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The following is a list of sports indoor arenas ordered by capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators the arena can accommodate for a sports event.

Currently all arenas with a capacity of 15,000 or more are included.

Domed and retractable-roof stadiums that host indoor events, such as the Carrier Dome are not included. In addition, only the capacity for indoor sports, such as basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, etc are included.

The list is divided into three sub-sections; current arenas, arenas under construction; and closed or arenas no longer used for sporting events.

Current arenas

#	Arena	Capacity	City	Country
1	Gwangmyeong Velodrome	30,000	Gwangmyeong	South Korea
2=	Indira Gandhi Arena	25,000	Delhi	India
2=	Coliseo Cubierto El Campín	25,000	Bogotá	Colombia
2=	Mineirinho	25,000	Belo Horizonte	Brazil
2=	Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex	25,000	Saint Petersburg	Russia
6=	Greensboro Coliseum	23,500	Greensboro	United States
6=	Rupp Arena	23,500	Lexington	United States
8	Araneta Coliseum	23,448	Quezon City	Philippines
9=	The O2 Arena	23,000	London	United Kingdom
9=	Belgrade Arena	23,000	Belgrade	Serbia
11	Marriott Center	22,700	Provo	United States
12	Scottrade Center	22,610	St. Louis	United States
13=	Saitama Super Arena	22,500	Saitama	Japan
13=	Sinan Erdem Dome	22,500	Istanbul	Turkey
15	Arena Zagreb	22,490	Zagreb	Croatia
16	The Palace of Auburn Hills	22,076	Auburn Hills	United States
17	Manchester Evening News Arena	22,000	Manchester	United Kingdom
18	Dean Smith Center	21,750	Chapel Hill	United States
19	United Center	21,711	Chicago	United States
20=	Ethias Arena	21,600	Hasselt	Belgium
20=	Wachovia Center	21,600	Philadelphia	United States
22	American Airlines Center	21,041	Dallas	United States
23	Bell Centre	21,273	Montreal	Canada
24=	Sportpaleis Merksem	21,000	Antwerp	Belgium
24=	Thompson-Boling Arena	21,000	Knoxville	United States
25	BankAtlantic Center	20,737	Sunrise	United States
26	Rose Garden	20,630	Portland	United States
27	Quicken Loans Arena	20,562	Cleveland	United States
28=	Target Center	20,500	Minneapolis	United States
28=	Scotiabank Place	20,500	Ottawa	Canada
28=	St. Pete Times Forum	20,500	Tampa	United States
31	Verizon Center	20,173	Washington, D.C.	United States
33	Joe Louis Arena	20,066	Detroit	United States
34	Izod Center	20,049	East Rutherford	United States
35=	Palacio de los Deportes	20,000	Mexico City	Mexico
35=	Palacio de los Deportes	20,000	Heredia	Costa Rica
35=	Ginásio Ibirapuera	20,000	São Paulo	Brazil
35=	The Covered Hall	20,000	Cairo	Egypt
35=	Pavilhão Atlântico	20,000	Lisbon	Portugal
35=	Coliseo Amauta	20,000	Lima	Peru
42	EnergySolutions Arena	19,991	Salt Lake City	United States
43	Air Canada Centre	19,800	Toronto	Canada
44	Madison Square Garden	19,763	New York City	United States
45	RBC Center	19,722	Raleigh	United States
46	American Airlines Arena	19,600	Miami	United States
47	Ford Center	19,599	Oklahoma City	United States
48	Oracle Arena	19,596	Oakland	United States
49=	Lanxess Arena	19,500	Cologne	Germany
49=	Kemper Arena	19,500	Kansas City	United States
49=	Nationwide Arena	19,500	Columbus	United States
52	Sommet Center	19,395	Nashville	United States
53	Pepsi Center	19,309	Denver	United States
54	Pengrowth Saddledome	19,289	Calgary	Canada
55=	Bud Walton Arena	19,200	Fayetteville	United States
55=	HSBC Arena	19,200	Buffalo	United States
55=	Jerome Schottenstein Center	19,200	Columbus	United States
58	General Motors Place	19,193	Vancouver	Canada
59	Time Warner Cable Arena	19,026	Charlotte	United States
60=	Earls Court Exhibition Centre	19,000	London	United Kingdom
60=	Beijing National Indoor Stadium	19,000	Beijing	China
60=	Bradley Center	19,000	Milwaukee	United States
62	Staples Center	18,997	Los Angeles	United States
63	Freedom Hall	18,865	Louisville	United States
64	Olympic Indoor Hall	18,800	Athens	Greece
65	AT&T Center	18,797	San Antonio	United States
66	Thomas & Mack Center	18,776	Las Vegas	United States
67	Philips Arena	18,729	Atlanta	United States
68	Bizkaia Arena	18,640	Barakaldo	Spain
69	TD Banknorth Garden	18,624	Boston	United States
70=	HP Pavilion at San Jose	18,500	San Jose	United States
70=	Sprint Center	18,500	Kansas City	United States
70=	Prudential Center	18,500	Newark	United States
73	US Airways Center	18,422	Phoenix	United States
74	Conseco Fieldhouse	18,345	Indianapolis	United States
75	Toyota Center	18,300	Houston	United States
