Spodek
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![Spodek as seen in downtown Katowice](/Images/godic/202502/12/023_Katowice,_Poland0430.jpg")
![Spodek](/Images/godic/202502/12/Hala_Spodek_2007-100430.jpg")
![Night illumination of the façade](/Images/godic/202502/12/Katowice_Spodek-_nowa_iluminacja0431.jpg")
Spodek (meaning "saucer" in Polish) is a multipurpose arena complex in Katowice, Poland, opened in 1971 at ul. Korfantego 35 under the name Wojewódzka Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa w Katowicach (Voivodeship Sport and Show Arena in Katowice), under which it is known in the Polish technical/architectural literature, and under which it formally functioned until 1997.