Žalgiris Arena
| Address | Karaliaus Mindaugo pr. 50 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Coordinates | 54°53′25″N 23°54′52″E / 54.89028°N 23.91444°E |
| Owner | Kaunas City Municipality |
| Capacity | Variable
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| Record attendance | 20,517 (December 5, 2015) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 26 September 2008 |
| Opened | 18 August 2011 |
| Expanded | 2022 (swimming venue) |
| Construction cost | €50 million |
| Architect | Eugenijus Miliūnas |
| Main contractors | Vėtrūna |
| Tenants | |
| Žalgiris Kaunas (LKL, Euroleague) (2011–present) | |
| Website | |
| zalgirioarena | |
Žalgirio Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The arena is located on an island of the Nemunas River and is the largest indoor arena in the Baltics. The arena's maximum possible seating capacity for basketball games is 15,415, and 20,000 spectators for concerts (when the stage is in the middle, and 17,000 when stage is in the side of the arena). The Žalgiris Arena replaced the Kaunas Sports Hall as a major venue in the city.
The Žalgiris Arena hosts basketball and other sports matches, concerts, fairs, exhibitions, and various other events. The arena's namesake basketball club BC Žalgiris, which currently competes in the domestic LKL and the EuroLeague, uses the facility for all of its European and LKL home fixtures. BC Žalgiris and Žalgiris Arena has had the highest average attendance in the Euroleague in 2011–12, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21.
Žalgirio Arena belongs to Žalgiris Group, which operates the largest Darius and Girėnas Stadium in the Baltic States and the Kaunas Sports Hall.