Arena (disambiguation)

An arena (from Latin arena , meaning "sand") is an enclosed area that showcases theatre, musical performances, or sporting events.

Arena may also refer to:

In architecture:

• Allianz Arena, a football stadium in Munich, Germany
• Amsterdam Arena, a football stadium in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Asylum Arena, multipurpose sports venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania formerly known as The Arena
• Belgrade Arena, one of the largest European multifunctional indoor sport arenas located in Belgrade, Serbia
• Filoil Flying V Arena, an indoor sporting arena in San Juan City, Philippines
• Arena at Gwinnett Center, an indoor arena in Duluth, Georgia (U.S. state)
• Hala Arena, a sports and music venue in Poznań, Poland
• Arena Leipzig, an indoor sporting arena in Leipzig, Germany
• Oracle Arena, an indoor sporting arena in Oakland, California
• The Arena, Ottawa, a former indoor ice hockey arena in Ottawa, Canada
• Porsche Arena, an indoor sporting arena in Stuttgart, Germany
• Pula Arena, the ancient Roman amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia
• Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, a football stadium in Duisburg, Germany
• Verona Arena, the ancient Roman amphitheatre located in Verona, Italy, famous for the opera performances
• Arena Zagallo, a proposed football stadium in Maceió, Brazil
• Arena Zagreb, multipurpose sports hall located in Zagreb, Croatia

In film:

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

In gaming:

• Arena (chess), a freeware GUI for chess programs by Martin Blume
• 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 in The Elder Scrolls series, released in 1994
• The Arena, a gaming platform connecting to GameArena
• Wing Commander Arena, a multiplayer Xbox 360 game
• Arena a gameplay mode for Team Fortress 2
• OpenArena, a multiplayer first-person shooter, free and opensource

In geography:

• Arena, Calabria, Italy
• Arena Po, Italy
• San Carlo all'Arena, Italy
• Arena, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Arena, California, United States
• Point Arena, California, United States
• Arena Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States
• Arena (town), Wisconsin, United States
  • Arena, Wisconsin, United States

In music:

• Arena (Duran Duran album), a live album by Duran Duran
• Arena (Asia album), an album by the band Asia
• Arena (Todd Rundgren album), an album by Todd Rundgren
• Arena (An Absurd Notion), a concert film by Duran Duran
• Arena (band), a British progressive rock band
• Arena rock, a form of rock music
• Arena, a song by Vnv nation
• Arena di Verona Festival, an opera festival in Verona, Italy

In sports:

• Arena football, a variety of gridiron football
  • Arena Football League, an American indoor football league

In television:

• Arena (G4 TV series), a G4 series about team competing in multiplayer video games
• Arena (pay television network), a German pay TV network
• Arena (TV network), an Australian cable channel
• "Arena" (TOS episode), an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
• Arena (TV series), a long running BBC British documentary television series
• The Arena (Singapore TV series), a debate-style television show produced in Singapore
• The Arena with Michael Coren, a Canadian current events show

People:

• Bruce Arena, American soccer coach
• Marie Arena, Belgian politician
• Romina Arena, Italian-American singer-songwriter
• Tina Arena (born 1967), Australian singer
• Walter Arena, Italian race walker

Other uses:

• Arena Active Protection System, a Russian active protection system for tanks
• Arena (magazine), a British style and entertainment magazine for men
• Arena Three (magazine), a British magazine for homosexual women published by the Minorities Research Group
• The Arena (periodical), progressive political monthly published in the late 19th and early 20th century, helmed by B.O. Flower
• Arena (software), simulation software
• Arena (swimwear), a brand of competitive swimwear
• Arena (web browser), a web browser developed by the W3C for testing support for HTML 3 and Cascading Style Sheets
• "Arena" (short story), a science fiction story by Fredric Brown
• Arena tram stop in the London Borough of Croydon
• Arena (UTA station) in Salt Lake City
• Countdown: Arena, a comic book series, published in 2007 by DC Comics
• Arena (Australian publishing co-operative)
• Arena Pharmaceuticals

ARENA may refer to:

• Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party of El Salvador
• National Renewal Alliance Party, a former party of Brazil
• Former name of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
• ARENA... of the Young Arts, a theatre festival in Erlangen, Germany
• Australian Renewable Energy Agency, an independent research and development oversight body announced on July 8, 2011.

See also

• Arenavirus
• Arena Solutions, a PLM (product lifecycle management) software company
• Arenas