An arena is an enclosed area that showcases theatre, musical performances or sporting events.

Arena, ARENA, or the Arena may also refer to:

Places and jurisdictions

United States

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  • Point Arena, California
  • Arena Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
  • Arena, North Dakota
  • Arena (town), Wisconsin
  • Arena, Wisconsin, village within the town

Other countries

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  • Arena, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Arena, Iran
  • Arena, Calabria, Italy
  • La Arena District, Peru
  • San Juan de la Arena, Spain

Stadiums and venues

  • 2300 Arena, multipurpose sports venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Arena, Vienna, cultural centre
  • The Arena, purpose-built arena in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
  • The Arena (Ahmedabad) (EKA Arena), multi-purpose stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • The Arena, Ottawa, former indoor ice hockey arena in Canada
  • The Arena, Miami, home stadium of the NBA's Miami Heat
  • Erste Bank Arena, indoor sports stadium in Vienna
  • Generali Arena (Vienna), former name of football stadium Franz Horr Stadium
  • HWS Arena, sports and music venue in Poznań, Poland
  • Johan Cruyff Arena, home stadium of football club AFC Ajax in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Playtime Filoil Centre, indoor arena in the Philippines which was inaugurated as The Arena
  • Pula Arena, amphitheatre in Croatia
  • St. Louis Arena, former indoor arena in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
  • Verona Arena, a Roman amphitheatre in Verona, Italy
  • Vienna Watersports Arena, artificial whitewater venue

Arts and media

Film

  • Arena (1953 film), a 3-D Western starring Gig Young
  • The Arena (1974 film), a gladiator B-movie starring Pam Grier
  • Arena (1989 film), a science fiction film starring Paul Satterfield and Claudia Christian
  • The Arena (2001 film), a direct-to-video remake of the 1974 film from producer Roger Corman
  • Arena (2009 film), a Portuguese short film
  • Arena (2011 film), an American film
  • Arena (2013 film), a Russian film

Gaming

  • Arena Entertainment, a Mirrorsoft video game label
  • ArenaNet, a computer game developer and part of NCsoft Corporation
  • Quake III Arena, a multiplayer first-person shooter released on December 2, 1999
  • The Elder Scrolls: Arena, the first game in The Elder Scrolls series, released in 1994
  • Wing Commander Arena, a multiplayer Xbox 360 game
  • Arena, a gameplay mode for Team Fortress 2
  • OpenArena, a multiplayer, free, and open source first-person shooter
  • Magic: The Gathering Arena, a video game adaptation of the Magic: The Gathering card game

Music

  • Arena (Duran Duran album), a 1984 live album by Duran Duran
  • Arena (Asia album), a 1996 album by the band Asia
  • Arena (Todd Rundgren album), a 2008 album by Todd Rundgren
  • Arena (An Absurd Notion), a 1985 concert film by Duran Duran
  • Arena (band), a British progressive rock band
  • Arena rock, a form of rock music
  • Arena di Verona Festival, an opera festival in Verona, Italy
  • "The Arena", a 1966 song by Al Hirt

Printed works

  • "Arena" (short story), a 1944 science fiction story by Fredric Brown
  • Countdown: Arena, a comic book series, published in 2007 by DC Comics
  • Arena, a 2013 novel by Simon Scarrow and T.J. Andrews
  • The Arena (novel), a 1962 suspense novel by William Haggard
  • Arena (novel), a 1994 fantasy novel by William R. Forstchen

Periodicals

  • Arena (magazine), a British style and entertainment magazine for men
  • Arena (Swedish magazine), a Swedish magazine on culture and politics
  • Arena Three, a British magazine for homosexual women published by the Minorities Research Group
  • The Arena (magazine), a 1899–1909 American liberal literary and political magazine
  • Arena (publishing co-operative), an independent Australian publishing cooperative
  • L'Arena, Italian newspaper

Television

  • Arena (TV platform), a German pay TV network
  • Arena (TV channel), an Australian cable channel
  • "Arena" (Star Trek: The Original Series), a 1967 episode of Star Trek
  • Arena (British TV series), a long-running BBC British documentary television series
  • The Arena (TV series), a debate-style television show produced in Singapore
  • Astro Arena (TV channel), Malaysian pay-TV channel
  • Arena (miniseries), a 1976 Australian miniseries
  • The Arena (Studio One), an episode of Studio One

People

Given name

  • Arena Williams (born 1990), New Zealand politician

Surname

  • Anthony Arena, American soccer player
  • Bruce Arena (born 1951), American soccer coach
  • Chris Arena, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • Danielle Laraque-Arena, American pediatrician, academician and administrator
  • Felice Arena, Australian children's writer
  • Gildo Arena (1921–2005), Italian water polo player and freestyle swimmer
  • Jack Arena, American ice hockey coach
  • James Arena-DeRosa, American politician
  • John Arena, American politician
  • Kelli Arena, American television journalist
  • Kenny Arena, American soccer player
  • Kiira Dosdall-Arena, American ice hockey player
  • Lello Arena (born 1953), Italian actor
  • Maria Arena Bell, American writer
  • Marie Arena (born 1966), Belgian politician
  • Maurizio Arena (1933–1979), Italian actor
  • Romina Arena (born 1980), Italian-American singer-songwriter
  • Sammy Arena, American music artist
  • Tina Arena (born 1967), Australian singer
  • Tony Arena, American football player
  • Walter Arena (born 1964), Italian race walker

Computing

  • Arena (AI platform), an AI evaluation platform that compares AI chatbots based on votes
  • Arena (software), simulation software
  • Arena (web browser), a web browser developed by the W3C for testing support for HTML 3 and Cascading Style Sheets
  • Arena allocation, a memory management technique that allows for efficient deallocation
  • Are.na, online social networking community

Sports

  • Arena football, a variety of gridiron football
  • Arena Football League, an American indoor football league
  • Arena (swimwear), an Italian brand of competitive swimwear

Acronyms

ARENA may refer to:

  • Australian Renewable Energy Agency, a government agency
  • National Renewal Alliance Party, a former political party of Brazil
  • Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party of El Salvador

Other uses

  • Arena (countermeasure), a Russian active protection system for tanks
  • Arena Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company located in San Diego, California
  • Arena station (UTA) in Salt Lake City
  • Arena tram stop (Croydon) in the London Borough of Croydon
  • Arena tram stop (Sheffield) on the Sheffield Supertram network in Sheffield, UK
  • Suzuki APV Arena, a minivan

See also

  • Arenafilms, an Australian film production company
  • Arenavirus, an RNA virus that mostly affects rodents
  • Arenas (disambiguation)
  • Larena (disambiguation)
  • Bou Saâda, known as Arena during ancient times