Tampereen Kansi and Areena’s new home for hockey
Multi-purpose arena The top of the city’s tallest residential towers has been built above the railways in the heart of Tampere. The goal of the Deck and Arena project, which connects the two neighboring areas, is to create a 24-hour living room for the people of Tampere. In addition to residential buildings, the complex has various facilities for private and public use.
The multi-purpose facility, called Tampere Central Arena, will be a sports and entertainment center and the new home of the local hockey teams Ilves and Tappara. many betting operators are preparing for next year’s World Hockey Championships in good time, as is Tampere Central Arena, which will host the World Championships in May 2022.
The multi-purpose arena will open its doors in December 2021
The arena’s original name was Uros Live, according to its sponsor, technology company Uros. However, the board of the Tampere multipurpose arena terminated the sponsorship agreement after a year and a half. In this way, the name of the arena was also changed to Tampereen Kansi ja Areena.
The experience arena, designed by top American architect Daniel Libeskind, will be completed in the heart of Tampere in December 2021. The first event, the hockey match, is scheduled to take place in early December and the official opening thereafter. soon after that.
The partner network will also start operating at Tampere’s Keck and Arena in December. The Tampere league teams Ilves and Tappara use the Tampere Central Arena as their home base. The arena complex will also have an extensive partner network, which includes the Lapland Hotels hotel chain, restaurant operator NoHo Partners, Veikkaus Casino and Lippu.fi. In addition, Tampere Deck and Arena offers a world-class setting for concerts, conferences, trade fairs and other sports and show events.
Cooperation agreement with Tappara and Ilves
The Tappara and Ilves teams at the Hakametsä Ice Rink, currently preparing for the league season 2021–2022 and the farewell autumn, will move to Tampere’s new Kanne and Arena in December. The main users of the arena The Tampere league teams will start the season on fresh ice on Friday and Saturday, December 3-4, with the local matches at the Tampere Kanne and Arena virgin track.
– We are looking forward to introducing our new match event concept to Tampere hockey lovers. The new arena offers a great place to produce unprecedented sports experiences. In both games of the opening week, spectators will have a great opportunity to see and experience something completely new when both teams present their new match events for the first time, says Mika Aro, CEO of Tamhockey.
Tampere will host the World Hockey Championships in 2022
Tampere will host the 2022 Men’s Hockey World Championships together with Helsinki. According to a release from the Hockey Association, Tampere is the main venue for the games. The first round of Group B, two semi-finals, semi-finals and finals will be played in Tampere. The teams playing in Tampere are Finland, the USA, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Norway, Belarus and the United Kingdom.
With the completion of the new arena, a whole new era begins in Tampere, and being the host of the championships means a lot to the city of Tampere.
Mayor of Tampere, Lauri Lyly, tells how excited the city is to host the Games and how great it is to organize games in the Finnish hockey capital, Tampere.
– There is also a symbolic value here, as the first Finnish Ice Hockey World Championships were played at the Tampere Ice Rink in Hakametsä in 1965. Now, as then, they are played in a newly completed arena. The World Cup is also a great opportunity to introduce our brand new tram to a larger audience, says Mayor Lyly.
The World Hockey Championships will be played in Finland on May 13-29, 2022.
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