László Papp Budapest Sports Arena

  • IAAF World Indoor Championships 2004
  • European Handball Championship for women 2004
  • Wrestling World Championships 2005
  • Futsal Championship 2010
  • Wrestling World Championships 2013
  • FINAL4 the EHF Women's Champions League 2013/14
  • Concerts

The Papp László Budapest Sports Arena ( German Papp László Sport Arena Budapest ) is a multi-purpose hall in the Hungarian capital Budapest. With its maximum audience capacity of 15,000 seats, it is the largest sports and entertainment venue in the country and is on a large site along with the National Stadium Puskás Ferenc Stadium, the outdoor ice rink Kisstadion, the Velodrome Millenary Sportpálya and the SYMA Sport and Event Centre.

Since 28 May 2004, the arena was named after the Hungarian boxer and three times Olympic boxing champion (1948, 1952, 1956) László Papp, who died on 16 October 2003 at the age of 77 years.

History

Construction work began on 30 June 2001; after December 15, 1999, a fire which was built in 1982 Budapest Sportcsarnok completely destroyed. The trigger for the fire were candles on a Christmas market. On 13 March 2003 the new building was officially opened by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The first event was a concert of various Hungarian artists and groups. The following day was the opening of a classical concert on the forthcoming accession of Hungary to the EU instead. It ended with Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony ( European Anthem ).

The building was built, among others, with 50,000 tons of concrete, 2,300 tons of steel scaffolding, 11 million screws and several kilometers of cable. Overall, the weight of the hall is around 200,000 tons. Particular attention was paid during the construction understandably on the fire protection and fire fighting. In the arena numerous fire doors are distributed to prevent the spread of fire. Also, a hydrant system was installed with 60 terminals distributed in the building. So you can cover with fire hoses every area of the building. In addition, three high-pressure water cannons in space available. For the design of the arena, the Hungarian architects KÖZTI was responsible; was built in the hall by the French construction company Bouygues Construction.

The first major international event were the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 from the 5th to the 7th of March of the year. At the end of the final round of the European Handball Championship of women with the classification matches, and a year later followed the Wrestling World Championships 2005. 80th anniversary of the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation and the first international match took place on 29 March 2007 a ​​friendly match between the teams instead of Hungary and Sweden. The European Futsal Championship 2010 was held next to the Fonix Hall in Debrecen in Budapest Arena. 2013 found in the hall for the second time the Wrestling World Championships took place.

The Budapest Arena will be the beginning of May 2014 venue for the inaugural finals of the EHF FINAL4 Women's Champions League 2013/14. Another candidate is the arena Stožice had applied for the tournament in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Concerts and Shows

The arena is used alongside the sporting events fairs for concerts and shows. A selection of international artists and groups who gave a concert.

2005 World Wrestling Championships 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship 2013 World Wrestling Championships Final Four Conflagration Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) Hungary men's national ice hockey team Sweden men's national ice hockey team Yes (Band) David Copperfield (illusionist) R.E.M. Mayday (music festival) Aida (Musical) Muse (Band) AC/DC Placebo (Band) Santana (Band) BoxRec
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