Vistalegre Madrid
Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona
Roig Arena Valencia
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Hallenstadion Zurich
St. Jakobshalle Basel (Münchenstein)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
West File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom AO Arena Manchester
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Co-op Live Manchester
The O2 Arena London
OVO Arena Wembley
OVO Hydro Glasgow
SSE Arena Belfast

Arena clusters

Region Country Arena Location
Central File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle and Porsche-Arena Stuttgart
North File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Stockholm Live: Stockholm

Former members

The following arenas were once listed on the EAA website as members, but were removed.

Country Arena Location
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Arena Zagreb Zagreb
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Gatorade Center Turku
Helsinki Halli Helsinki
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany ISS Dome Düsseldorf
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Főnix Aréna Debrecen
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy PalaLottomatica Rome
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Belgrade Arena Belgrade
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Utilita Arena Birmingham Birmingham

Events

Lisbon's MEO Arena hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2005, Eurovision in 2018, and has hosted Mark Knopfler, Bruno Mars, Kylie Minogue, Roger Waters, and Robbie Williams.[3][4][5]

The Rotterdam Ahoy has twice held the MTV Europe Music Awards, firstly in 1997 and subsequently in 2016, the 2021 staging of Eurovision, and concerts performed by Jennifer Lopez, U2, and Justin Bieber.[6][7][8][9]

The Scandinavium in Gothenburg is a 4-time home to the Davis Cup final—firstly in 1984, then 1987 and 1988, and most recently in 1997. It also mounted the 1985 edition of Eurovision and welcomed The Rolling Stones, Whitney Houston, and Stevie Wonder.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Parisian venue—the Accor Arena hosted artistic gymnastics, basketball matches, and trampolining events during the 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2002 Davis Cup final. The venue has seen Prince "put on a show" with Stevie Wonder and welcomed Madonna and Paul McCartney… Roger Waters and Peter Gabriel.[16][17][18][19][20]

London's OVO Arena served as the host venue for the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2017 and hosted sports during both the 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics. The arena has hosted many musicians, including: Madonna, David Bowie, and The Who… Dolly Parton, Stevie Wonder, and Prince. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones have appeared together on the same bill.[21][22]

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