Arena Market: Kuwait

Prior to this year’s upheavals, the 5-6,000-cap Arena Kuwait, which opened in 2022, was at a peak in terms of the volume of tickets sold and the diversity and quantity of events staged.

Owned by local property developer Tamdeen Group and situated in Kuwait City’s 360 Kuwait development – alongside a shopping centre, a five-star hotel, and a Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy – the arena has put Kuwait on the circuit of small-to-medium-sized regional venues.

Typically, its calendar has been dominated by artists from across the Middle East, including major Arabic talent such as Amr Diab, Tamer Hosny, and Mutref Al-Mutref. But Akon played a first concert at the arena in November 2025, and Kuwait…