Arena Market: Czechia

Prague’s 20,000-cap O2 arena, which opened in 2004, is by some distance the biggest arena in the country – and the city is also home to the 13,150-cap Sportovní hala Fortuna.

Czechia is relatively well served with arenas outside of the capital, including the 10,000-cap Enteria Arena in Pardubice and the 7,200-cap Winning Group Arena in Brno. Roberte Schaffer, CEO of the O2 arena, says the venue hosts around 100 events a year, with roughly 60% of them being music.

The rest of the bookings are made up of events like hockey, equestrian jumping, motocross, and relatively new developments in the shape of talk shows and podcasts.

He admits that the second half…