Pionir Hall

Pionir Hall Хала Пионир Hala Pionir
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Coordinates	44°48′55.86″N 20°29′6.40″E
Opened	24 May 1973
Renovated	2011
Owner	JP SRC Tašmajdan
Capacity	Handball: 8,150
Tenants
KK Partizan KK Crvena zvezda Beograd OKK Beograd

Pionir Hall, or Pionir Arena (Serbian, Хала Пионир, Hala Pionir) is a sports arena in Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula. Capacity of the arena is 8,150 seats.

Pionir hall is well known for its frequent matches between different basketball clubs, especially KK Partizan, KK Crvena zvezda Beograd and foreign fans.

History

Red Star players practice under the command of head coach Svetislav Pešić in September 2008

The arena has hosted the Euroleague final in 1977 ( in which Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Pallacanestro Varese) and the 1998 EuroCup final.

The arena has hosted several preliminary round games of the Eurobasket 2005 competition.

British heavy metal band Iron Maiden started off their tour supporting their album Somewhere in Time in the arena.

Concerts

1970s

• March 16, 1975 - Deep Purple (Stormbringer Tour, opening acts: Elf, Smak)
• October 5, 1975 - Santana and Earth, Wind & Fire
• February 9, 1976 - Bijelo Dugme (Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu Tour)
• February 10, 1976 - Bijelo Dugme
• February 11, 1976 - Bijelo Dugme
• September 8, 1977 - Smak (Crna dama Tour)
• September 9, 1977 - Smak
• April 4, 1978 - Zdravko Čolić (Putujući zemljotres Tour)
• April 8, 1978 - Zdravko Čolić
• April 21, 1979 - Bijelo Dugme (Bitanga i princeza Tour)
• April 22, 1979 - Bijelo Dugme
• April 23, 1979 - Bijelo Dugme
• April 24, 1979 - Bijelo Dugme
• April 25, 1979 - Bijelo Dugme
• October 10, 1979 - Eric Clapton

1980s

• October 31, 1980 - Weather Report
• March 2, 1982 - Gillan
• April 8, 1982 - Riblja Čorba (Mrtva priroda Tour)
• April 9, 1982 - Riblja Čorba
• April 10, 1982 - Riblja Čorba
• April 11, 1982 - Riblja Čorba
• May 13, 1982 - Majski Rock & Blues Festival (Alvin Lee Band, Stan Webb's Speedway, and Nightwing)
• July 27, 1982 - Talking Heads
• October 23, 1982 - Tangerine Dream (White Eagle European Tour)
• April 18, 1984 - Elton John (European Express Tour)
• September 24, 1984 - Motörhead
• February 16, 1985 - Zabranjeno Pušenje (Das ist Walter Tour)
• May 10, 1985 - Dire Straits (Brothers in Arms Tour)
• May 11, 1985 - Dire Straits
• December 8, 1985 - Riblja Čorba (Istina Tour)
• December 18, 1985 - Eddy Grant
• April 29, 1986 - Status Quo (In the Army Now Tour)
• September 10, 1986 - Iron Maiden (Somewhere on Tour)
• December 3, 1986 - Nazareth & Girlschool
• April 5, 1987 - Spandau Ballet (Through the Barricades Tour)
• 1987 - Ekatarina Velika (Ljubav Tour)
• 1987 - Ekatarina Velika
• 1987 - Alisa
• 1988 - Vesna Zmijanac

1990s

• May 22, 1990 - The Stranglers
• April 3, 1994 - Riblja Čorba (Zbogom, Srbijo Tour)
• November 25, 1995 - Ceca Ražnatović
• December 8, 1995 - The Prodigy
• December 25, 1997 - Zabranjeno Pušenje
• March 20, 1998 - Dragana Mirković
• October 10, 1999 - Aca Lukas

2000s

• December 23, 2002 - Željko Joksimović
• May 21, 2005 - Luciano Pavarotti
• August 31, 2006 - Simply Red
• September 5, 2007 - Tool (10,000 Days Tour)

2010s

• April 1, 2010 - 50 Cent
• October 1, 2010 - Aco Pejović

External links

• Hala Pionir (Serbian)

Preceded by Palau dels Esports Barcelona	EuroBasket Final Venue 1975	Succeeded by Country Hall du Sart Tilman Liège
Preceded by Patinoire des Vernets Geneva	FIBA European Champions Cup Final Venue 1977	Succeeded by Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle Munich
Preceded by Eleftheria Indoor Hall Nicosia	EuroCup Final Venue 1998	Succeeded by Príncipe Felipe Arena Zaragoza
Preceded by None	Zvezde Granda Final Venue 2004	Succeeded by Tašmajdan Stadium
Preceded by Arena Łódź Łódź	European Women's Volleyball Championship Final Venue 2011	Succeeded by TBD