What are Belgrade's main arenas and stadiums?
Belgrade's headline venues are the Štark Arena (the main indoor arena, in New Belgrade on the left bank of the Sava), the Rajko Mitić Stadium or "Marakana" (Red Star's football ground), the Partizan Stadium (Partizan's football ground), the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall or "Pionir" (the old basketball hall), and the Tašmajdan Sports Centre (an aquatics and open-air complex). The arena is for basketball, concerts and big indoor events; the two stadiums are for football and the only ones you can tour; the smaller halls round out the calendar.
These places matter beyond their fixtures. Belgrade takes its sport seriously — the football rivalry between Red Star and Partizan is one of the fiercest in Europe, the city has been a basketball powerhouse for decades, and a night at the arena for a EuroLeague game or a concert is an experience in itself. Their basic facts — where they are, capacity, tenant, whether you can tour them — stay stable from season to season, so they form the spine of this guide. Start here, then use the dated events snapshot further down for anything time-sensitive.
Where is the Štark Arena (Belgrade Arena)?
The city's main multi-purpose indoor arena sits across the river from the old town, in New Belgrade on the left bank of the Sava, at Bulevar Arsenija Čarnojevića 58 — a fast-developing district of wide boulevards and high-rises rather than the historic core. It seats 18,386, with a configurable layout running from roughly 2,000 to 20,000 depending on the event, plus 70 luxury boxes and 791 parking places — the kind of scale that lets it switch between a packed basketball night, an arena-rock concert and a corporate trade event from one week to the next.
In practice this is the venue that hosts the biggest things that come to Belgrade: EuroLeague basketball, major international concerts, combat-sports nights, tennis exhibitions and large conventions. Its primary basketball tenants are reported to be KK Partizan and KK Crvena zvezda — Belgrade's two giants share it for their marquee European games, so on the right night you can catch top-tier basketball here.
One thing worth flagging: the building's name has changed with its sponsors over the years — originally Belgrade Arena, then Kombank Arena, and the Štark Arena since 2018 — so you'll see it written several ways across tickets, maps and signage, all referring to the same hall. We use "Štark Arena" throughout, as it's the most widely recognised, but confirm the current branding when buying tickets. There is no documented standing public-tour product here; you visit for events rather than for a guided walk-through, so check the official arena and event-promoter channels for what's on rather than turning up expecting a tour. New Belgrade is a district in its own right, and you can read more about it in our guide to Belgrade's neighbourhoods.
Where is the Rajko Mitić Stadium ("Marakana")?
Home to FK Crvena zvezda (Red Star), this stadium opened in 1963, holds around 53,000 and sits about 3.5 km from the centre on the right (city) bank of the Sava — the same side as the old town, set back in its own residential district uphill from the river rather than on the waterfront. The "Marakana" nickname — borrowed from Rio's legendary Maracanã — speaks to the ground's size and atmosphere: it's the largest stadium in Serbia and, on a big European night or a derby, one of the loudest in the region.
It's also the one venue here with a proper visitor offering. Guided stadium tours take in the dressing rooms, the tunnel, the media room, the VIP areas and the club museum, where Red Star's trophies — including the 1991 European Cup — are on display. Tours don't run on match days, bookings go through the club, and several local operators bundle the visit into wider Belgrade tours. As with all tour timings and prices, these are perishable details: confirm availability and cost directly with the club or operator before you build a plan around them.
Where is the Partizan Stadium (Stadion Partizana / JNA)?
FK Partizan's ground — long known as the JNA Stadium — sits on the right (city) bank too, in its own district within the broader central part of town, not far from the Red Star ground. The two grounds being so close is part of the story: Partizan and Red Star are crosstown rivals, and their meeting, the "Eternal Derby," is the defining fixture of Serbian football. The atmosphere at a derby is intense, with the two clubs' organised supporter groups (the Grobari for Partizan, the Delije for Red Star) filling the stands.
The Partizan Stadium also offers tours through local operators, typically covering the museum, the locker rooms, the tunnel and the pitch — a good counterpoint if you're visiting both grounds. Its capacity is commonly cited at around 29,000–30,000, but that figure was not freshly confirmed from an official 2024–2026 source, so treat it as approximate rather than exact. If you're combining a stadium visit with other sights, our overview of things to do in Belgrade is a useful companion.
What is the Aleksandar Nikolić Hall (Pionir)?
This indoor hall, on the right bank within central Belgrade, opened in 1973 and seats around 8,000. Still widely known by its old name, "Pionir," it was the city's main basketball venue before the Belgrade Arena arrived, and decades of Yugoslav and Serbian basketball history were made here. It still hosts plenty of games and events — domestic-league basketball, smaller concerts and indoor sport — in a more intimate, old-school setting than the cavernous Štark Arena across the river. For a regular-season game rather than a marquee European night, this is often where you'll end up, and it's an easier, more central venue to reach on foot or by public transport.
What is the Tašmajdan Sports Centre?
A historic sports and aquatics complex with an Olympic pool and stands for around 2,000, Tašmajdan sits on the right bank near central Belgrade, beside the well-known Tašmajdan park and within walking distance of the city centre. It hosts aquatics events — swimming and water polo, a sport Serbia excels at — as well as open-air concerts and events on warmer evenings. It's a quieter, more atmospheric counterpoint to the big arena, and its central, parkside setting makes it an easy add-on to a day of sightseeing.
What's on in Belgrade's arenas and stadiums?
Snapshot as of 2026 — last checked June 2026. Always confirm fixtures, concerts and tickets on the official venue and club channels before planning around them.
Unlike the venue facts above, the events calendar goes stale quickly, so this section is time-stamped and re-checked regularly. Treat anything not tied to a confirmed date as provisional.
The one correction worth making first
There is no EuroBasket in 2026. The 2025 men's EuroBasket was held outside Serbia — across Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland — and the next edition is EuroBasket 2029, hosted by Estonia, Greece, Slovenia and Spain. If you see anything framing a "EuroBasket 2026 in Belgrade," it's simply wrong.
Basketball qualifiers and the Final Four question
The FIBA World Cup 2027 European Qualifiers run in windows. Those falling between September 2026 and September 2027 are 24 August–1 September 2026, 23 November–1 December 2026, and 22 February–2 March 2027. Serbia is expected to play home games, likely in Belgrade, but exact match dates, venues and opponents have not yet been published.
Separately, whether Belgrade hosts a EuroLeague Final Four in the 2026–27 season has not been decided. The city has reportedly bid for it, but no host has been announced.
Confirmed: UFC Fight Night
The one firmly dated event in this window is a UFC Fight Night at Belgrade Arena on 1 August 2026. That date is confirmed; tickets and the fight card sit with the promoter.
Still to be announced
The 2026–27 Eternal Derby between Crvena zvezda and Partizan does not yet have published fixture dates, and the Belgrade Arena concert calendar for this window has not been released either. League and venue schedules tend to come out in waves, so these are best regarded as not yet announced — worth re-checking closer to your trip rather than planning around.
How do you get to the venues?
For airport arrivals, city transport and any wider travel logistics, those details are covered on our Plan-Your-Trip and Expo 2027 pages rather than here — this page deliberately sticks to the venues and the events snapshot, so check those legs for transport specifics.
