European Arenas Association

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 2024, it is made up of 38 member arenas and arena clusters from 19 countries. Established in 1991, its headquarters are located at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam.^[2]

Executive committee

The European Arenas Association Board is composed of 8 members, including its President Olivier Toth (who also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), General Manager Nancy Skipper, and Executive Officer Victoria Matthews.

Other board members include:^[2]

• 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

Members

As of 2024, the EAA website listed 36 member arenas and 2 arena clusters from across 19 nations, including: 7 UK listings, 4 listings each from Germany and Spain, 3 from Sweden, and 2 each from France, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and Switzerland.^[3]

Current member arenas Country Arena Location  Austria Wiener Stadthalle Vienna  Belgium Forest National Brussels (Forest)  Czech Republic O2 Arena Prague  Estonia Unibet Arena Tallinn  France Accor Arena Paris Paris La Défense Arena Paris (Nanterre)  Germany Barclays Arena Hamburg Olympiahalle Munich Uber Arena Berlin  Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Budapest  Italy Forum di Milano Milan (Assago) PalaLottomatica Rome  Latvia Arena Riga Riga  Lithuania Avia Solutions Group Arena Vilnius Žalgiris Arena Kaunas  Luxembourg Rockhal Esch-sur-Alzette  Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam  Norway Telenor Arena Oslo (Bærum)  Poland Gliwice Arena Gliwice Tauron Arena Kraków Kraków  Portugal MEO Arena Lisbon  Spain Navarra Arena Pamplona Palacio Vistalegre Madrid Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona WiZink Center Madrid  Sweden Malmö Arena Malmö Scandinavium Gothenburg   Switzerland Hallenstadion Zürich St. Jakobshalle Basel (Münchenstein)  United Kingdom AO Arena Manchester Co-op Live The O2 Arena London OVO Arena Wembley OVO Hydro Glasgow Resorts World Arena Birmingham (Solihull) SSE Arena Belfast

Current member arena clusters Country Cluster Location  Germany Hall Duo Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Porsche-Arena Stuttgart  Sweden Stockholm Live Annexet Avicii Arena Friends Arena Hovet Södra Teatern Tele2 Arena Stockholm Former members Country Arena Location  Croatia Arena Zagreb Zagreb  Finland Gatorade Center Turku Helsinki Halli Helsinki  Germany ISS Dome Düsseldorf  Hungary Főnix Aréna Debrecen  Serbia Belgrade Arena Belgrade  United Kingdom SEC Centre Glasgow Utilita Arena Birmingham Birmingham

Major events

Member arenas hosting experiences, include: Eurovision Song Contests, MTV Europe Music Awards, Summer Olympic events, and various World and European Championships.^[4][5][6]

Lisbon's Altice Arena, Stockholm's Avicii Arena, and the Rotterdam Ahoy have hosted both the Eurovision Song Contest and the MTV Europe Music Awards.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

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