Lapland Hotels Arena opens in Tampere in December 2021

Press release | Wed Aug 26 10:00:00 2020

Lapland Hotels opens its 19th hotel and fifth city hotel in Tampere. Lapland Hotels Arena focuses not only on hotel services but also on providing event and meeting services in connection with the UROS LIVE Arena of 15,000 seats. Lapland Hotels Arena’s speciality is the Arena View rooms from which the events of the UROS LIVE Arena can be enjoyed from the room’s own balcony. With the new hotel, Lapland Hotels operates two hotels in Tampere.

Built in connection with Finland's largest event arena, Lapland Hotels Arena will offer a unique combination of event and meeting services and Lapland Hotels' modern Lappish experience. Located in the heart of Tampere, Lapland Hotels Arena specialises in 14 Arena View rooms where you can experience the events of the UROS LIVE Arena happening right on the balcony of your room. There are two types of rooms with a view: hotel rooms and meeting rooms.

“The construction project that rises above the railway station in the heart of Tampere will significantly increase the city's attractiveness as a venue for events and experiences. Together with the UROS LIVE Arena, we will offer a completely unique and experience-based setting for both meetings and events – with the unique Northern atmosphere. For example, our guests can watch the Ice Hockey World Championships 2022 played in the UROS LIVE Arena directly from the Arena View rooms," says Ari Vuorentausta, the CEO of Lapland Hotels.

"We are proud to be part of this unique experience together with leading partners in their field, such as NoHo, Veikkaus and Lippu.fi. I believe that together we will build something that has never been seen before in the Finnish event and conference sectors," says Pertti Yliniemi, the owner of Lapland Hotels.

The Lapland Hotels Arena with 273 hotel rooms will open in December 2021. The hotel will be located on floors 4–12 of the UROS LIVE Arena.

Lapland Hotels Arena in a nutshell

• A total of 273 hotel rooms
• Arena View rooms with a view over the UROS LIVE Arena. There are two types of rooms with a view: hotel rooms and rooms suitable for meetings and conferences.
• Four meeting and banquet rooms that can cater for various events of up to 300 guests
• Restaurant and bar for over 250 people
• The 19th hotel in the Lapland Hotels chain and its second hotel in Tampere
• Opening in December 2021

Additional information:
Ari Vuorentausta
CEO, Lapland Hotels
ari.vuorentausta@laplandhotels.com
tel. +358 (0)40 0419896

Lapland Hotels is Finland’s largest private hotel chain with 18 hotels, 2,300 rooms and apartments as well as 9,800 restaurant seats around Finland: Ylläs, Levi, Saariselkä, Rovaniemi, Olos, Luosto, Kilpisjärvi, Pallas, Hetta, Helsinki, Tampere, Oulu and Kuopio. In addition, the hotel chain has ski centre operations in Ylläs, Luosto, Olos, Pallas and Rovaniemi. The group also includes the largest event service company in the Nordic countries: Lapland Safaris.
www.laplandhotels.com

UROS LIVE Arena is the first downtown experience arena in Europe. Lapland Hotels, NoHo Partners, Hartwall, RedBull, Löfbergs, Froneri Finland, Lippu.fi, Veikkaus and Altia are responsible for the sports, entertainment and congress services of the UROS LIVE Arena. The top league ice hockey teams Tappara and Ilves will play their home game in the UROS LIVE Arena. The total capacity of the experience arena completed in December 2021 is more than 15,000 seats. The UROS LIVE Arena is owned by LähiTapiola, OP, Ilmarinen, SRV and the City of Tampere.