76	Wachovia Spectrum	18,169	Philadelphia	United States
77	FedExForum	18,119	Memphis	United States
78	University Arena	18,118	Albuquerque	United States
79	Xcel Energy Center	18,064	Saint Paul	United States
80=	Wukesong Indoor Stadium	18,000	Beijing	China
80=	Shanghai Arena	18,000	Shanghai	China
80=	Coca-Cola Dome	18,000	Johannesburg	South Africa
80=	O2 Arena	18,000	Prague	Czech Republic
80=	Roberto Clemente Coliseum	18,000	San Juan	Puerto Rico
80=	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum	18,000	San Juan	Puerto Rico
80=	Coliseo El Pueblo	18,000	Cali	Colombia
80=	Verizon Arena	18,000	North Little Rock	United States
80=	Colonial Life Arena	18,000	Columbia	United States
89	Comcast Center	17,950	College Park	United States
90	BOK Center	17,839	Tulsa	United States
91	Jobing.com Arena	17,799	Glendale	United States
92	Birmingham Jefferson Convention Arena	17,654	Birmingham	United States
93	Honda Center	17,600	Anaheim	United States
94	Monterrey Arena	17,599	Monterrey	Mexico
95	Qwest Center Omaha	17,560	Omaha	United States
96	Mellon Arena	17,537	Pittsburgh	United States
97	Amway Arena	17,519	Orlando	United States
98	The Forum	17,505	Ingelwood	United States
99=	Allstate Arena	17,500	Rosemont	United States
99=	Times Union Center	17,500	Albany	United States
101	Acer Arena	17,471	Sydney	Australia
102	Assembly Hall	17,456	Bloomington	United States
103	Copps Coliseum	17,383	Hamilton	Canada
104	Capital Indoor Stadium	17,345	Beijing	China
105	ARCO Arena	17,317	Sacramento	United States
106	New Orleans Arena	17,188	New Orleans	United States
107	MGM Grand Garden Arena	17,157	Las Vegas	United States
108	Kohl Center	17,142	Madison	United States
109	KeyArena	17,098	Seattle	United States
110=	Beijing National Aquatics Center	17,000	Beijing	China
110=	Yokohama Arena	17,000	Yokohama	Japan
110=	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy	17,000	Paris	France
110=	Palau Sant Jordi	17,000	Barcelona	Spain
110=	U.S. Bank Arena	17,000	Cincinnati	United States
110=	O2 World	17,000	Berlin	Germany
116	Rexall Place	16,839	Edmonton	Canada
117	PostFinance Arena	16,789	Berne	Switzerland
118	Frank Erwin Center	16,755	Austin	United States
119	Assembly Hall	16,618	Champaign	United States
120	Nislon Nelson Gymnasium	16,600	Brasília	Brazil
121	Arena México	16,500	Mexico City	Mexico
122	Westfalenhalle	16,500	Dortmund	Germany
123	Allen Fieldhouse	16,300	Lawrence	United States
124	XL Center	16,294	Hartford	United States
125	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16,234	Uniondale	United States
126	Pacific Coliseum	16,281	Vancouver	Canada
127	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	16,161	Los Angeles	United States
128	Wells Fargo Arena	16,110	Des Moines	United States
129=	Putra Indoor Stadium	16,000	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
129=	Wiener Stadthalle	16,000	Vienna	Austria
129=	Coliseo General Rumiñahui	16,000	Quito	Ecuador
129=	Moscow Olympic Arena	16,000	Moscow	Russia
129=	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	16,000	Jacksonville	United States
133	Spaladium Arena	15,600	Split	Croatia
134	Save Mart Center at Fresno State	15,544	Fresno	United States
135=	Carver-Hawkeye Arena	15,500	Iowa City	United States
135=	Schleyerhalle	15,500	Stuttgart	Germany
137	Colisée Pepsi	15,399	Quebec City	Canada
138	Coleman Coliseum	15,316	Tuscaloosa	United States
139	Bryce Jordan Center	15,261	University Park	United States
140	Taipei Arena	15,082	Taipai	Taiwan
141	Mizzou Arena	15,061	Columbia	United States
142	Arena-Auditorium	15,028	Laramie	United States
143	United Spirit Arena	15,020	Lubbock	United States
144	MTS Centre	15,015	Winnipeg	Canada
145=	Sajik Arena	15,000	Busan	South Korea
145=	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	15,000	Seoul	South Korea
145=	Taoyuan Arena	15,000	Taoyuan	Taiwan
145=	Palacio Vistalegre	15,000	Madrid	Spain
145=	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid	15,000	Madrid	Spain
145=	HSBC Arena	15,000	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
145=	Arena Jaraguá	15,000	Jaraguá do Sul	Brazil
145=	Jon M. Huntsman Center	15,000	Salt Lake City	United States
145=	Vikingskipet Olympic Arena	15,000	Hamar	Norway
145=	PhilSports Arena	15,000	Pasig City	Philippines
145=	Venetian Arena	15,000	Macau	China
145=	Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena	15,000	Shanghai	China
145=	Kaohsiung Arena	15,000	Kaohsiung	Taiwan
145=	Goiânia Arena	15,000	Goiânia	Brazil
145=	Aspire Dome	15,000	Doha	Qatar
145=	Helliniko Olympic Arena	15,000	Ellinikon	Greece

