Sports Park Stožice

Sports Park Stožice, 2010

The Sports Park Stožice is the largest commercial entertainment venue in Slovenia, designed by Sadar-Vuga Arhitekti and built in 2010. The complex on the outskirts of Ljubljana comprises Stožice Stadium and Arena Stožice hall as well as a shopping centre. Upon completion of the surrounding park, designed by Studio AKKA, there will also be a children's playground, a skateboarding and inline skating park, jogging and biking tracks, and ski running tracks in the winter. The Sports Park Stožice is managed by the Tivoli Public Institute.

The Arena Stožice multi-purpose hall can host 12,480 sports fans or 14,480 visitors for concerts or other performing arts events. The Stožice Stadium, however, can hold 16,038 spectators for sports events and 23,000 for music concerts.

The first concerts in the Arena Stožice were given by José Carreras, Leonard Cohen, Joe Cocker, and Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra. For 2011 Zucchero, The Chemical Brothers, and Sting have been announced. The first music event at the Stadium Stožice will be performed by Siddharta in June 2011.