7-541: Orlen Arena is an indoor arena in Płock , Poland . It opened on 13 November 2010, and holds 5,492 people. It is located the Celebra Papieska Square, adjacent to Kazimierz Górski Stadium and is primarily used for handball , volleyball , basketball , tennis , table tennis , mixed martial arts , popular music and concerts . Orlen is the titular sponsor of the venue. Permanent seating includes 5,029 places,
14-422: A number of KSW mixed martial arts events. Jean-Michel Jarre played at the inauguration of arena on 13 November 2010. Arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre , musical performances , and/or sporting events . It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by
21-496: A roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a multitude of spectators. The word derives from Latin harena , a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome , Italy, to absorb blood. The term arena is sometimes used as
28-510: A set of VIP lounges with 224 places, a journalist area with 100 places and another 28 places for the handicapped. Temporary seating for an additional 111 places can also be installed. The total capacity of the arena is 5492 places. The arena is the permanent home of the Wisła Płock . It will also be the host of the President's Cup for 2023 World Men's Handball Championship . The arena has hosted
35-430: A synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl , but such a facility is typically called a stadium . The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with the type of event. Football (be it association , rugby , gridiron , Australian rules , or Gaelic ) is typically played in a stadium, while basketball , volleyball , handball , and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of
42-476: Is also the sport of indoor American football (one variant of which is explicitly known as arena football), a variant of the outdoor game that is designed for the usual smaller playing surface of most arenas; variants of other traditionally outdoor sports, including box lacrosse as well as futsal and indoor soccer , also exist. The term "arena" is also used loosely to refer to any event or type of event which either literally or metaphorically takes place in such
49-574: The larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools. There are exceptions. The home of the Duke University men's and women's basketball teams would qualify as an arena, but the facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium . Domed stadiums, which, like arenas, are enclosed but have the larger playing surfaces and seating capacities found in stadiums, are generally not referred to as arenas in North America. There
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