Mediolanum Forum

Mediolanum Forum
Tenants

Full name	Mediolanum Forum di Assago
Former names	Forum di Assago (1990-1997) FilaForum di Assago (1997-2006) DatchForum di Assago (2006-08)
Location	Via Giuseppe di Vittorio 6 Assago (MI), Italy
Coordinates	45°24′4″N 9°8′32″E / 45.40111°N 9.14222°E / 45.40111; 9.14222Coordinates: 45°24′4″N 9°8′32″E / 45.40111°N 9.14222°E / 45.40111; 9.14222
Owner	ForumNet S.p.A
Capacity	Basketball: 12,700^[1]
Surface	40,000 m²
Opened	1990
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (1990-present)

The Mediolanum Forum (formerly known as FilaForum di Assago, DatchForum di Assago and Forum di Assago) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, near Milan, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,700^[2] and is primarily used for ice hockey, basketball, tennis & live concerts. The venue is the home ground of the Italian League professional basketball team EA7 Emporio Armani Milano.The Forum received the European Prize for Architecture for sports venues awarded by CONI and the Council of Europe. It is also one of two facilities in Italy, along with Palalottomatica in Rome, to be part of the European Arenas Association network.^[3] In January 2009, the arena changed its name to the current name of Mediolanum Forum, replacing the old name of Datch Forum.^[4]

Entertainment events

Entertainment events at Mediolanum Forum
Date	Artists	Events
1996
November 13	Pearl Jam	No Code Tour
2000
June 13	Madonna	Drowned World Tour
June 14
June 15
June 22	Pearl Jam	Binaural Tour
October 24	Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again Tour
2002
June 18	Kylie Minogue	KylieFever2002
November 18	Coldplay	A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour
2004
May 19	Britney Spears	The Onyx Hotel Tour
October 16	Avril Lavigne	Bonez Tour
2005
November 14	Coldplay	Twisted Logic Tour
2006
September 17	Pearl Jam	2006 World Tour
December 4	Muse	Black Holes and Revelations Tour
2007
May 10	Beyoncé	The Beyonce Experience
2008
March 29	Alicia Keys	As I Am Tour
June 13	Avril Lavigne	The Best Damn World Tour
September 30	Coldplay	Viva la Vida Tour
2010
December 4	Lady Gaga	The Monster Ball Tour
December 5	Lady Gaga	The Monster Ball Tour
2011
March 11	Kylie Minogue	Aphrodite World Tour
September 11	Avril Lavigne	The Blackstar Tour
December 11	Rihanna	Loud Tour
2012
May 7	LMFAO	Sorry for Party Rocking Tour
October 2	Lady Gaga	Born This Way Ball
October 2	Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour
2013
February 23	Cirque de Soleil	Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour^[5]
February 24	Cirque de Soleil	Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour^[5]
May 18	Beyoncé	The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour
May 20	One Direction	Take Me Home Tour
October 29	Nickelback	Here and Now Tour^[6]
2014
June 8	Miley Cyrus	Bangerz World Tour
November 4	Lady Gaga	ArtRave: The Artpop Ball
November 17	OneRepublic	Native Tour^[7]^[8]
2015
January 25	Ed Sheeran	x Tour
February 13	Lionel Richie	All the Hits, All Night Long
February 21	Katy Perry	Prismatic World Tour^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
May 9	5 Seconds of Summer	Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour^[14]^[15]^[16]
May 25	Ariana Grande	The Honeymoon Tour
2016
February 1	Ellie Goulding	Delirium World Tour^[17]
May 14	Muse	Drones World Tour^[18]
May 15
May 17
May 18
May 20
May 21
November 7	Twenty One Pilots	Emotional Roadshow World Tour^[19]
2017
February 21	Avenged Sevenfold
May 6	Shawn Mendes	Illuminate World Tour
June 15	Bruno Mars	24K Magic World Tour^[20]

Sports

The arena hosted the 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, the 2003 IIHF Continental Cup Superfinal of ice hockey (Together with Lugano's Pista Resega), the WWE RAW and SmackDown! in 2007, and the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Since 2011, the Forum has also been home to La Grande Sfida, the annual tennis exhibition event played every Christmas. The arena also hosted the 2014 edition of the Euroleague Final Four ^[21]

Gallery

2014 Euroleague Final Four, staging
2014 Euroleague Final Four, staging
2014 Euroleague Final Four, staging
2014 Euroleague Final Four, staging
2014 Euroleague Final Four, the Final match

