The Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai is the first and largest fully air-conditioned, multipurpose indoor arena in the middle east and the only arena to operate year-round in the region.
With a capacity of 17,000, the Coca-Cola Arena has the capability to host major international touring artists, a full range of sporting events, family entertainment, comedy shows, exhibitions and gala dinners because of its highly adaptable design which includes a rolling modular stage, automated drapes and a retractable seating system that creates much more intimate spaces for smaller-scale events.
The Coca-Cola Arena is equipped with a state-of-the-art sound system and practically 400 square metres of modular and ribbon LED screens. The roofing system structure can support 190 metric tonnes of production equipment implying the most significant and best shows in the world can be easily accommodated.
The entire façade of the Coca-Cola Arena is equipped with an LED strip light system that illuminates the surrounding City walk neighbourhood at night and changes colour depending on the action inside. The Arena also includes 42 corporate suites, which raise the bar for corporate entertaining in the region.
The Coca-Cola Arena will boast 42 corporate suites, raising the bar for corporate entertaining in the region. Images, courtesy: Meraas/AEG Ogden
Situated within the urban lifestyle destination of City Walk, the Coca-Cola Arena is owned by Meraas and operated by AEG Ogden, part of Anschutz home entertainment group (AEG), one of the world’s largest home entertainment groups. Managing much Camiseta Palmeiras more than 120 of the world’s premier venues and playing host to the world’s greatest performers, AEG’s absolute priority is to exceed the fans’ expectations.
The venue, previously known as Dubai Arena, officially became the Coca-Cola Arena after Meraas signed a ten-year deal with the The Coca-Cola Company, which includes exclusive naming rights for what is set to be Dubai’s first and largest indoor, multipurpose arena.
Abdulla Al Habbai, Meraas group Chairman, said:
We are happy to have a company of such worldwide renown as Coca-Cola taking on the naming rights for the arena in the long-term. This agreement with The Coca-Cola company is also a clear demonstration that Meraas’ continued efforts to transform the urban landscape of Dubai and relocation with the emirate into the future as a modern, creative, culturally and economically diverse place to live, work and play are concerning fruition.
AEG Ogden’s vision for the Coca-Cola Arena is to offer a state-of-the-art multipurpose indoor arena with remarkable management to establish it as the region’s premier home entertainment and sports venue for UAE-residents and tourists. To achieve this and to drive inbound tourism, the focus should be on securing premier events, delivering world-class branding and marketing, the very best practice’s, customer service and operating Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Suiza efficiencies.
The Coca-Cola Arena, slated to open this June, is the only air-conditioned indoor arena of its kind between Istanbul and Singapore, which is set to bring the best international music concerts, sporting events and family shows to the region all year-round, even in the hotter summer months making it the only dedicated home for home entertainment in Dubai and will see shows that appeal to a broad range of nationalities and cultures.
ASGC is delivering the project under a design and build contract, with Dar Al Handasah the consultant.
The Coca-Cola Arena isn’t the only new sports venue planned for the city either, with the 60,000-seat Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Stadium designed by Perkins+Will in the planning stages. The Dhs3 billion stadium – imagined below – will be fully air-conditioned, with facilities including exercise pitches, a sports training hall, a 5,000-capacity automobile park, a sports museum, a multi-purpose hall, as well Camiseta RB Leipzig as conference and exhibition facilities.
The Dhs3 billion 60,000-seat Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid football stadium is also set to get underway in the city
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