Unipol Forum (formerly the FilaForum, DatchForum and Mediolanum Forum; known as the Forum di Milano in events where commercial naming rights are prohibited) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, Italy. The arena has an official seated capacity of 12,800, but can hold 15,800 with standing, and is primarily used for basketball, ice hockey, tennis and live concerts.

The venue is the home ground of the EuroLeague and Italian Serie A professional basketball team AX Armani Exchange Milan. In May 2024, the current sponsor, Unipol, took over naming rights in a deal that will run to 2027.

History

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 Milanofiori complex and covers . The area has four tiers of seating, in addition to luxury suites. 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.

The arena has been renvoated three times, with the 2014 Euroleague Final Four seeing the arena's seating capacity increase from 11,500 to 12,700, and then re-signage and floor re-grading in 2017.

Entertainment events Entertainment events at Forum di Milano Date Artist Tour Opening act1993 February 18 Paul McCartney The New World Tour February 19 May 5 Iron Maiden Real Live Tour May 17Peter GabrielSecret World Tour November 22October 7Whitney HoustonThe Bodyguard World TourOctober 81996 May 17 AC/DC Ballbreaker World Tour September 19 Tina Turner Wildest Dreams TourOctober 30Celine DionFalling into You: Around the World November 1 Gloria Estefan Evolution Tour November 13 Pearl Jam No Code Tour Fastbacks1998 March 8Spice GirlsSpiceworld Tour March 9 May 5 Janet Jackson The Velvet Rope Tour Another Level1999 June 23 Alanis Morissette Junkie Tour September 23 Iron Maiden The Ed Hunter Tour2000 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 The Dismemberment Plan October 24 Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again Tour2002 June 18 Kylie Minogue KylieFever2002 November 18 Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour 1 Giant Leap2003April 17Shakira Tour of the Mongoose May 8 Peter GabrielGrowing Up Tour / Growing Up Live DVD May 9October 20Christina Aguilera Stripped World TourSo Solid Crew October 27 Iron Maiden Dance of Death World Tour November 10 Mariah Carey Charmbracelet World Tour2004 May 11 Peter Gabriel Still Growing Up Tour May 19 Britney Spears The Onyx Hotel Tour October 16 Avril Lavigne Bonez Tour2005 May 26 Destinys Child Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It November 14 Coldplay Twisted Logic Tour Goldfrapp2006 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 Noisettes2007 February 27 Shakira Oral Fixation Tour May 10 Beyoncé The Beyonce Experience LemarJune 1Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow October 16 Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape Tour CSS2008 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 High WireAlbert Hammond Jr.2009 March 19AC/DCBlack Ice World TourThe Answer March 21 July 16 Gloria Estefan 90 Millas World Tour2010 March 16 The Cranberries 20 Years Tour Outside Royalty April 12 Tokio Hotel Humanoid City World Tour May 3 Whitney Houston Nothing but Love World Tour Karima May 12 The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. World Tour Cheryl Cole2011 March 11 Kylie Minogue Aphrodite World Tour March 15 Taylor Swift Speak Now World Tour Emma MarroneMay 3Shakira The Sun Comes Out World Tour September 11 Avril Lavigne The Blackstar Tour December 11 Rihanna Loud Tour2012 May 7 LMFAO Sorry for Party Rocking Tour October 2 Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball The DarknessLady StarlightOctober 29The CranberriesRoses Tour2013 February 23 Cirque de Soleil Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour February 24 May 7 Lana Del Rey Paradise Tour Kassidy 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 November 2 Thirty Seconds to Mars Love Lust Faith and Dream Tour You Me at SixTwin Atlantic2014 January 3 Violetta Violetta - Il concerto January 4 January 5 June 8 Miley Cyrus Bangerz Tour November 4 Lady Gaga ArtRave: The Artpop Ball Lady Starlight November 17 OneRepublic Native Tour2015 January 25 Ed Sheeran x Tour January 30 Violetta Violetta Live January 31 February 13 Lionel Richie All the Hits, All Night Long Marion Raven February 21 Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour Charli XCX May 9 5 Seconds of Summer Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour Hey Violet May 25 Ariana Grande The Honeymoon Tour Rixton June 12 Maroon 5 Maroon V Tour Magic!Nick GardnerMike Watson2016 February 1 Ellie Goulding Delirium World Tour Sara Hartman May 14 Muse Drones World Tour De Staat May 15 May 17 May 18 May 20 May 21 July 22 Iron Maiden The Book of Souls World Tour AnthraxSabaton November 7 Twenty One Pilots Emotional Roadshow World Tour Bry2017 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 The Vamps June 15 Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour Anderson Paak December 19 Elio e le Storie Tese Farewell Concert2018 January 18 Lady Gaga Joanne World Tour January 20 David Guetta European Arena Tour 2018 January 27 Depeche Mode Global Spirit Tour Algiers February 2Soy Luna castSoy Luna Live February 3 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 Cameron Avery 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 162019 June 17 Phil Collins Not Dead Yet Tour September 18 Little Mix LM5: The Tour Keelie Walker2020 June 6 Eric Clapton Summer European Tour 20202022 April 10 Louis Tomlinson Louis Tomlinson World Tour Only The Poets May 25 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia Tour Griff May 262023 April 24 Avril Lavigne Love Sux Tour GirlfriendsPhem September 10 Various ASAP artists ASAP Live in Milan September 12 Björk CornucopiaOctober 2250 CentThe Final Lap TourBusta Rhymes November 23 Madonna The Celebration Tour Stuart PriceBob the Drag Queen November 252024 February 22 Kanye West & Various artists Vultures 1 Listening PartyMarch 21 Niall Horan The Show: Live on Tour Tommy Lefroy May 28 Jonas Brothers Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour Mimi Webb2025 January 20 Ateez Towards The Light: Will To Power Tour March 26 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet Tour Rachel ChinouririJuly 2AdoHibana World Tour October 19 Lady Gaga The Mayhem Ball October 20 November 26 Big Time Rush In Real Life Worldwide Tour2026 April 3Various artistsK-Pop Forever! April 25

Sports

The arena has 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, an annual tennis exhibition event played every Christmas. The arena also hosted the EuroLeague Final Four in 2014.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.

The forum was the venue for the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships.

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

In July 2024 the 19th World Kendo Championship was held at the forum. In February 2025, the 6th stage of the ISU Short Track World Tour is held at the Forum.

It also hosted figure skating and short-track speed skating during the 2026 Winter Olympics.

See also List of tennis stadiums by capacity List of indoor arenas in Italy

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