BTA Daugava Athletics Arena

BTA Daugava Athletics Arena is the new sports hub of  National Sports Centre of Latvia . The new athletics arena was commissioned at the end of 2023, and it was opened to everyone who wants to do sports from the beginning of January 2024. The multifunctional athletics arena is a highly anticipated project that provides the most modern training and competition conditions for professional athletes, and also creates conditions and opportunities to comprehensively develop children’s and youth sports, as well as meet the needs of Paralympic sport. The building’s multifunctionality also provides conditions for cultural events – concerts, exhibitions and various gatherings – as well as a meeting place for participants of the Latvian Song and Dance Festival.

The athletics arena is primarily intended for training and competitions in athletics disciplines; at other times – for team sports: volleyball, floorball, handball and futsal. The arena has spacious changing and rest rooms for athletes, coaches and referees, massage rooms, a sauna, first-aid and doping control rooms, rooms for competition organizers and sports equipment storage rooms. For spectators’ convenience, stands are provided, the layout of which can be changed depending on the type of event, with availability of more than 1,600 seats. Meanwhile, on the north side of the building there is a bobsleigh start ramp for training needs.

Services and offers

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Project funding

The athletics arena works are being carried out within the framework of the European Union fund project implemented by LLC  "National Sports Centre of Latvia" Creation of a culture and sports quarter in the Grīziņkalns neighbourhood” (ID No. 5.6.1.0/17/I/001). The total project funding is  73 725 362.08 EUR, incl. ERDF funding  39 010 148.30 EUR, state budget funding  5 389 664.82  EUR, municipal funding 1 495 957.78 EUR and other funding.


Exercise regularly and affordably

BTA Daugava Athletics Arena offers a modern environment for sports training, with the option to purchase visits for individual training sessions and subscriptions for regular exercise electronically. A convenient solution for an active lifestyle – come in, choose, and train! Special prices for school pupils, students, seniors, persons with disabilities, and holders of the Family 3+ card.


Move, move, so you can feel good! 

LNSC and BTA Latvia partnership – the active lifestyle campaign "Move, move, so you can feel good!" – creates organic synergy, making sports environments accessible to everyone and promoting the formation of long-term habits for a healthier everyday life.

Sports

The athletics arena includes an area for training throwing disciplines (shot put, discus, hammer and javelin) with a safety net, a 200 m oval running track with bends and 4 lanes, a 60 m sprint area with 8 lanes, 2 long jump pits with run-up lanes, as well as a lane with high jump equipment. 

By laying the special floor covering, the arena can also host team sports games – volleyball, floorball, handball and futsal. A bobsleigh start ramp has also been built in the arena for the training needs of professional athletes. 

Culture

In the multifunctional athletics arena, the number of spectator seats is up to 500, with the option to install telescopic stands for events to increase seating capacity to 1,660 spectators. The arena’s premises are mainly intended for training in various sports, as well as for commercial spaces. The arena also offers the possibility to organize various cultural events, such as exhibitions, and to use the premises during the Song and Dance Festival as a gathering place for festival participants.

Accessibility

The athletics arena was built with accessibility solutions for people with special needs – both athletes and visitors with mobility, visual or hearing impairments.

Covered parking spaces have been built near the service entrance. For people with mobility impairments, each floor of the building can be freely reached by a passenger elevator located in the main stairwell. The elevator control panel both outside the elevator and inside the cabin is provided in Braille or tactile form, as well as with audio information. Wheelchair spectators can be accommodated in the front area of the retractable stands, as well as on the balcony, where special seats are provided. The arena also has changing rooms adapted for athletes and visitors with special needs.

Services

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"BTA Daugava Athletics Arena" internal rules here >> 

Starting from January 2, 2025, BTA Daugava Athletics Arena cash transactions will not be accepted.
We invite you to purchase services on the website bookla.com and  pay for services on-site with a valid payment card.

Opening hours

Mon–Fri: 07.00-22.00
Sat:  08.00-22.00
Sun: 10.00-20.00


Calendar

During competitions and other closed events at "BTA Daugava Athletics Arena", service availability may be limited - see the competition and event calendar. 

Contacts

Augšiela 1, Riga, LV-1009, Latvia

Tel.: +371 24420677
E-mail: [email protected]

Arena building and architecture

The new arena was designed and built as a free-standing three-storey building. On the north facade, at the level of the 2nd floor, the building is connected to the bobsleigh start training ramp. Dynamic elements are used in the building’s architecture, with expressive canopies on the end facades. The volume projection toward the driveway into the territory is emphasized by the northwestern supports – a canopy that simultaneously forms an awning over the main entrance. Meanwhile, a large glazed area has been created on the western facade of the building, because this part of the building houses all the main arena service areas – athletes’ recreation, massage, first aid, etc.

On the arena’s southern facade facing A. Deglava Street, an accent was designed by depicting a stylized cardiogram – a dynamic heartbeat line that symbolizes sporting energy and strength, and also associatively resembles the silhouette of Riga’s skyline.

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