Arena Pruszków

Velodrome in Pruszków, Poland

This article is about the velodrome. For other uses, see BGZ (disambiguation).

Arena Pruszków

The track during the 2008 European Track Championships

Full name| BGŻ BNP Paribas Arena
Location| Pruszków, Poland
Coordinates| 52°9′49″N 20°49′19″E﻿ / ﻿52.16361°N 20.82194°E﻿ / 52.16361; 20.82194
Owner| Polish Cycling Federation
Operator| Arena Pruszków Sp. z.o.o.
Capacity| 1800
Field size| 250m track length
Surface| Siberian pine
Construction
Broke ground| 2003
Built| 2003-2008
Opened| 2008
Architect| Wojciech Zabłocki
Main contractors| Mostostal Puławy
Tenants
Poland national track cycling teams

The Arena Pruszków, known until 2017 as BGŻ BNP Paribas Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a velodrome in Pruszków, Poland. Opened in 2008 as Poland's first indoor velodrome, it hosted the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It also hosted the 2008 European Track Championships at under-23 and junior level and the 2010 European Track Championships at elite level.

The track is 250 metres (820 ft) long and made of Siberian Pine. It has seats for 1800 people with the capacity to install 1500 more seats. The BGŻ Arena is also home of the Polish Cycling Federation.

## See also[edit]

* List of cycling tracks and velodromes

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Official website

Preceded by

Manchester Velodrome
Manchester

|  UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue
2009 | Succeeded by

Ballerup Super Arena
Ballerup, Copenhagen

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Preceded by

Omnisport Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn

|  UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue
2019 | Succeeded by

Velodrom
Berlin

Preceded by

Inaugural championships

|  European Track Championships (Elite)
Venue
2010 | Succeeded by

Omnisport Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn

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