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Elite Stadium
The new stadium in the Letnica neighbour-
hood of this Baltic city was classified as an
“Elite Stadium”. The original name was Bal-
tic Arena but, due to advertising sponsors-
hip by the utility Polska Grupa Energetycz-
na (PGE), the stadium’s name was changed
to PGE Arena Gdańsk.
The stadium was designed by the Rhode-
Kellermann-Wawrowsky team of architec-
ture from Düsseldorf (also responsible for
other installations such as Veltins Arena and
AWD Arena). The colour of its exterior, am-
ber, a resin traditionally found off the coast
of the Baltic Sea is one of the most salient
aspects. After the end of the Euro 2012, it
has become the stadium for the local team,
Gdansk. Seating 41,000 spectators, the
total investment for the construction of the
PGE Gdansk Arena was 623 million Zlotys
(approximately 150 million Euros).
Gdansk, key to everything
Soccer is not, however, the only thing for
tourists in Gdansk. Although at the begin-
ning of this 21st century Napoleon’s famous
phrase “Gdansk is the key to everything”
no longer applies, this city, home of the
mythical labour union, Solidarity, has many
places of interest to be able to enjoy this
coastal city. With a population of nearly half
a million inhabitants, it is the country’s major
harbour in the Baltic Sea.
The first thing that stands out is that the
birth city of Lech Walesa calls to mind one
of the popular advertising slogans of ma-
jor department stores: three for the price of
one”. This is because Gdansk is really three
cities in one. The Poles call the metropolitan
Gdansk,
the sixth most important
city in Poland
The Arena
Stadium has
41,000 seats for
spectators