References

↑ CHI SIAMO (Italian).
↑ CHI SIAMO (Italian).
↑ MediolanumForumn.it Chi Siamo (Italian).
↑ Numeroventi.com Il Datchforum cambia nome, nasce il MEDIOLANUM FORUM (Italian).
↑ "Milano: Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour dal 23 al 24 Febbraio Mediolanum Forum di Assago". nicedie.it. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
↑ "Ci sono tutte le hit nella scaletta dei Nickelback a Milano". Jacopo Casati. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
↑ Odelli, Elena (2014-11-18). "Gli One Republic si scaldano solo a fine serata. A Milano concerto a due velocità". On Stage. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "One Republic conquistano Milano con un concerto di classe e rock". TGCOM24. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "Prismatic World Tour - European tour dates announced!". katyperry.com. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ Gagliardi, Claudia (2015-02-22). "Katy Perry vola su Milano col Prismatic Tour: video dal concerto al Mediolanum Forum". Opti Magazine. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "Katy Perry, foto report al Mediolanum Forum di Assago, Milano – 21 febbraio 2015". Jay Mag. 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "Le canzoni che Katy Perry ha cantato a Milano". On Stage. 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "Le foto del maestoso show di Katy Perry a Milano". On Stage. 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "5 Seconds of Summer announce 2015 "Rock Out with Your Socks Out" UK & European Tour". SuprTickets. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "Biglietti concerto 5 Seconds Of Summer a Torino e Milano Maggio 2015". Team World. 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "5 Seconds Of Summer: concerto a Torino, 8 maggio 2015 – foto". Cube Magazine. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
↑ "Lo show di Ellie Goulding colora Milano". Laura Ritagliati. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
↑ "Muse Milano 2016 biglietti: polemica per il sold out; ticket ancora disponibili". daringtodo.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
↑ "twenty one pilots announce world tour dates". .altpress.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
↑ Ascione, Arianna (2016-11-17). "Bruno Mars tour 2017, appuntamento a Bologna e Milano: date e biglietti". Milano Weekend. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
↑ Euroleague.net Milan, Italy to host 2014 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four. and, in the same year, the finals of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.

External links

Mediolanum Forum Official Site (Italian)

Preceded by Olympiahalle Munich	Ice Hockey World Championships Final Venue 1994	Succeeded by Globe Arena Stockholm
Preceded by Scandinavium Gothenburg	Davis Cup Final Venue 1998	Succeeded by Acropolis Exhibition Hall Nice
Preceded by Ahoy Rotterdam	MTV Europe Music Awards Venue 1998	Succeeded by Point Depot Dublin
Preceded by The O2 Arena London	Euroleague Final Four Venue 2014	Succeeded by Palacio de los Deportes Madrid
Preceded by The Hydro Glasgow	MTV Europe Music Awards Venue 2015	Succeeded by Ahoy Rotterdam Rotterdam

European Arenas Association members

Ahoy Rotterdam (Rotterdam)
Arena Riga (Riga)
Arena Zagreb (Zagreb)
Budapest Sports Arena (Budapest)
Ericsson Globe (Stockholm)
Főnix Hall (Debrecen)
Forest National (Brussels)
Genting Arena (Birmingham)
Hallenstadion (Zurich)
Hartwall Areena (Helsinki)
Kombank Arena (Belgrade)
Malmö Arena (Malmö)
Mediolanum Forum (Milan)
O2 Arena (Prague)
Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin)
O2 World (Hamburg)
Odyssey (Belfast)
Olympiahalle (Munich)
Palacio Vistalegre (Madrid)
AccorHotels Arena (Paris)
PalaLottomatica (Rome)
Palau Sant Jordi (Barcelona)
MEO Arena (Lisbon)
Saku Suurhall (Tallinn)
Scandinavium (Gothenburg)
The SSE Hydro (Glasgow)
Siemens Arena (Vilnius)
St. Jakobshalle (Basel)
The O2 Arena (London)
Wembley Arena (London)
Wiener Stadthalle (Vienna)

Music venues in Italy

Rome	Parco della Musica Teatro dell'Opera di Roma PalaLottomatica Casa del jazz Circolo degli Artisti Villa Ada CSOA Forte Prenestino Traffic INIT

Milan	La Scala Teatro degli Arcimboldi Mediolanum Forum Teatro Dal Verme Alcatraz C.S. Leoncavallo Magazzini Generali Musicdrome Teatro Franco Parenti Lime Light

Naples	Teatro di San Carlo Palapartenope Casa della Musica Teatro Acacia Teatro Cilea Arenile Reload Officina 99

Turin	Teatro Regio Teatro Carignano Torino Palasport Olimpico Torino Palavela Teatro Colosseo Hiroshima Mon Amour Spazio 211

Palermo	Teatro Massimo Teatro Politeama Teatro Biondo Teatro di Verdura Teatro Garibaldi Teatro Nuovo Montevergini Teatro Santa Cecilia

Bologna	Unipol Arena Teatro Comunale Teatro Auditorium Manzoni Estragon Club Covo Club Zona Roveri Land Rover Arena

Other cities	Cesena: Carisport, Vidia Club Cremona: Midian Florence: Viper Theatre Genoa: Teatro Carlo Felice Mantua: Teatro Bibiena Mezzago: Bloom Parma: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Teatro Regio Pozzuoli: Duel Beat Rieti: Teatro Flavio Vespasiano Rimini: Velvet Roncade: New Age Venice: La Fenice Verona: Verona Arena

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