Švyturys Arena
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Location | Klaipėda, Lithuania |
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Owner | Švyturys, Klaipėda city municipality |
Capacity | Basketball: 6,020 Ice hockey: 4,416 Concerts: 7,450 Boxing/Wrestling: 6,512 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | October, 2009 |
Opened | July 28, 2011 |
Construction cost | 54.7 Million Litas € 16 Million |
Architect | AB „Miestprojektas“ Kaunas |
Tenants | |
BC Neptūnas |
Švyturio Arena is an indoor arena in Klaipėda, Lithuania that is currently under construction. The capacity of a catamaran-shaped arena will be 6,020 seats for basketball games, 4,416 for ice hockey, 6,512 for boxing/wrestling matches and 7,450 seats for concerts.
Klaipėda Arena is scheduled to hold Group D matches for the 37th European Basketball Championship from 31 August to 5 September 2011.
In 2011 Arena's name was changed to "Švyturio Arena" because of the arena's supporters Švyturys.
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