Forum di Milano

Forum di Milano (formerly the FilaForum, DatchForum and Mediolanum Forum) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, Italy.^[1] The arena has a seating capacity of 15,800^[2] and is primarily used for basketball, ice hockey, tennis and live concerts.

Forum di Milano

Full name	Forum di Milano
Former names	Forum di Assago (1990–93) FilaForum (1993–2006) DatchForum (2006–08) Mediolanum Forum (2009–24)
Address	Via Giuseppe di Vittorio 6 20090 Assago, MI, Italy
Location	Grande Milano
Coordinates	45°24′4″N 9°8′32″E / 45.40111°N 9.14222°E / 45.40111; 9.14222
Owner	ForumNet Group
Capacity	15,800
Construction
Broke ground	1988
Opened	26 October 1990
Renovated	2014, 2017
Architect	Giuseppe and Luca Cabassi
Main contractors	Cabassi Group
Tenants
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano (LBA) (1990–present)
Website
Venue Website

The venue is the home ground of the EuroLeague and Italian Serie A professional basketball team AX Armani Exchange Milan. In January 2009, the arena changed its name to Mediolanum Forum, replacing the old name of DatchForum.^[3]

History

 

The central arena during the 2014 Euroleague Final Four

The Forum of Assago was built by Giuseppe Cabassi and his son Luca in 1990. It was named in several different way due to different sponsorships during the years: from 1993 to 2006 it was named FilaForum, from 2006 to 2008 DatchForum and then, from 2009 to 2023, MediolanumForum.

The venue is located in the big Milanofiori complex and it covers an area of 40,000 sqm. The layout of the rooms is organized on 4 superimposed levels below the stands of the central arena. There are also private panoramic rooms (called "SkyBox") on the top floor. The Forum received the 1994 European Prize for Architecture for sports venues awarded by the Italian National Olympic Committee and the Council of Europe. It is also one of two facilities in Italy, along with Palazzo dello Sport in Rome, to be part of the European Arenas Association network.^[4]

For the 2014 Euroleague Final Four the venue has been renovated and the capacity increased from 11,500 to 12,700. It was again renovated in 2017, with new internal signs and new colors in the corridors of the rings, also including the reconstruction of the floor.

Entertainment events

Entertainment events at Forum di Milano
Date	Artist	Tour	Opening Act
1993
February 18	Paul McCartney	The New World Tour
February 19
May 5	Iron Maiden	Real Live Tour
May 17	Peter Gabriel	Secret World Tour
November 22
October 7 & 8	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard World Tour
1996
May 17	AC/DC	Ballbreaker World Tour
September 19	Tina Turner	Wildest Dreams Tour
October 30	Celine Dion	Falling into You: Around the World
November 1	Gloria Estefan	Evolution Tour
November 13	Pearl Jam	No Code Tour
1998
March 8–9	Spice Girls	Spiceworld Tour
May 5	Janet Jackson	The Velvet Rope Tour
1999
June 23	Alanis Morissette	Junkie Tour
September 23	Iron Maiden	The Ed Hunter Tour
2000
February 17	Mariah Carey	Rainbow World Tour
May 23	Santana	Supernatural Tour
June 13	Madonna	Drowned World Tour
June 14
June 15
June 22	Pearl Jam	Binaural Tour
October 24	Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again Tour
2002
June 18	Kylie Minogue	KylieFever2002
November 18	Coldplay	A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour
2003
April 17	Shakira	Tour of the Mongoose
May 8	Peter Gabriel	Growing Up Tour / Growing Up Live DVD
May 9
October 20	Christina Aguilera	Stripped World Tour	So Solid Crew
October 27	Iron Maiden	Dance of Death World Tour
November 10	Mariah Carey	Charmbracelet World Tour
2004
May 11	Peter Gabriel	Still Growing Up Tour
May 19	Britney Spears	The Onyx Hotel Tour
October 16	Avril Lavigne	Bonez Tour
2005
November 14	Coldplay	Twisted Logic Tour
2006
September 17	Pearl Jam	2006 World Tour
December 2	Iron Maiden	A Matter of Life and Death Tour
December 3
December 4	Muse	Black Holes and Revelations Tour
2007
February 27	Shakira	Oral Fixation Tour
May 10	Beyoncé	The Beyonce Experience	Lemar
October 16	Gwen Stefani	The Sweet Escape Tour	CSS
2008
March 29	Alicia Keys	As I Am Tour
June 13	Avril Lavigne	The Best Damn World Tour	Jonas Brothers
July 3	Celine Dion	Taking Chances World Tour
September 30	Coldplay	Viva la Vida Tour
2009
March 19 & 21	AC/DC	Black Ice World Tour
July 16	Gloria Estefan	90 Millas World Tour
2010
April 12	Tokio Hotel	Humanoid City World Tour
May 3	Whitney Houston	Nothing but Love World Tour
May 12	The Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D. World Tour
2011
March 11	Kylie Minogue	Aphrodite World Tour
March 15	Taylor Swift	Speak Now World Tour
May 3	Shakira	The Sun Comes Out World Tour
September 11	Avril Lavigne	The Blackstar Tour
December 11	Rihanna	Loud Tour
2012
May 7	LMFAO	Sorry for Party Rocking Tour
October 2	Lady Gaga	Born This Way Ball
October 29	The Cranberries	Roses Tour
2013
February 23	Cirque de Soleil	Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour^[5]
February 24
May 7	Lana Del Rey	Paradise Tour
May 18	Beyoncé	The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour	Luke James
May 20	One Direction	Take Me Home Tour	Camryn
October 7	Peter Gabriel	Back to Front Tour
October 29	Nickelback	Here and Now Tour^[6]
November 2	Thirty Seconds to Mars	Love Lust Faith and Dream Tour
2014
January 3	Violetta	Violetta - Il concerto
January 4
January 5
June 8	Miley Cyrus	Bangerz Tour
November 4	Lady Gaga	ArtRave: The Artpop Ball
November 17	OneRepublic	Native Tour^[7]^[8]
2015
January 25	Ed Sheeran	x Tour
January 30	Violetta	Violetta Live
January 31
February 13	Lionel Richie	All the Hits, All Night Long
February 21	Katy Perry	Prismatic World Tour	Charli XCX
May 9	5 Seconds of Summer	Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour^[9]^[10]^[11]	Hey Violet
May 25	Ariana Grande	The Honeymoon Tour	Rixton
June 12, 2015	Maroon 5	Maroon V Tour
2016
February 1	Ellie Goulding	Delirium World Tour^[12]
May 14	Muse	Drones World Tour^[13]
May 15
May 17
May 18
May 20
May 21
July 22	Iron Maiden	The Book of Souls World Tour
November 7	Twenty One Pilots	Emotional Roadshow World Tour^[14]	Bry
2017
February 21	Avenged Sevenfold
March 28	Tini Stoessel	Got Me Started Tour
May 6	Shawn Mendes	Illuminate World Tour	James TW
May 20	Enrique Iglesias	Sex and Love Tour
May 30	Little Mix	The Glory Days Tour
June 15	Bruno Mars	24K Magic World Tour^[15]	Anderson Paak
December 19	Elio e le Storie Tese	Farewell Concert^[16]
2018
January 18	Lady Gaga	Joanne World Tour
January 20	David Guetta	European Arena Tour 2018
January 27	Depeche Mode	Global Spirit Tour
February 2 & 3	Soy Luna cast	Soy Luna Live
April 2	Harry Styles	Harry Styles: Live on Tour	Mabel
April 11	Lana Del Rey	LA to the Moon Tour	Cat Power
May 7	Niall Horan	Flicker World Tour	Julia Michaels
May 11	Sam Smith	The Thrill of It All Tour
June 4	Arctic Monkeys	Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tour
June 21	Shakira	El Dorado World Tour	Salva
June 25	Queen	Queen + Adam Lambert
October 11	U2	Experience + Innocence Tour
October 12
October 15
October 16
2019
June 17	Phil Collins	Not Dead Yet Tour
September 18	Little Mix	LM5: The Tour
2020
June 6	Eric Clapton	Summer European Tour 2020^[17]
2022
April 10	Louis Tomlinson	Louis Tomlinson World Tour	Only The Poets
May 25	Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia Tour	Griff
May 26
2023
April 24	Avril Lavigne	Love Sux Tour#
September 10	Various ASAP artists	ASAP Live in Milan
October 22	50 Cent	The Final Lap Tour	Busta Rhymes
2024
February 22	Kanye West & Various artists	Vultures 1 Listening Party
May 28	Jonas Brothers	Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour

