The Royal Arena in Ørestad South, Copenhagen, is a multi-use indoor arena designed by 3XN, with HKS as arena experts and Planit IE for landscape. Arup and ME Engineers were the structural engineers. Arena CPHX P/S owns it and Danish Venue Enterprise operates it. Groundbreaking was on June 26, 2013, and it opened on February 3, 2017. The design team described it as distinctly Nordic. The article names no materials.
It cost about DKK 1 billion, or roughly €134 million. Capacity is about 12,500 for sports, 13,000 for handball and up to 17,000 for concerts.
Events have included the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships, the 2018 IIHF World Championship, the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Denmark's first UFC event in 2019, and esports tournaments. Live Nation agreed to acquire the arena in December 2025.
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