[1] The original building was designed and conceived by Mario Recordón in 1956 with the name "Metropolitan Indoor Stadium" to be the seat of the World Basketball Championship.

However, funding was redirected to remodeling the Estadio Nacional de Chile, with a view to achieving the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

[2] Arena Santiago was symbolically opened on March 7, 2006 by then President Ricardo Lagos,[3] and it was inaugurated on April 15 that year by his successor, Michelle Bachelet.

Iron Maiden played their first-ever arena show in Chile on 14 October 2019, as part of their Legacy of the Beast World Tour.

During the second singles match between Nicolás Massú and Mariano Zabaleta, the crowd became violent, throwing fruit, coins and plastic chairs at the Argentine team.