Sports

 

2014 Euroleague Final Four

The arena hosted the 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, the 2003 IIHF Continental Cup Superfinal of ice hockey (together with Lugano's Pista La Resega), WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown in 2007, and the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Since 2011, the Forum has also been home to La Grande Sfida, the annual tennis exhibition event played every Christmas. The arena also hosted the edition of the 2014 EuroLeague Final Four^[18]

Some matches of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship have been held at the venue. The venue hosted some group phase matches at the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 which the country hosted alongside Czech Republic in Prague, Georgia in Tbilisi and Germany in Berlin/Cologne.

It will be the figure skating and short track venue during the 2026 Winter Olympics.

See also

• List of tennis stadiums by capacity
• List of indoor arenas in Italy

References

1. HOW TO REACH US(in Italian).
2. CHI SIAMO (in Italian).
3. Numeroventi.com Il Datchforum cambia nome, nasce il MEDIOLANUM FORUM (in Italian).
4. MediolanumForumn.it Chi Siamo.
5. . nicedie.it. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
6. "Ci sono tutte le hit nella scaletta dei Nickelback a Milano". Jacopo Casati. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
7. Odelli, Elena (2014-11-18). "Gli One Republic si scaldano solo a fine serata. A Milano concerto a due velocità". On Stage. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
8. "One Republic conquistano Milano con un concerto di classe e rock". TGCOM24. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
9. "5 Seconds of Summer announce 2015 "Rock Out with Your Socks Out" UK & European Tour". SuprTickets. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
10. "Biglietti concerto 5 Seconds Of Summer a Torino e Milano Maggio 2015". Team World. 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
11. "5 Seconds Of Summer: concerto a Torino, 8 maggio 2015 – foto". Cube Magazine. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
12. "Lo show di Ellie Goulding colora Milano". Laura Ritagliati. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
13. "Muse Milano 2016 biglietti: polemica per il sold out; ticket ancora disponibili". daringtodo.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
14. "twenty one pilots announce world tour dates". .altpress.com. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
15. Ascione, Arianna (2016-11-17). "Bruno Mars tour 2017, appuntamento a Bologna e Milano: date e biglietti". Milano Weekend. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
16. Italia, Rolling Stone. "Elio e le storie tese, il nuovo album è 'Arrivedorci'". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-09-27.
17. Scott Bernstein (2 October 2019). "Eric Clapton Announces European Tour 2020". Jam Base Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
18. Euroleague.net Milan, Italy to host 2014 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four. and, in the same year, the finals of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.

External links

  Media related to Assago Forum at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Italian)