Espoo Metro Areena

Espoo Metro Areena

Exterior in August 2009
Former names	LänsiAuto Areena (1999–2009) Barona Areena (2009–2015)
Address	Urheilupuistontie 3, 02120 Espoo
Location	Espoo, Finland
Coordinates	60°10′40″N 24°47′09″E / 60.17778°N 24.78583°E / 60.17778; 24.78583
Public transit	M1  Urheilupuisto metro station
Owner	Tapiolan Monitoimiareena Oy
Capacity	6,982 (ice hockey) 8,000 (concerts)
Construction
Opened	January 1999 (1999-01)
Expanded	2015
Architect	Matti Savolainen Oy
Tenants
Espoo Blues (ice hockey) (1999–2016) Espoo United (basketball) (2016–18) Espoo United (ice hockey) (2016–18) Finland men's national basketball team (2018–present) Kiekko-Espoo (ice hockey) (2019–present)

Espoo Metro Areena (known from 1999 to January 2009 as LänsiAuto Areena, and from 2009 to October 2015 as Barona Areena) is an arena in the Tapiola District of Espoo, Finland. The arena is sponsored by Hesburger, Finland's largest fast food hamburger chain and is part of the Tapiolan Urheilupuisto (Tapiola Sports Park). It was inaugurated in 1999 and holds 6,982 people for ice-hockey games or up to 8,000 for concerts.^[1]