Arena COS Torwar

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.

Arena COS Torwar
Full nameCentral Sports Centre Torwar
Former namesHala Torwar (1953-2016)
Addressul. Łazienkowska 6a
00-449 Warsaw
Poland
LocationUjazdów
OwnerCentralny Ośrodek Sportu
Capacity6,304
Construction
Broke groundMay 1953
Opened12 December 1953 (1953-12-12)
Renovated1999, 2012
Architect
Tenants
UHKS Mazowsze

It is located adjacent to Legia Stadium 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 January 22–28, 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.

OneRepublic performed at this venue on 2 November 2014 during the European leg of their Native Tour. Evanescence performed there on 20 June 2017 during their European tour. Rapper Macklemore will perform here on 26 April 2018 during his Gemini Tour.

Notes
  1. Saporta Cup 2000-01
  2. Kibice wywalczyli nam polskie mecze Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 15 January 2007
Preceded by
CIG de Malley
Lausanne		 Saporta Cup
Final Venue
2001		 Succeeded by
Palais des Sports de Gerland
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