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| Location | Vilnius, Lithuania |
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| Owner | BC Lietuvos Rytas |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| Record attendance | 2,390 (Lietuvos rytas v Oostende, 11 February 2015)[1] |
| Construction | |
| Opened | September 28, 2005 |
| Expanded | 2014 |
| Construction cost | 2.3 million EUR |
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| Lietuvos rytas BC Kibirkštis Vilnius | |
Lietuvos rytas Arena is a 2,500-seat basketball arena in Vilnius, Lithuania, built next to Siemens Arena.[2] Lietuvos rytas play the Lithuanian Basketball League's home matches in the arena.
More important or highly anticipated matches in the LKL, as well as all home fixtures in European competitions (such as the Euroleague or Eurocup), are played in the Siemens Arena. Women basketball team BC Kibirkštis Vilnius also plays in Lietuvos Rytas arena. Past tenants include now dissolved Lithuanian and European women's basketball powerhouse Teo and Lietuvos Rytas daughter club Perlas.
In 2014, its capacity was expanded from 1,700 seats to 2,500 seats with the aim to host Eurocup Basketball games.[3]
References
- ^ Lietuvos Rytas-Telenet Ostend boxscore
- ^ "Lithuanian Basketball League" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Basketball League. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Pasižvalgykite po atnaujintą „Lietuvos ryto“ areną
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