The host arenas were the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm ( 12,500 permitted seats ) and Hartwall Areena in Helsinki ( 13,506 permitted seats ) . Capacity has been limited to these numbers because of modern health and safety rules . Malmö Arena was originally planned to co-host according to the Swedish bid , but the Swedish Hockey Federation decided to drop Malmö as a host city when they decided to collaborate with Finland before the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 , which took place in that arena . Tampere was also a candidate to be the Finnish venue , but due to a delay in construction of the new Tampereen Keskusareena , Helsinki was named as co-host . Tele2 Arena , a new retractable-roof multi-purpose stadium seating 30,000 spectators , was planned to host at least one game , but due to construction delays it would not be finished until July 2013 , two months after the World Championship
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
2013 IIHF World Championship