Paris La Défense Arena will change its name again. The largest indoor venue in Europe, which can accommodate up to 45,000 spectators, will be renamed Plenitude Arena from July 1.Â
Don’t call it Paris La Défense Arena anymore. The largest indoor venue in Europe will change its name from July 1 to Plenitude Arena. The venue announced this Tuesday a new “naming” partnership for at least seven years with the committed energy supplier Plenitude.
A new name which intends to confirm the site as a world reference in terms of entertainment, but also to place it in a sustainable energy transition with the ambition of becoming a reference in the responsible events industry.
“Paris La Défense Arena has become a reference in Europe and is today at a pivotal moment in its development. From the design stage, we have integrated environmental responsibility as a requirement. Today, we do not want to stop there,” underlined Fr©déric Longuépée, President of the Arena in a press release, for whom “environmental responsibility is not a cost” but “a performance lever” in order to make Paris the Defense Arena a venue that is ever more “innovative, responsible, focused on the most significant events on the world stage”.
Concretely, this partnership will make it possible, among other things, to implement energy optimization tools and the development of solutions aimed at reducing the energy consumption of equipment and infrastructure.
Third name change
This is not the first time that the concert hall, which can accommodate up to 45,000 spectators, has been renamed. Officially inaugurated under the name U Arena in October 2017 with a Rolling Stones concert, the venue was renamed Paris la Défense Arena in 2018, with the ambition at the time to become the symbol of the transformation of the business district into a place of life.
Eight years later, the mission is accomplished. Since its inauguration, the venue has welcomed 7 million spectators to major international events, making the venue a major player in entertainment in Europe. It notably hosted the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was also at Paris La Défense Arena that Taylor Swift kicked off her European tour “The Eras Tour”. It will also welcome the big return of Céline Dion on stage next September.
In addition to the Quebec star and Bad Bunny, who will give two dates there on July 4 and 5, the Plenitude Arena will host around a hundred events for the 2026/2027 season. A season announced as one of the most important since its inauguration. Around thirty events were organized during the opening, reaching 90 meetings this year. HASÂ
