List of indoor arenas by capacity


The following is a list of arenas ordered by seating capacity, which is the maximum number of seated spectators the arena can accommodate for a sports event. Only the capacity for indoor sports, such as basketball, ice hockey, and volleyball, are included. Currently all arenas with a capacity of 15,000 or more are included.
AT&T Stadium, the Carrier Dome and the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, are not included as they are dome and retractable roof stadiums built for field sports that also host indoor events. The Mercedes-Benz Superdome, which does not have a retractable roof, has been excluded from this list; it regularly seats more than 70,000 people for basketball games, boxing, and more than 75,000 for professional wrestling. In 1981 the Rolling Stones reported Superdome attendance of 87,500 for a concert, while Pope John Paul II spoke to a crowd of more than 80,000 children in 1987.
The confusion of what is an Arena, Stadium or Dome is due to the fact that opinion and other arbitrary criteria that do not matter have been considered. Thus, there are no significant differences in the true definition between the three because each has incorporated design elements of the others, other than size and limitation of use of the space by original design. The best modern definition of an Arena is an indoor venue that typically holds less than 40,000 spectators. Domed and Indoor Stadiums for the most part are the same thing but hold more than 40,000 spectators. However, there is a strong push to separate removable roof/ sliding roof as a specific identifier for Dome venues. Architecturally, there really is no difference between an Indoor Stadium and a Domed Stadium other than the roof can be opened in good weather.
The list is divided into three subsections: current arenas, arenas under construction, and arenas which are closed no longer used for sporting events.

