Bangkok Arena (, ), formerly named Bangkok Futsal Arena (), is an indoor sporting arena, located in

Nong Chok District Nong Chok (, ) is one of the Districts of Bangkok, 50 districts (''khet'') of Bangkok, Thailand. It is bounded by other districts (from north clockwise): Amphoe Lam Luk Ka of Pathum Thani province, Amphoe Bang Nam Priao and Amphoe Mueang Chachoeng ...

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. The capacity of the arena is 12,000 spectators and the construction of the arena was scheduled to be finished in 2012 for the

2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup The 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the seventh FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It took place from 1 to 18 November 2012 in Thailand ...

but construction did not finish in time because of 2011 Thailand floods. The Arena was finally opened in 2015, in time for the 2015 AFF Futsal Championship. Expected uses include

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futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

and

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History

International Federation of Association Football resolved Thailand to host

on 18 March 2010 which the Ministry of Tourism and Sports is responsible for the overall. Later in August of the same year

Football Association of Thailand The Football Association of Thailand, under the Patronage of His Majesty the King (), or FA Thailand (FAT) for short, is the governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer in Thailand. It was founded on 25 April 1916. The associ ...

propose alternatives to the main course used for competition to meet the conditions set by FIFA that audience capacity 10,000-15,000 people to the Abhisit Government in three forms are construction of a new stadium by choosing from two areas including the land of the State Railway of Thailand and land at the Bangkok Civil Service Training Center in Nong Chok District another is renovation of

Indoor Stadium Huamark Indoor Stadium Huamark (, , ) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena, located in Hua Mak Subdistrict, Bang Kapi District, Bang Kapi, Bangkok, Thailand. It is next to Rajamangala National Stadium and is a part of Hua Mak Sports Complex. The orig ...

and

Nimibutr Stadium Nimibutr Stadium (sometimes referred to as Nimibutr Gymnasium) is an indoor sports arena located in Bangkok, Thailand. The capacity of the arena is 5,600 spectators. It was built in 1963 and is part of the National Stadium complex. It is used f ...

with the conclusion that To use the Bangkok Civil Service Training Center is the construction site. In May 2011, the Abhisit Government approved the budget for the construction of this stadium amounting to 1,239 million baht in which Bangkok has assigned King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi is the designer including studying the use of field areas and signed the contract to EMC Public Company Limited on 13 January 2012 with Bangkok Governor

Sukhumbhand Paribatra Mom Rajawongse Sukhumbhand Paribatra (; , ; born 22 September 1953) is a Thai politician belonging to the Democrat Party. From 2009 to 2016 he was the Governor of Bangkok. He was removed from the post in October 2016 by Prime Minister Prayu ...

informing FIFA requires that this stadium be named Bangkok Futsal Arena. Subsequently,

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is the local government of Bangkok, which includes the capital of Thailand. The government is composed of two branches: the executive (or the Governor of Bangkok) and the legislative (or Bangkok Metro ...

organized an event to officially open the field on 11 November 2012 while changing the name to Bangkok Arena.

Arena details

The stadium is an indoor stadium style designed to be versatile To be able to apply the field in other activities. Later, the stadium is 116 meters wide, 132 meters long, 5-level amphitheater, 25 meters high (roof 34 meters high) with a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The building has a size of 10 rai, with a total usable area of approximately 30,000 square meters. Structural design of the field Using a steel cable rod length of 132 meters to pull the steel roof frame. Weighing about 3,000 tons. Architectural features was the

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s are the beginning of architectural concepts with the pillars and roof framing of

Kranok pattern Kranok pattern (, ) is a Thai motif pattern. It appears in many Thai artworks such as Tripiṭaka cabinets, the doors of Thai temples, and coffins. According to the Royal Institute Dictionary in 1982, Kranok refers to a pattern of lines. However, ...

by combining the patterns of the blossoms.

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Arena information

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