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Indoor arena in Warsaw, Poland
52°13′21″N
21°2′32″E
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52.22250°N 21.04222°E
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52.22250; 21.04222
Arena COS Torwar
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Full name
| Central Sports Centre Torwar
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Former names
| Hala Torwar
(1953-2016)
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Address
| ul. Łazienkowska 6a
00-449
Warsaw
Poland
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Location
| Ujazdow
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Owner
| Centralny O?rodek Sportu
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Capacity
| 4,806
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Broke ground
| May 1953
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Opened
| 12 December 1953
(
1953-12-12
)
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Renovated
| 1999, 2012
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Architect
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UHKS Mazowsze
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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
Saporta Cup
final in which
Maroussi BC
defeated
Elan Sportif Chalonnais
.
[1]
On 22?28 January 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.
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
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