Gdynia Arena (known in Poland as Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa Gdynia and for sponsorship reasons as the Polsat Plus Arena Gdynia since August 2022) is an

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that is located in

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

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. It is the home of the professional

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club

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a professional football club based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Ekstraklasa after winning the 2024–25 I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The h ...

. The arena opened on December 22, 2008, and it has a seating capacity of 5,500 for

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games. The arena hosted the final draw of the

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. From 21 May 2021, the stadium is called Polsat Plus Arena Gdynia. The city's contract with the media and telecommunications companies

Polsat Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30% Polsat belongs to Grupa Polsat Plus ( WSE: CP ...

and

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was concluded for four years.

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