# Arena (disambiguation)

An arena is an enclosed area that showcases theatre, musical performances or sporting events.
Arena, ARENA, or the Arena may also refer to:

## Places and jurisdictions
### United States

* Point Arena, California
* Arena Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
* Arena, North Dakota
* Arena (town), Wisconsin
** Arena, Wisconsin, village within the town

### Other countries

* Arena, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Arena, Iran
* Arena, Calabria, Italy
* La Arena District, Peru
* San Juan de la Arena, Spain

## Stadiums and venues

* 2300 Arena, multipurpose sports venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Arena, Vienna, cultural centre
* The Arena, purpose-built arena in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
* The Arena (Ahmedabad) (EKA Arena), multi-purpose stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
* The Arena, Ottawa, former indoor ice hockey arena in Canada
* The Arena, Miami, home stadium of the NBA's Miami Heat
* Erste Bank Arena, indoor sports stadium in Vienna
* Generali Arena (Vienna), former name of football stadium Franz Horr Stadium
* HWS Arena, sports and music venue in Poznań, Poland
* Johan Cruyff Arena, home stadium of football club AFC Ajax in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
* Pula Arena, amphitheatre in Croatia
* St. Louis Arena, former indoor arena in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
* Verona Arena, a Roman amphitheatre in Verona, Italy
* Vienna Watersports Arena, artificial whitewater venue

## Arts and media
### Film

* Arena (1953 film), a 3-D Western starring Gig Young
* The Arena (1974 film), a gladiator B-movie starring Pam Grier
* Arena (1989 film), a science fiction film starring Paul Satterfield and Claudia Christian
* The Arena (2001 film), a direct-to-video remake of the 1974 film from producer Roger Corman
* Arena (2009 film), a Portuguese short film
* Arena (2011 film), an American film
* Arena (2013 film), a Russian film

### Gaming

* Arena Entertainment, a Mirrorsoft video game label
* ArenaNet, a computer game developer and part of NCsoft Corporation
* Quake III Arena, a multiplayer first-person shooter released on December 2, 1999
* The Elder Scrolls: Arena, the first game in The Elder Scrolls series, released in 1994
* Wing Commander Arena, a multiplayer Xbox 360 game
* Arena, a gameplay mode for Team Fortress 2
* OpenArena, a multiplayer, free, and open source first-person shooter
* Magic: The Gathering Arena, a video game adaptation of the Magic: The Gathering card game

### Music

* Arena (Duran Duran album), a 1984 live album by Duran Duran
* Arena (Asia album), a 1996 album by the band Asia
* Arena (Todd Rundgren album), a 2008 album by Todd Rundgren
* Arena (An Absurd Notion), a 1985 concert film by Duran Duran
* Arena (band), a British progressive rock band
* Arena rock, a form of rock music
* Arena di Verona Festival, an opera festival in Verona, Italy
* "The Arena", a 1966 song by Al Hirt

### Printed works

* "Arena" (short story), a 1944 science fiction story by Fredric Brown
* Countdown: Arena, a comic book series, published in 2007 by DC Comics
* Arena, a 2013 novel by Simon Scarrow and T.J. Andrews
* The Arena (novel), a 1962 suspense novel by William Haggard

### Periodicals

* Arena (magazine), a British style and entertainment magazine for men
* Arena (Swedish magazine), a Swedish magazine on culture and politics
* Arena Three, a British magazine for homosexual women published by the Minorities Research Group
* The Arena (magazine), a 1899–1909 American liberal literary and political magazine
* Arena (Australian publishing co-operative)
* L'Arena, Italian newspaper

### Television

* Arena (TV platform), a German pay TV network
* FOX Arena (TV network), an Australian cable channel
* "Arena" (Star Trek: The Original Series), a 1967 episode of Star Trek
* Arena (British TV series), a long-running BBC British documentary television series
* The Arena (TV series), a debate-style television show produced in Singapore
* Astro Arena (TV channel), Malaysian pay-TV channel
* Arena (miniseries), a 1976 Australian miniseries

## People
### Given name

* Arena Williams (born 1990), New Zealand politician

### Surname

* Anthony Arena, American soccer player
* Bruce Arena (born 1951), American soccer coach
* Chris Arena, American singer-songwriter and producer
* Danielle Laraque-Arena, American pediatrician, academician and administrator
* Felice Arena, Australian children's writer
* Gildo Arena (1921–2005), Italian water polo player and freestyle swimmer
* Jack Arena, American ice hockey coach
* James Arena-DeRosa, American politician
* John Arena, American politician
* Kelli Arena, American television journalist
* Kenny Arena, American soccer player
* Kiira Dosdall-Arena, American ice hockey player
* Lello Arena (born 1953), Italian actor
* Maria Arena Bell, American writer
* Marie Arena (born 1966), Belgian politician
* Maurizio Arena (1933–1979), Italian actor
* Romina Arena (born 1980), Italian-American singer-songwriter
* Sammy Arena, American music artist
* Tina Arena (born 1967), Australian singer
* Tony Arena, American football player
* Tony Arena, known as Anonymous Boy, American queer artist, writer, and filmmaker
* Walter Arena (born 1964), Italian race walker

## Computing

* Arena (software), simulation software
* Arena (web browser), a web browser developed by the W3C for testing support for HTML 3 and Cascading Style Sheets
* Arena allocation, a memory management technique that allows for efficient deallocation

## Sports

* Arena football, a variety of gridiron football
** Arena Football League, an American indoor football league
* Arena (swimwear), an Italian brand of competitive swimwear

## Acronyms

ARENA may refer to:
* Australian Renewable Energy Agency, a government agency
* National Renewal Alliance Party, a former political party of Brazil
* Nationalist Republican Alliance, a political party of El Salvador

## Other uses

* Arena (countermeasure), a Russian active protection system for tanks
* Arena Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company located in San Diego, California
* Arena station (UTA) in Salt Lake City
* Arena tram stop (Croydon) in the London Borough of Croydon
* Arena tram stop (Sheffield) on the Sheffield Supertram network in Sheffield, UK