Helsinki Ice Hall

Helsinki Ice Hall (Finnish: Helsingin jäähalli, Swedish: Helsingfors ishall), colloquially called Nordis, is an indoor arena located in the Taka-Töölö neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. The arena has a seating capacity of 8,200.

Helsinki Ice Hall

Helsingin jäähalli (Finnish) Helsingfors ishall (Swedish)
Nordis, Petoluola
Exterior of Helsinki Ice Hall in May 2022
Address	Nordenskiöldinkatu 11–13
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Coordinates	60°11′21″N 24°55′20″E
Owner	Jääkenttäsäätiö Ry
Capacity	8,200
Construction
Opened	1 October 1966
Architect	Jaakko Kontio, Kauko Räike
Tenants
HIFK (1966–present) Jokerit (1967–1997, 2023–)

History

HIFK (red) and Tappara (white) line up on the ice after a game at Helsinki Ice Hall during the 2005–06 SM-liiga season.

Helsinki Ice Hall has been the home of HIFK of the Liiga since its construction in 1966. The arena has also served as the home of Jokerit, first from 1967 until the team moved to Helsinki Halli (previously Hartwall Arena) in 1997, and again for some of their home games beginning in 2023.^[1]

Helsinki Ice Hall used to be the main venue for the majority of important ice sports events and indoor arena concerts held in Finland but, after the constructions of Gatorade Center in 1990, Hartwall Arena in 1997, and Tampere Deck Arena in 2021, many of the largest events now take place in the newer arenas. Nevertheless, the arena remains an active venue for concerts, conferences, expos and sports events.

The arena hosted some games of the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.^[2]

The Group A games of the 2022 IIHF World Championship were moved from Helsinki Halli to Helsinki Ice Hall, due to some of the owners of Helsinki Halli being covered by International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) sanctions established following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3]

Names and nicknames

Helsinki Ice Hall is nicknamed Nordis in reference to its address on Nordenskiöldinkatu. Another nickname for the arena is Petoluola, Finnish for 'The Beast Cave,' which refers to its role as HIFK's home arena – the secondary logo of HIFK is a red panther. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association occasionally uses Töölö, the neighborhood in which the venue is located, as a shorthand to refer to the arena itself.^[4]

Events

• Tina Turner (1985, 1990)
• Frank Zappa (1988)
• 9A super group (2006)
• Heaven and Hell (2007, 2009)
• Avril Lavigne (2005, 2008)
• Van Halen (1998)
• Mötley Crüe (1989, 2007)
• Avenged Sevenfold (2010)
• Judas Priest (1986, 1991, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2022)
• Megadeth (2008, 2011)
• Metallica (1988, 1992, 1996)
• Scorpions (1989, 1991, 2004)
• Deep Purple (1993, 2009)
• Dream Theater (2005, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014)
• Opeth (2009, 2011)
• Pain of Salvation (2011)
• Frank Sinatra (1989)
• Whitesnake (2011, 2022)
• Sex Pistols (2008)
• Snoop Dogg (2008)
• The Prodigy (2009)
• Kelly Clarkson (2008)
• Yes (2004)
• Paramore (2009)
• 50 Cent (2010)
• Bullet for My Valentine (2010)
• Taste of Chaos 2009 (Performers: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Every Time I Die, Killswitch Engage and In Flames)
• Disturbed (2008)
• Tokio Hotel (2010)
• Thirty Seconds to Mars (2008)
• ZZ Top
• Muse (2007)
• Motörhead (1981, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009)
• KISS (1983, 1988, 2022)
• Dire Straits (1985)
• The Who (1967)
• Rammstein (2001)
• Stevie Wonder (1984)
• The Beach Boys (2006)
• Slayer (2006, 2018)
• The Knockouts and Brian Setzer on the Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot tour (2011)
• Guns N' Roses (1991)
• Erasure (1992)
• Finale of Idols (2007, 2008)
• Finale of X Factor (2010)
• Jeff Dunham (2009)
• WWE, House show (WrestleMania Revenge Tour/Raw in 2009 and SmackDown in 2019)
• Mr. Olympia (1992)
• Santana
• Tori Amos (2011)
• AC/DC (1986, 1988, 1991, 1996)
• Iron Maiden (1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999)
• Bon Jovi (1986, 1988, 1989, 1993)
• Sunrise Avenue (2015, 2016)
• Twenty One Pilots (2016, 2019)
• Bring Me the Horizon (2016)
• The 1975 (2017)
• Slipknot (2004, 2008, 2015)
• Marilyn Manson (2001, 2007, 2017)
• Halsey (2020)
• Dreamcatcher (group) (2023)
• Lorna Shore (2023)
• Marcus & Martinus (2024)
• P1Harmony (2025)
• Taemin (2025)

See also

• List of indoor arenas in Finland
• List of indoor arenas in Nordic countries