Fernando Buesa Arena
| Fernando Buesa Arena | |
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| Buesa Arena | |
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| Former names | Pabellón Araba (1991-2000)[1] |
| Location | Torre 12 01013 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain |
| Coordinates | 42°51′51.97″N 2°38′28.22″W / 42.8644361°N 2.6411722°WCoordinates: 42°51′51.97″N 2°38′28.22″W / 42.8644361°N 2.6411722°W |
| Opened | 1991[2] |
| Owner | City of Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Capacity | Judo: 10,400 Basketball: 9,900[3] Tennis: 8,850 Concerts: 8,700 |
| Tenants | |
| Caja Laboral Baskonia (1991-Present) | |
Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The arena's seating capacity, for basketball, is up to 9,900 people.[3]
Works to increase the arena's seating capacity to 15,000 people began in March 2011, and will take 15 months.[4]
Originally designed (rather belatedly) as a cattle market in the mid seventies, for a city that had already abandoned its links with agriculture and was modernizing at a great pace, it was soon turned into a sports arena, which opened in 1991.[2]
The arena is named after Fernando Buesa, a Spanish politician who was assassinated by ETA.
It was formerly known as Pabellón Araba, until 2000.[1]
It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Saski Baskonia, aka Caja Laboral Baskonia.
The arena hosted the 1996 Saporta Cup Final.[2] in which local Saski Baskonia won the title,[5] and also hosted the 2010 Eurocup Finals.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b El Pabellón Araba pasa a llamarse Fernando Buesa Arena
- ^ a b c Fernando Buesa Arena
- ^ a b ACB.com Caja Laboral Saski-Baskonia S.A.D. Fernando Buesa Arena (9.900 espectadores) (Spanish).
- ^ elcorreo.com El Buesa Arena se reforma para alcanzar las 15.000 localidades
- ^ Eurocup'96
- ^ Eurocupbasketball.com - An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.
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| Preceded by Abdi İpekçi Arena Istanbul |
European Cup Final Venue 1996 |
Succeeded by Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia |
| Preceded by PalaVela Turin |
ULEB Eurocup Final Venue 2010 |
Succeeded by Palaverde Treviso |
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