Current arenas

ArenaCapacity CityCountry
Philippine Arena55,000Bocaue
Paris La Défense ArenaNanterre
Saitama Super Arena36,500SaitamaJapan
SC Olimpiyskiy35,000MoscowRussia
Baku Crystal Hall27,000Baku
Mineirinho25,000Belo Horizonte
Štark Arena24,300Belgrade
Greensboro Coliseum23,500Greensboro, North CarolinaUnited States
United Center23,500ChicagoUnited States
Sportpaleis23,359AntwerpBelgium
Tacoma Dome23,000Tacoma, Washington
Arena Ciudad de México22,300Mexico City
Bell Centre22,114MontrealCanada
KFC Yum! Center22,090Louisville, KentuckyUnited States
Sevilla Park Arena22,000SevilleSpain
Tauron Arena Kraków22,000Kraków
Enterprise Center22,000St. Louis, MissouriUnited States
Dean Smith Center21,750Chapel Hill, North CarolinaUnited States
Thompson–Boling Arena21,678Knoxville, TennesseeUnited States
Ethias Arena21,600HasseltBelgium
Wells Fargo Center21,500PhiladelphiaUnited States
Amalie Arena21,500Tampa, FloridaUnited States
American Airlines Center21,146DallasUnited States
Qudos Bank Arena21,032SydneyAustralia
Manchester Arena21,000ManchesterUnited Kingdom
Madison Square Garden20,789New York CityUnited States
BB&T Center20,737Sunrise, FloridaUnited States
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse20,562ClevelandUnited States
Rupp Arena20,545Lexington, KentuckyUnited States
Scotiabank Arena20,511TorontoCanada
Target Center20,500MinneapolisUnited States
Moda Center20,500Portland, OregonUnited States
Little Caesars Arena20,491DetroitUnited States
Capital One Arena20,356Washington, D.C.United States
AccorHotels Arena20,300ParisFrance
Spectrum Center20,200Charlotte, North CarolinaUnited States
Pyongyang Gymnasium20,100Pyongyang
Smart Araneta Coliseum20,000Quezon City
Bogotá Arena20,000Bogotá
Giti Pasand Arena20,000Isfahan
Mall of Asia Arena20,000Pasay
The O2 Arena20,000LondonUnited Kingdom
Poliedro de Caracas20,000Caracas
Palacio de los Deportes20,000Mexico City
The Covered Hall20,000Cairo
Altice Arena20,000Lisbon
Coliseo Amauta20,000Lima
Yamada Green Dome20,000MaebashiJapan
Amway Center20,000Orlando, FloridaUnited States
T-Mobile Arena20,000Paradise, NevadaUnited States
Vikingskipet20,000Hamar
Žalgiris Arena20,000Kaunas
Lanxess Arena20,000CologneGermany
Ticketpro Dome20,000Johannesburg, Gauteng
Bridgestone Arena20,000Nashville, TennesseeUnited States
Nationwide Arena20,000Columbus, OhioUnited States
PPG Paints Arena19,758PittsburghUnited States
PNC Arena19,722Raleigh, North CarolinaUnited States
Rogers Arena19,700VancouverCanada
American Airlines Arena19,600MiamiUnited States
Oracle Arena19,596Oakland, CaliforniaUnited States
TD Garden19,580BostonUnited States
Pepsi Center19,520DenverUnited States
Rogers Place19,500EdmontonCanada
Vivint Smart Home Arena19,387Salt Lake CityUnited States
Bud Walton Arena19,368Fayetteville, ArkansasUnited States
Scotiabank Saddledome19,289CalgaryCanada
Sprint Center19,252Kansas City, MissouriUnited States
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall19,250AthensGreece
KeyBank Center19,200Buffalo, New YorkUnited States
BOK Center19,199Tulsa, OklahomaUnited States
SAP Center at San Jose19,190San Jose, CaliforniaUnited States
Staples Center19,060Los AngelesUnited States
Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center19,049Columbus, OhioUnited States
Golden 1 Center19,000Sacramento, CaliforniaUnited States
Legacy Arena19,000Birmingham, AlabamaUnited States
Toyota Center19,000HoustonUnited States
FirstOntario Centre19,000Hamilton, OntarioCanada
Gila River Arena19,000Glendale, ArizonaUnited States
AT&T Center19,000San AntonioUnited States
Marriott Center18,987Provo, UtahUnited States
CHI Health Center Omaha18,975Omaha, NebraskaUnited States
Honda Center18,900Anaheim, CaliforniaUnited States
Freedom Hall18,865Louisville, KentuckyUnited States
Jeunesse Arena18,768Rio de Janeiro
Prudential Center18,711Newark, New JerseyUnited States
Thomas & Mack Center18,645Paradise, NevadaUnited States
Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot18,500San Juan
Smoothie King Center18,500New OrleansUnited States
Talking Stick Resort Arena18,422Phoenix, ArizonaUnited States
Bankers Life Fieldhouse18,345IndianapolisUnited States
Centre Vidéotron18,259Quebec City, QuebecCanada
Allstate Arena18,211Rosemont, IllinoisUnited States
Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203Oklahoma CityUnited States
FedExForum18,119Memphis, TennesseeUnited States
State Farm Arena18,118AtlantaUnited States
Cadillac Arena18,000BeijingChina
Dalian Arena18,000DalianChina
Beijing National Indoor Stadium18,000BeijingChina
Mercedes-Benz Arena18,000ShanghaiChina
New Shenzhen Arena18,000ShenzhenChina
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center18,000ShanghaiChina
