The Mercedes-Benz Arena (simplified Chinese: 梅赛德斯-奔驰文化中心; traditional Chinese: 梅賽德斯-奔馳文化中心; pinyin: Méisàidésī-Bēnchí Wénhuà Zhōngxīn; Shanghainese: Me-se-teq-sy-pen-zy Ven-ho Tson-sin, literally "Mercedes-Benz Culture Center"), formerly known as the Shanghai World Expo Cultural Center, is an indoor arena located on the former grounds of Expo 2010 in Pudong, Shanghai. It is owned and operated by the AEG-OPG joint venture.
The facility seats 18,000 people and includes a smaller venue, The Mixing Room & Muse, which is a more intimate live-music venue.[1]
The arena hosted the opening ceremony for the Expo 2010, during which it was known as the Expo Cultural Center.
Naming rights
The arena is sponsored in a ten-year deal by Mercedes-Benz[2] and was officially renamed the Mercedes-Benz Arena on January 15, 2011.
Events
The arena has become the most popular arena in mainland China since it opened in 2010.
On 21 September 2017, an NHL pre-season game was held in the stadium, with the Vancouver Canucks losing 5–2 to the Los Angeles Kings. The game saw a crowd of 10,088 gather to watch the NHL's first ever game played in China.[3]