Technical Facts
- Lower tier fixed seated capacity – 10,762
- Upper tier fixed seated capacity – 8,870
- Large theatre setup – 7,600
- Small theatre setup – 3,500
- Ice hockey and gymnastics – up to 17,643
- FINA Swimming championships 2008 – 17,250
- Basketball – up to 20,500
- Boxing – up to 21,000
- Side stage – up to 11,150 (fully seated)
- Conventional end-stage concerts – 13,500–15,800 (fully seated)
- Conventional end-stage concerts – up to 19,350 (floor standing)
- In the round concerts – up to 20,400 (fully seated)
- In the round concerts – up to 21,000 (floor standing)
- 30 hospitality business suites (seats up to 12 guests)
- 8 top floor suites known as 'The White house' (each seats between 6 and 15 guests—located in the white sports commentators boxes when not in use)
- 4 party suites (seats up to 25 guests)
- The arena claimed to have the world's largest indoor video scoreboard when it opened in 1995. The videowall has been deactivated, but remains in situ mounted in the roof. It has been replaced with an LED Ribbonboard mounted on the video scoreboard's exterior.
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