Guangzhou International Sports Arena18,000GuangzhouChina
O2 Arena18,000Prague
Coliseo El Pueblo18,000Cali
Indonesia Convention Exhibition18,000Tangerang
Unipol Arena18,000BolognaItaly
M-Wave18,000NaganoJapan
Simmons Bank Arena18,000North Little Rock, ArkansasUnited States
Colonial Life Arena18,000Columbia, South CarolinaUnited States
Palau Sant Jordi17,960BarcelonaSpain
Xcel Energy Center17,954Saint Paul, MinnesotaUnited States
Xfinity Center17,950College Park, MarylandUnited States
Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Special Events Center17,900Austin, TexasUnited States
Barclays Center17,732Brooklyn, New YorkUnited States
Arena Monterrey17,599Monterrey
U.S. Bank Arena17,556CincinnatiUnited States
The Forum, presented by Chase17,500Inglewood, CaliforniaUnited States
Times Union Center17,500Albany, New YorkUnited States
KeyArena17,459SeattleUnited States
Canadian Tire Centre17,373OttawaCanada
Capital Indoor Stadium17,345BeijingChina
Fiserv Forum17,341MilwaukeeUnited States
Kohl Center17,230Madison, WisconsinUnited States
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall17,222Bloomington, IndianaUnited States
MGM Grand Garden Arena17,157Paradise, NevadaUnited States
PostFinance-Arena17,031BernSwitzerland
Arena Sofia17,000Sofia
Salle Omnisport de Radès17,000Radès
Ziggo Dome17,000AmsterdamNetherlands
Yokohama Arena17,000YokohamaJapan
Halle Tony Garnier17,000LyonFrance
Mercedes-Benz Arena17,000BerlinGermany
Movistar Arena17,000Santiago
Wells Fargo Arena16,980Des Moines, IowaUnited States
Ginásio Nilson Nelson16,600Brasília
Pala Alpitour16,600TurinItaly
Arena México16,500Mexico City
Arena Zagreb16,500Zagreb
State Farm Center16,500Champaign, IllinoisUnited States
Westfalenhallen16,500DortmundGermany
Sinan Erdem Dome16,457Istanbul
Bell MTS Place16,345WinnipegCanada
Allen Fieldhouse16,300Lawrence, KansasUnited States
Pacific Coliseum16,281VancouverCanada
Rod Laver Arena16,200MelbourneAustralia
Save Mart Center at Fresno State16,182Fresno, CaliforniaUnited States
Fernando Buesa Arena16,164Vitoria-GasteizSpain
Wiener Stadthalle16,152Vienna
Pinnacle Bank Arena16,130Lincoln, NebraskaUnited States
Royal Arena16,000Copenhagen
AsiaWorld Arena16,000Hong Kong
Coliseo General Rumiñahui16,000Quito
Barclaycard Arena16,000HamburgGermany
Osaka-jo Hall16,000OsakaJapan
Axiata Arena16,000Kuala Lumpur
Rotterdam Ahoy15,818RotterdamNetherlands
Arena Birmingham15,800BirminghamUnited Kingdom
Resorts World Arena15,685BirminghamUnited Kingdom
XL Center15,564Hartford, ConnecticutUnited States
Perth Arena15,500PerthAustralia
Olympiahalle15,500MunichGermany
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle15,500StuttgartGermany
Ericsson Globe17,000Stockholm
Malmö Arena15,500Malmö
WiZink Center15,500MadridSpain
Bizkaia Arena15,414BarakaldoSpain
Dreamstyle Arena15,411Albuquerque, New MexicoUnited States
Carver–Hawkeye Arena15,400Iowa City, IowaUnited States
Coleman Coliseum15,383Tuscaloosa, AlabamaUnited States
Lusail Sports Arena15,300Lusail
Bryce Jordan Center15,261University Park, PennsylvaniaUnited States
SaskTel Centre15,100SaskatoonCanada
United Supermarkets Arena15,098Lubbock, TexasUnited States
Minsk-Arena15,086Minsk
Taipei Arena15,085Taipei
Mizzou Arena15,061Columbia, MissouriUnited States
Arena-Auditorium15,028Laramie, WyomingUnited States
Intrust Bank Arena15,004Wichita, KansasUnited States
Plenary Hall Jakarta15,000Jakarta Indonesia
Palais 1215,000BrusselsBelgium
Olympic Gymnastics Arena15,000Seoul
Jon M. Huntsman Center15,000Salt Lake CityUnited States
VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena15,000Jacksonville, FloridaUnited States
Marine Messe Fukuoka15,000FukuokaJapan
Coupole Mohamed Boudiaf15,000Algiers
Arena Jaraguá15,000Jaraguá do Sul
Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães15,000Recife
Goiânia Arena15,000Goiânia
Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena15,000ShanghaiChina
Cotai Arena15,000Macau
Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva15,000Havana
Helliniko Olympic Arena15,000Elliniko
Ergo Arena15,000Gdansk
Taoyuan Arena15,000Taoyuan
Kaohsiung Arena15,000Kaohsiung
Coca-Cola Arena17,000Dubai
Hamdan Sports Complex15,000Dubai
Jyske Bank Boxen15,000Herning
Hartwall Arena15,000Helsinki
Telenor Arena15,000Oslo
SAP Arena15,000MannheimGermany
VFG Arena15,000Guadalajara
DirecTV Arena15,000Tortuguitas
Movistar Arena15,000Buenos Aires
Romexpo Dome15,000Bucharest
Hallenstadion15,000Zürich

Arenas under construction

ArenaCapacityCityCountryOpen
New Budapest Arena22,022Budapest2021
UROS LIVE13,455Tampere2021
KJC King Dome70,000Davao City2022
Arena Polivalentă20,000BucharestRomania2023
Sala Polivalentă16,000TimișoaraRomania2022
Bangkok Arena 15,000BangkokThailand2023

Closed arenas