Arena COS Torwar
52°13′21″N 21°2′32″E / 52.22250°N 21.04222°E
Full name | Central Sports Centre Torwar |
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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 |
Renovated | 1999, 2012 |
Architect |
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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
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
- ^ Saporta Cup 2000-01
- ^ Kibice wywalczyli nam polskie mecze Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 15 January 2007
- ^ "1985-07-30 Torwar Hall, Warsaw, Poland - Depeche Mode Live Wiki".
- ^ "05/19/2015: Def Leppard / Lessdress / Ex-libris @ Torwar Hall | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 2021-09-09.