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Hartwall Areena (often called '''Helsinki Areena''', '''Helsingin Areena''' or '''Helsingforsarenan''' ('The Helsinki Arena') by the Finnish press) is a large multifunctional indoor Arena located in Helsinki , Finland . The arena Gets Its Name from its largest sponsor, the beverage company Hartwall , based in Helsinki. The idea of building the arena came from Harry Harkimo in 1994 . It was built to be ready for the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1997 and was delivered by the constructor on April 11, 1997 . The building is elliptical, 153 metres long and 123 metres wide. Total capacity in Ice Hockey games is 13,665 (all seats). The arena is convertible for various events. For sport events, the capacity is about 10,000, for Concert s about 12,000, and as an Amphitheatre , 3,000-5,000. It is connected to a Multi-storey Carpark , which has a total capacity of 1,421 vehicles. Hartwall Areena is the home venue of ice hockey team Jokerit . Past events:
Hartwall Areena was the venue for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday 2007-05-12 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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