Tampere Deck Arena
Tampere Deck Arena, also known as Tampere Central Arena (Finnish: Tampereen Keskusareena) and commercially as UROS LIVE, is an indoor arena in Tampere in Finland that is currently under construction. It is planned to replace the old Tampere Ice Stadium. It will host ice hockey games and will be the home of Ilves and Tappara of the SM-liiga. The project was approved by the City Council of Tampere on May 19, 2010.[1]
UROS Live | |
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 The arena under construction in August 2020. | |
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| Full name | Tampere Central Multipurpose Arena |
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| Former names | Tampere Central Arena |
| Location | Tampere, Finland |
| Coordinates | 61.493952°N 23.772955°E |
| Owner | Tampere Central Arena Real Estate Ltd |
| Operator | Tampere Central Arena Ltd |
| Executive suites | 52 |
| Capacity | 13,455 |
| Field size | 60 m (200 ft) by 28 m (92 ft) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2018 |
| Opened | December 2021 |
| Construction cost | €124 million (estimated) |
| Architect | Daniel Libeskind |
| Structural engineer | Ramboll Finland |
| Tenants | |
| Tappara (ice hockey) Ilves (ice hockey) | |
| Website | |
| uroslive | |
Background
After delays, the arena and the adjacent commercial/residential skyscraper development got a final approval and construction began in January 2018. The final plan calls for a deck to be built over the existing railway connections. This deck will have the multi-purpose arena (at least 13,455 seats), offices, commercial development, housing, hotel and casino. The overall vision was designed by Daniel Libeskind. The arena is expected to be complete by December 2021,[2] in time for the 2022 IIHF World Championship. The rest of the development is to be completed by 2024.[3] Casino Tampere will also open in connection with the arena, and according to preliminary plans, the casino will employ about 80 people. Staff recruitment will begin next year.[4]
In March 2020, it was announced that, under a ten-year sponsorship agreement with the UROS Group in Oulu, the arena will be called UROS LIVE.[5] The naming caused a small scale scandal due to name's overly masculine tone.[6][7]
References
- "Tampereen monitoimiareena -hanke läpi myös valtuustossa". Rakennuslehti (in Finnish). May 20, 2010.
- Nieminen, Elina (August 26, 2020). "Tampereen areena valmistuu joulukuussa 2021". YLE (in Finnish).
- Roth, Raili; Airo, Tatu (October 2, 2017). "Tampereen Kannen ja areenan työt käynnissä – Lue tästä kaikki tulevien vuosien suurimmasta rakennushankkeesta". Aamulehti (in Finnish).
- Morgan, Adam (September 1, 2020). "Veikkaus Oy unveils projected opening date for Finland's new Casino Tampere". World Casino News. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- "Tampere Deck Arena lands Uros as naming-rights sponsor". SportBusiness. March 6, 2020.
- "Men only? Tampere's new arena gets a very masculine name | News Now Finland". March 5, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- "New €125 million leisure complex in Tampere to be named 'UROS Live' attracts online mockery and criticism". www.helsinkitimes.fi. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
