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

• Point Arena, California

• Arena Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

• Arena, North Dakota

Arena (town), Wisconsin

• Arena, Wisconsin, village within the town

Other countries

• 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