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| Former names | Főnix Hall (2002–2021) |
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| Address | 4028 Debrecen, Kassai út 28. |
| Location | Debrecen,Hungary |
| Coordinates | 47°32′45″N21°38′34″E / 47.5457°N 21.6427°E /47.5457; 21.6427 |
| Operator | Főnix Rendezvényszervező Kht. |
| Capacity | 8,500 (concert) 6,500 (handball) |
| Construction | |
| Built | 18 February 2002 |
| Opened | 30 September 2002 |
| Renovated | 2021 |
| Architect | Miklós Heppes |
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Főnix Arena (until 2021Főnix Hall,Főnix Csarnok) is a multi-purposearena inDebrecen,Hungary. The arena holds 8,500 people and opened in 2002. It hosted the2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The arena was named after thePhoenix, amythical firebird which is the symbol of Debrecen. Főnix Aréna is the third largest arena in Hungary, and the largest outsideBudapest.
Főnix Hall is located in Debrecen, which is the second largest city of Hungary, in a pleasant environment: close to the Nagyerdő area, near Road 4, along the thoroughfare toKošice called Kassai út. Entering the building through the main entrance, one immediately find itself in the arena space. Along one of the longitudinal sides of the amphitheater, there are locker rooms and service facilities for the athletes, while the other side is actually a multifunctional area that can be freely divided with the help of relocatable partition walls. In the city, the demand had long been in the air for a state-of-the-art convention hall/arena with a larger than averageseating capacity. The final impulse was provided by the possibility of acting as the host for the 2002 World Championship in Gymnastics. In fact, the plans for an already existing sports hall from the city ofTallinn (Estonia) were adapted to suit the local circumstances. The construction of Főnix Hall was completed in eight months.
Since its inauguration, the hall has acted as the venue for a variety of events (such asice hockey, indoorsoccer,basketball andhandball tournaments,hot air balloon andballroom dancing championships,ballet performances, music concerts, various exhibitions, conferences and evenice shows). The long list of celebrities having performed here ranges from Olympic championSzilveszter Csollány and theheavy metalbandIron Maiden or therock bandDeep Purple through the pianistRichard Clayderman to conductorKobayashi Ken-Ichiro and singerBryan Adams, including a number of other famous athletes and artists.
Főnix Hall andPapp László Sportaréna are the two stadiums hosting the2010 UEFA Futsal Championship in Hungary with the final being played at the Főnix Hall.
The arena will host the2024 European Women's Handball Championship and the2027 World Women's Handball Championship.
The arena proper is fully surrounded with telescope-joint stands (and diagonally turned-in mobile bleachers in the corners). During concerts, the stage actually replaces the stand at the far end of the hall and the entire arena floor is available for the audience to occupy. The props and technical equipment required for the performances can be moved into the arena section through two larger size freight entrances that are 2.5 and 4 meters wide respectively. The gym storeroom next to the gates is accessible from several sides due to the huge sliding doors, and a configuration of several separately lockable storerooms can be arranged if necessary, including rooms for track and field, gymnastics, martial arts, or ice-skating. Even the largest sized apparatuses can be freely moved about. Behind the mobile bleachers, there is a series of other service venues: locker rooms for the athletes, doctors' rooms, changing rooms for the hall personnel, storage rooms, the electric substation room, the gym storeroom, and the fitness room.
Főnix hall is connected to the adjacentImre Hódos Sports Hall through an underground passageway, so that the facilities could also be used during certain larger events for training or changing purposes or for offices, if necessary. The elevator serves this basement level, too, so the facilities are thus accessible even for mobility impaired athletes.
| Preceded by Gondomar Porto | UEFA Futsal Championship Final Venue 2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | EuroChallenge Final Four Venue 2012 | Succeeded by TBD |
| Preceded by | World Short Track Speed Skating Championships Venue 2013 | Succeeded by |