Arenas under construction

Arena	Capacity	City	Country	Open
Louisville waterfront arena	22,500	Louisville	United States	2010
[[Mexico City Arena^[1]]]	22,000	Mexico City	Mexico	2011
Amway Center	20,000	Orlando	United States	2010
Consol Energy Center	19,000	Pittsburgh	United States	2010
New Shenzhen Arena	18,000	Shenzhen	China	2011
Kauno Arena	15,000	Kaunas	Lithuania	2010
Minsk-Arena	15,000	Minsk	Belarus	2009
Intrust Bank Arena	15,000	Wichita	United States	2010

Closed arenas

Arena	Capacity	City	Country	Closed
Charlotte Coliseum	24,042	Charlotte	United States	2007
Coliseum at Richfield	20,273	Richfield	United States	1999
Pyramid Arena	20,142	Memphis	United States	2004
St. Louis Arena	20,000	St. Louis	United States	1994
Capital Centre	18,756	Landover	United States	1997
Montreal Forum	18,575	Montreal	Canada	1996
Madison Square Garden	18,496	New York	United States	1968
Wachovia Spectrum	18,136	Philadelphia	United States	2009
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	18,000	Buffalo	United States	2009
Chicago Stadium	17,317	Chicago	United States	1995
Reunion Arena	17,293	Dallas	United States	2008
McNichols Sports Arena	17,171	Denver	United States	1999
Miami Arena	16,640	Miami	United States	2008
Market Square Arena	16,530	Indianapolis	United States	2001
Omni Coliseum	16,378	Atlanta	United States	1997
Maple Leaf Gardens	16,307	Toronto	Canada	2002
Compaq Center	16,285	Houston	United States	1998 (closed for sporting events)
HemisFair Arena	16,057	San Antonio	United States	1995
RiverCentre	16,000	St. Paul	United States	1998
Winnipeg Arena	15,565	Winnipeg	Canada	2006
Detroit Olympia	15,000	Detroit	United States	1987
Met Center	15,000	Bloomington	United States	1994

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